New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
Tr,IS TINE U..r VICTORY Is At TIE S'E
BONNIE.

THE FIRST WOMAN DOCTOR or SCIrN~F Of THE
UNIVERSITY OF FE>NcE MISS
K1JIMPKf.'s UIS1oEy.
Paris December -.
Miss n srothca Klrmpk" dc'"n'ed ''' "@'
nomicol thesis yesterday NJ IN" S"r"'''''' "'
,,n her degree If Doctor ~ Sri"h''S VI w
French University She is w" hrs' W. ''''" WI,
has earned this distinction. MISC h'"''p"' "
n CalIforniaii. anI the sister "' "' '"""'"'
n,c,ross ~, Medicine. Djerine Klnr'rke who's
studies on the nervous system r'v' nor S'"'
wears ago tho proud position IN" holds IN 'he
.o,,,,,ec world here po,.thc Klumpfc has
taken up problem prcp, unded by Manp"rn"@'
.,rciJa,ed hv Laplace ard completely solved hy
S,h,. ISowsloslxwa Of the University OF stock
holm.
N,ss Kh,ml,ko answered without f"sitau"h
all the ,Ivr rStons put to her by me "Na"hf'9'
I should say that she Is about thirty. Sh" S"'
her vocation was determined by IN" clear sN'
~ California She had always taste i"r STAT
-. ing and 10 understand the mechanism ~ IN"
planetary system studied mathematics. ~" ~
now an assistant astronomer NJ IN" phser'a'"'S
OF Paris and n particularly engaged III STUDYING
the rings OF Saturn. Her ordeal at TN" S"rp"nnc
called forth much sympathy In the sc''"''"
wor,d and among her own compatrio's. The
She IL tall. slender. pale and shows In her eyes
that there Is a constant strain on her VISUAL
organs She was elegantly dressed In black. ana
SAT at a little table on which were piled note
hooks and mathematical manuscript papers
Her thesis touched on the rings of Saturn. when
she says are formed not II fluid or gas or of n
continuous solid matter but OF solid masses
isolated from each other by considerable us-
tances and held together by their power of
mutual attraction. as the molecules of piece oi
metal are held together
The second thesis was the general principles
OF dynamics. according 10 Jacobys WORK Inc
American girl listened quietly and attentiveiy -
all the questions Of tn. examiners She was
admitted to take her degree by the unanimous
vote Of the examining board. which inc,hicu
the Dean OF the Faculty Of Sciences. l'arb"ix: |:
Tisseraud director oI the University. ana
Audoyer senior professor Of astronomy AZ 'he
sorbonne. The dean said to her: YOU nay w.,
devoted yourself to the study OF the most IN
teresting questions OF astronomy. me ha'''rs
OF GalileO. Huygens. Cossini. l~aplace. w'h""'
speaking Of those Of my illn'rious '"lifas"ess
and friends are associated with the rings ~
Saturn. Your thesis has furnished con,r'bu-
ton which Is not to be despised. and which en-
ables YOU To rank honorably among thos" women
who have dcv,t 81 themselves to ma'h"fhh'I's
In the last century Marie Agn"si gave us
treatise dfferential and Integral caicu'us
Since her time Sophie Gcrman who was u"
less disttn guishe for her literary talent thhn
her scientific faculties. commanded the respect
uf the greatest gromctricians. A few years ago
the Academy of Sciences on IN" report OF u
committee Of which ! was a m"nr'r gave ''s
highest prize to Mime. Kowaesvka IL was u
prize that places her name In the same iine
as the names Of Euler and LAGRANGE IN thc
history OF the discoveries relative I" IN" ths.rf
Of the movement OF "A solid body round h>ci
u nt You In your turn have entered IN" career
I'VE knew for some years that you devoted your.
self with zeal and success to the fnrasurein'.''
OF the celestial bodies relatively 10 map OK the
heavens Your thesis which you diligently pre-
ia r~d In following our lectures ~ me hrst ina.
faculty In order 10 obtain the degree of Doctor
~ sciences and Mathematics You have well
begun. and our faulty hastens I" nrcIaIe YOU
worthy OF the degree. all Its members voting
with white balls. ,,,. 4,
A third Miss Kiumpkc Is a distinguished
painter. Her portr ,it Of her mother. whr n,Ay
30 raiied h,csscd among women. was exhibited
last year In the Salon and grcatIy adthii"u'