The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-08

all prominent in the numerous scienti-
ic societies of the United States, to
which list Of names may be added sew
eral Americans of note from other
parts of the new world, including Prof.
Charles Berg OF Buenos Ayres, DR.. II.
Won J. Herring of Sac Paulo (BraziD.
and DR. J. d. de Lacerda OF Rio de ia
Metro.
There are only two men in this long
list of honored Americans who had the
rare advantages OF studying under the
master mind of the world famous de-
plored scientist. They are Prof. Henry
+. Osborn. biologist Columbia college,
New York. and Prof. w. b. Scott, biolo-
gist. Princeton college, Princeton, N.
J. The foreign members embrace the
names of all the noteworthy scientists
I'm the world. a field representing 16
different nationalities, and numbering
235 men in all. America leads with GA.
Germany has 81. France "a Italy 10.
Holland u, Austria 10, Russia 10,
Switzerland s. japan Z. Denmark 5.
Sweden 5. Portugal 4, Norway 3, Bel
gium 3. Roumania 3, Spain l, and Ara
bia !. 1t is interesting to note that
seven Japanese scientists were honored
i'm this complimentary list to several
less in larger countries who are among
the oldest known to civilization. Spain.
for instance. is credited with having
only one scientist worthy of appoint
ment. Is this not the most substantial
evidence of the much questioned higher
educative advancement of this oriental
race? And IL one generation can adj
vance at such a pace with rivalry is
Europe likely to encounter from this
hitherto unsupported quarter?
Several suggestions have been pre-
sented and entertained as to the form
the Huxley memorial should take. The
final decision is a life-size statue to be
placed in company with those of OAR
win and owen i'm the Natural History
Branch of the British Museum at Ken
sington. England. The commission has
not as yet been given out, but II is
probably that Boehm, the sculptor who
made the Darwin memorial statue, will
receive il.
Although deeply absorbed in the COM
position of an important lecture in his
study at Columbia college, when l
called, Professor Osborn welcomed me
cordially and voluntarily set aside his
work for an hour or more to place him
self at the disposal of my questions re-
garding the promotion of the memorial
and his personal knowledge of the life
of the great scientist. / found Column
bias noted biologist ready to make any
sacrifice of time in the interest of the
movement. Asked to give a briefshis
tory of the memorial undertaking, he
Shortly after Professor Huxley died
n coterie of his most intimate friends
held a meeting in the rooms of the
Royal society, London. movement
had already been suggested, and they
concluded they would be advancing the
desire of all interested in inviting a
number of representative and infiuen- |
tial men to second gathering for the
purpose of fully considering the mat
ter The result of the second meeting |
was an unanimous decision to form the |
body into a regularly constituted pro- |
visional committee for the advance |
ment of the movement, soon after |
which invitations were sent to an adj |
ditional number of admirers of the /
great biologist for the formation of a |
committee.
These invitations were very cordi-
ally received. II. r. H., the Prince of |
Wales responded warmly, accepting
the duty of honorary president I'm
mediately action would have been |
taken, but summer was too far ad-
to make il worth while, and so |
the first meeting of the general COM
mittee was postponed until late in the |
fall At the gathering or this body on
Nov q last Lord Kelvin offered the |
first resolution, which was to the effect |
that IL was desirable to establish a me-
mortal to the late Right Honorable
Thomas Henry Huxley. 1t was second
ed by the Right. Hon. A. J. Balfour.
NJ. p, and further supported by Lord
Playfair.
I'm Offering the resolution Lord KEEL
win paid a tribute to Huxley, which
was Enthusiastically in touch with
the solemn gladness of the occasion.