Show 12 SANTA CLARA SCHOOL 1 l Will HONOR PADRE I OF THE RAINS T. T f. f Father ather Jerome S. S Ricard 2 Member of the Society of N T. T Jesus Remembered I f SANTA CLARA May 8 Ity of Santa Clara will do 8 1 honor herey here hereSO y T SO 30 to Father Jerome S. S Ricard Its e re of the rains in on n of hla hia fifty years ears as a member of i he be e Society of Jesus Father Ricard a a. I f noted astronomer has attracted muchA much A attention ration by his successes in forecast 1 j x i i sT weather conditions condition which he ascribes as au being entirely due lue to spots I j je lo d the sun BUn Earth he believes i t dare are due to the same causes I l The e eU celebration will begin with athi ath- ath i r tittle s' Karoe Kame and end with a banquet rat at which It Is la expected speakers will N g J Father Ricard Archbishop E. E J J. J v ti J t 4 Olanna canna I It Father Timothy L. L Murphy t president of the university John J J. J t Barrett Banett nett James Smith former governor rOt f. f P t the Philippines Colonel Charles r K i. i ri tanton aton of If Lafayette we are here timo and others j Father ather Ricard was Wall born in southern Dee ante ce June 1 1850 1856 lie fie Joined thIt the th Jt It order at Turin Italy Haly when 21 rs ra old and began to teach at Santa Santara ra In 1813 1873 He lie was ordained a It t by the late Cardinal Gibbons InS in S 96 In appearance he la is short and Icy with P a arunde ruddy complexion I loor and ami temperament is ii friendly and genial rUIn ruDY OP of SUN ther Ricard be became ame in nomy in 1 90 and ten years later lator e sn n to p pat particular attention to ton ton n in spots pot After six years of careful UY l ty of the spot and comparison n became with con i ik k earths earth's weather he became con con- jed cad that by noting the position of spots pots forecasts could be madof made mad Moro noro atel than by use of the he etab system employed by the gov pt at weather bureau hureau For years yearn ho he issued weather predictions from fromy ty y to forty days das In In In- adval e 1 end th hitch average of success 8 although theory cannot he be said aid to tn have been opted universally bv by others The principle laid down by Father Icard is that h when a s spot re reaches a ant nt t three e days from ro the h western r ft or lb-or or rim of rim of the sun Bun a A. storm stormon ears on the Pacific coast It is always alwa accompanied bv by rain or orr r but hut a pronounced dl disturbance invariable With the three-day three as a basis basin F Father ther Ricard Ricarde t to deductions deduction which he hI said Raid gave twenty seven ay periods to work with fair accuracy lU J. there ere are in all he said Pour our our leal Ical positions three da days 3 before spot ot reaches the west western rn rim I ee days ay before the spot reaches tho- tho ral trat meridian in back three days ore ore the spot reaches s th the e eR eastern R t reaches rim 31 d l three t days before the spot s reaches central meridian in front When polar Molar disturbance reaches any ono one L these hese four positions a n u W v torm storm I r rive rives ves on the tho Pacific coast c either ris- ris from the ocean directly or cr der de- de r from Alaska Masks or asce arom m the mouth of the Colorado lo river I f. f SL Lower California It re n m nar ar ar- twenty seven days ays for spots to travAil trav- trav t the X around the sun n As Ail the winds move from west to tot It t t. t due to the earths earth's rotation Fair Fa- Fa tr ir Ricard explains the weather for United States usually can be de- de mined lined in advance by conditions over Pacific oc- oc ocean an and Europeans European n ay av ayas ranted amed as ned likewise by conditions overe over 1 e Atlantic S Storms on tIle the stifle Pacific jt t cross ross the continent In from five seven days Although som sometimes i ed by sectional conditions that i ipke a their movements ec eccentric they brays J rays cross croas The passage oo of tho the Atle At- At tIe le Ie ocean to Europe is made mall a in out ut at three days LILLY D. D the e cause of the formation of sun ts Father Ricard says may mav be bo ex- ex aim simply ply and earthquakes lIke lIke- le The sun is s a gaseous envelope leh ich burns practically Inexhaustibly Jien tn en two or more of the planets say nus and the earth are in n o with the sun sun strung strung out in a alight sight light line In space space an an Uc tlc pull is exerted on the sun that uses a portion of ot the gaseous mass reach out toward the planets I r The same tremendous tlc force is exerted on the earths earth's I If y J i tion one when an and planets la at the and place sun are where where in i lie e shell is least strong an earth- earth I t r rake takes place |