Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-18

| 4 22Zo&Sf<H&8v TO keep out lntruders.
ZHty4HN1ZINIX The academy in session
| s"T&vTYzSx presents a most inter-
%SE* esting picture. There
| are rows Of heads, many
| THE ACADEMY. of them grizzled, and
all are quite remarkable for the cranial devel-
| opment. The faces are strongly lined and the
brows are gathered as if the owners were in
deep thought 10 secure representation OF
the average head of the academy, The STAR
has had recourse to composite photography.
The accompanying cut is made from COM
posite photograph from plates taken by Mr.
| Thomas W. Smile, the photographer OF the
| National museum. From these;plates the COM
posite was made by Prof. Raphael Pnmpelly.
1t shows that the average face is strong.
THE BUSINESS SESSION TO-DAY.
The private meeting of the academy this
morning was unusually long. The special bust
ness was the election of home secretary and
members of the council. As stated in TIE
STAR yesterday Prof. Assph Hall declined re-
election on account Of the pressure of the
| scientific work at the naval observatory which
he desires to complete. After several ballots
| to choose successor to Prof. Hall without
suit Prof. Hall was induced this morning to
reconsider his declination- He was reelected
to the Office of home secretary and accepted it
conditionally, that he may be privileged to re-
| sign if he finds he is unable to attend to the
| duties of the office.
The election for members of council for en-
/
j. Brush of New Haven; b. A. Gould, of Har-
| ward; Ira Remsen, Of Johns Hopkins university.
and Gen. NJ. c. Meigs, members Of the council
during the past year. The other members OF
the old council we're s. P. Langley, who has
been elected yice-president of the academy,
and E: G. Pickering. In their places Gen.
Francis A. Walker and Simon Newcombe were
elected to-day. The private session was then
adjourned until $3.50 O'clock to-day.
| THE PAPERS,
began at 1890 o'clock. The first paper read
was one ION the Moons of Saturn" by A. Hall,
jr., who was introduced by Prof. h A, New
ton. The paper exhibited results and calcula-
| lions made at the observatory at Yale. Two
blackboards were covered with figures to illus
| trate the number.
Mr.. Hall was followed by Prof. Ira Remsen,
! who read two papers, one ION the rate of re-
duction Of inter compounds" and another ION
some connection between taste and chemical
composition"
A recess was then taken until o'clock. The
first paper read after recess was by Mr.. T. c.
| Mendenhall on Recent researches in atmos-
pheric electricity"
| The following papers have been added to the
program: ION the general laws pertaining to
stellar variation" 5. c. Chandler; Review of
the trivial names in Piazzi's star catalogue" c.
| ii. +. Peters; lon cretaceous flora of North
America" ]. S. Newberry; Terrestrial mag
netism," Cleveland Able; Spectrum pho
Biography in the ultraviolet" Romyn Hitch
cock, introduced by A. Hall; North American
pelagidae," W. K. Brooks; Development of
crustacea," W. K. Brooks; The plane of de-
narration between the cambrian and pre-
cambrian rocks" c. d. Walcott introduced by
r. Pumpelly; Report Of the American eclipse
expedition to Japan, 1887" d. T. Todd, intro
! duced by S. Newcomb.
This afternoon after the adjournment of the
public session of the academy, the executive
committee of the American Geological society
| met at the museum. The committee of ar
| rangements of the International Geological
| congress will meet there tomorrow afternoon
| This evening Prof. s. p. Langley will give a
reception at the Smithsonian institute. TO which
the members of the academy have been invited
LAST EVENINGS SESSION.
At the session of the academy yesterday af-
ternoon the paper of Prof. Todd, of Amherst,
on Composite Coronogrophy" was discussed
by Profs. Langley and Peters. Prof. PIERCE, of
the coast survey, read paper on Determine
| lions of Gravity" At session held last night
| Prof. Marsh, president of the academy, an
| nounced that the Watson gold medal. given to
promote astronomical research to the citizen of
| any country who has made the most important
discoveries in astronomy, had been awarded to
DR.. Edward Schonfeld Of the University of
| Bonn, Germany. for his invaluable researches
| In this department of science.
Dr. John ). Billings read memoir of the
late Prof. Baird. paying high tribute TO that SCI
entlst's abilities and personal qualities.
Sir Charles Rnssell-Who is He?
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
In recent issue Of Philadelphia paper the
inquiry was made, "Who is Sir Charles
Russell? The inquiry was not unnatural, as
late cable dispatches have styled Sir Charles
| Russell the Great English orator.
| Sir Charles Russell is native of the county
OF Armagh, Ireland. He was born in the town
of Newry, in 1888, at the residence of his father
Arthur Russell. He is a brother of the learned
Jesuit. Rev. Matthew Russell. of Dublin. who
has been so long the editor Of the IriSh Monthly.
lie Is, besides, the nephew of the late Very
| Rev. William Russell, DID,. the president of
| Maynooth college. Sir Charles Russell studied
for the English bar. He knew that an Irish
silk gown that of "Queen's counseI') could
be got only by the lackeys of Dublin Castle He
| knew that in Ireland no man can rise to emf
| nence without being a Castle-hack, and he was
not built for that kind of service. So, when he
! got ready to begin the study of law, he went TO
! England and entered Lincoln's Inn and ouali-
| fled for admission to the English bar-iust as
| many other lrishmen were compelled to do
when the snobs of the legal profession in Ire
| land refused to admit them to Join the profess
| sion in their native land.
Sir Charles Russell was admitted to the En-
| gllsh bar about thirty years ago. He was Irish
and Catholic, but he outstripped the English
men who had been practic1ng since he first
| NSut W SSuOOi All dis p[dcIlce ranked,
almost from the first, among the leaders of the
bar. Some eight or nine years ago he went
over to Ireland and ran for seat in parlia-
ment for Dundalk. Since then he has been one
Of the most active of Mr.. Parnell's colleagues.
| Mr.. Gladstone chose Sir Charles Russell as
the encouragement for England in his last
| cabinet, and thus an Irish nan became the first
Catholic encouragement of England since the
| days of Elizabeth. Id O'CoNYELL
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