Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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, ,vw 1 - , , ,. 1 -i.........-, 9-If ..-. Y-.W , -, ca, fb ,, 1-. On the north side of the .building is a spacious newspaper reading room, the stack room which is equipped with the metal adiustabe stacks, and a small room for reserve books. In the latter are kept all books in which the professors have made special as- signments and the - y attendant in charge checks every book as it is used, so that it can be located at any time. , ' K On either side of the central charging desk are the office rooms for the librarian and cataloguer. During 1908, 2846 books have been added to the general library. Aside from these new books many of our old ones have been re- classified and catalogued, and the Public Documents have been arranged, by our efficient cataloguer Miss Florence Hayes who came 1-o us in September. To Mr. Carnegie and to the alumni and friends who made his gift possible, the students of Drake have nothing but words of grateful praise for this new library home. i I it ,..,,. or I

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-qv la... ifsgvg .Lian .dv r, ' .-'-1.- yma.x.f ' 02411.54 1.1, , li' N S s 3 S E it !. 5 if 3 Z S E u 9 Q 5 z K 5. e 5 7 1. w l P, -. 10 T - - - MJ, M-'axis ' ', --. -v,Z 71 . Drake University has never had a more notable date than the first of September 1908 when comet C 1908 CMoorehousej was discovered at Yerkes' observatory by 0111' Prof. Morehouse. This comet has at- tracted more attention, especially from the photographic standpoint, than any co-met ever discovered. 'The accompan- ing photograph was taken the 30th of 1 September 1908 and is indeed a beauti- ful object with its broad fan-shaped tail on one side and with three short tails be- low it. The very next night the comets tail was scarcely visible. This gives- the reader some idea -of the sudden changes taken place in the shape ,of this comet. E The comet was visible with the naked eye for a short time and while there V have been comets that were brighter, 7 never has one been known to go through so many changes. It has been well likened to a vaudeville with its changeable scenery, as it passes through the heavens, and the great changes that it makes 'in itself night by night. 9 . Night after night we have noticed the light in the tower but little did we know of the work that was going on in the inside of that dome. We are glad that our eyes have been opened and we see and appreciate the honor that has been brought to our school by Prof. D. W. Morehouse. 'There is not a single clear night passes that we do not find Prof. Morehouse and his faithful assistant Percy AWhisler in the observatory until the early morning hours.. 9 Drake University is proud to have the man at the head of the astronomy department, who is a member of the Astronomical Society of France which is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an astronomer. We are glad to see the name Morehouse go down in history parallel to the names Halley, Biela, and Swift. K