Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-03-27

ABLE SCIENTIST, ELOQUENT LECTURER, AND
l. NOBLE MAN.
We are indebted to Maj Jed Hotchkiss for
neatly printed pamphlet copy of the proceed
ings of the memorial meeting of the society Of
Arts of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy" held'in Boston on the 18th of October,
1892 in honor of Professor VIM. B. Rogers, its
distinguished founder and first President who
died suddenly in Huntington Hall on May 3Oth,
1882, while addressing the graduating class of
the Institute of Technology --..-I
AT this meeting appropriate resolutions eulo-
CYSTIC of his character an able and palms.
| taking SCIENTIST graphic and eloquent lectur-
ef and noble man and warm-hearted friend
offered by Prof. VIM. P. Atkinson, were
adopted, and addresses, of eloquent and heart
felt tributes, were made, successfully, by
Francis A. Walker, President of the Institute;
James P. Tolman, President of the Alumni AS
ISOLATION Of the Institute; DR.. j. D. Runkle;
Prof. Charles R. Cross; and Maj. Jed Hotch-
kiss; after which the President declared the
meeting adjourned. This pamphlet also con
7 tains letters addressed to Or. Runkle by two
former pupils of Prof. Rogers at the University
of Virginia-Prof. VIM. Leroy Broun, Presi-
! dent of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege OF Alabama, and Prot. Francis Fl. Smith,
Professor Rogers's successor in the chair of
PLY les at the University of Virginia-in reply
to letter of his asking them to give their rec
election of the impressions made upon the
students by Dr. W. B Rogers when Professor
at the University of Virginia-and we can en-
dorse all they have said, for weare witness to
them ourself, having been a member of his
classes for two years. during which time we
were delighted with his clear and eloquent
| lectures admired his ability and learning as
Professor and loved him friend by whom
we were always gfeeted with cordiality, and
treated uniformly with the greatest kindness.
We were grieved when the intelligence of his
sudden death was received, and mourned his
loss, not only because of our personal affection
for him, but because of the loss to science
there being none to fill his place.
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| AMERICAN NEwPAPERs- IN. ISS3.-From the
new edition of Messrs Geo. P. Rowell & Co.'S
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY, which is
now in press. it appears that the newspapers
| and periodicals ofall kinds issued in the Uni
ted States and Territories now reach the inn
posing total of IL 1856. This is an increase of
$50 in twelve months. Taking the States one
| by one the newspaper growth in some is very
considerable. The present total in New York
state, for instance, is ,399-a gain of so in the
past year. The increase IN Pennsylvania is 48,
The existing number being 9i3. Nebraska's to-
tai grew from It's to pol, and Illinois's from $50
to 90t a year ago Massachusetts had 400 pa
pers; now the number is 43S. In Texas the
new papers outnumbered the suspensions by
1 s, and Ohio now has 73S papers instead of 692.
The most remarkable change has occurred in
/ the Territories, in which the daily papers have
| grown from 43 to 63, and the weeklies from 1863
to 243-Dakotah being the chief area of activi
lty The number of monIhlies throughout the
country grew from 976 to ,034, while the dailies
leaped from 996 to 1902. The figures given
above are exclusive of Canada, which posses
SEES total of 606. 1t is interesting to note that
the newIy-settled regions of the Canadian
North West are productive of newspapers as
well as of wheat, for the number Of journals
in Manitoba was nearly doubled during the