From the June 15, 1935, issue
By Science News
DUNLAP OBSERVATORY DEDICATED ON DIRECTOR’S 70TH BIRTHDAY
Paving the way for new advances in astronomy’s knowledge of the architecture of the universe, the David Dunlap Observatory was officially opened on Friday, May 31, the seventieth birthday of its director, Dr. C.A. Chant, whose lifetime has been spent in fostering Canadian astronomical development.
Presented to the University of Toronto by Mrs. Jessie Dunlap as a memorial to her late husband, an enthusiastic amateur astronomer, the observatory, located 15 miles north of Toronto, contains the largest telescope in the British Empire and at the present time the second largest in the world. It is a reflector, with a 74-inch concave mirror. The observatory is shown on the cover of this week’s Science News Letter.