Shapley, Whipple, Bok Will Lecture In Union on Stars

Freshmen desiring a non-technical acquaintance with astronomy, staff members of the College Observatory will offer a series of seven introductory, non-credit lectures, to be given Tuesday evenings at the Union, beginning tomorrow night (Tues). at 7 o'clock.

Speakers in the series, which is open also to upperclassmen, will include Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory; Bart J. Bok, associate professor of Astronomy; and Fred L. Whipple, lecturer on Astronomy. The lectures are to be illustrated, and free of charge.

"Our Growing Universe"

Tomorrow night's lecture, given by Bok, will be on the subject "Our Growing Universe."

Inauguration of the Freshman astronomy lectures marks a new expansion of the University's program of encouraging students to work informally and voluntarily in study fields outside their regular course requirements. A first step in developing this plan was the Extra-Curricular Program in American Civilization under which a reading list was prepared, and counselors were appointed to encourage and aid in the non-credit work.

Last year the Ralph Waldo Emerson Fellowship in Poetry was established, to bring noted poets to Harvard for informal work with students; Robert Frost was named first incumbent.