The herald., 1897-06-16
ANNUAL RECEPTION
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ME.
LAST NIGHT
on Astronomy and Chemis-
try-vocal and instrumental
Music-Punch Served

The Academy of Sciences held their
annual meeting last evening, and a large
audience assembled in the Friday Morn
ing club rooms to enjoy the program
that was promised. William A. Spald-
ing, president, occupied the chair, and
after ten new members had been elected
to the academy the first speaker of the
evening was introduced.
DR.. Lewis Swift, F. r. A. S., Of the
Mount Lowe observatory, made very
interesting and instructive address on
the Recent Advance. in Celestial Re
search" in which he first referred to the
vibrations which produce light, color,
heat, etc., the interesting results from an
analysis of water, alkali, cigar ashes ard
other substances and liquids; of the
movements of the stars as determined
by the spectroscope, its use in other de-
partments, and the contrast between it
and the telescope. DR.. Swift then took
up the different planets and various ce-
lestial bodies, and with remarkable read
mess he stated from memory innumer-
able statistics, reviewed observations,
and announced wonders of various kinds
that had been evolved by modern scien-
tifc research.
At the conclusion of DR.. Swift's address
Mrs. Abbot Kinney's delightfully."- rich
and musical voice was heard in Love- S
Nocturne," by Hope Temple. DR.. Frank
Bullard was then introduced, and with
the assistance of DR.. Day, DR.. Bullard
entertained his audience for half an hour
with the chemical effect produced by
mixing gases with liquids or alkalis with
acids, and vice versa, in test retorts or
glass jars. The speaker showed how
he produced blue flame, deep, fash
ionable shade of cerise in liquid, deli
cious yellow, black, a brilliant red, and
from that brilliant red deep blue. DR..
Billiard spoke of the chemical energy
which holds atoms together, and then
in his illustration he explained the forces
as heat, or the positive and negative
atoms in different substances that repel
or attract those in others.
Miss Gertrude Bigelow next gave an
artistic rendering of Liszt's beautiful
'Liebestraum," and then Dr. Davidson
was called upon to make report from
the botanical section. The doctor spoke
VI the ueeu OL nome LOT the ACADEMY
and announced that there were nearly
$50, 900 worth of rare and interesting Gu
rios promised that could be displayed
in it.
w. c. Patterson was called upon for a
speech, but he stated that he had merely
come as escort to DR.. Swift, and
therefore as a listener, but he felt i'm
PEELED to express his delight that the
academy was in existence, and that he
approved of any society that takes men
out Of themselves and into the contem-
plation of higher things, and he wished
the academy a long and vigorous life.
B. r. Baumgardt stated that he had
membership blanks which he should
be delighted to fill out; he stated terms
and extended cordial invitation to "come
and join." Adjournment was then taken
and the rest of the evening was occupied
with informal conversat ton and the dis
cdssion of a particularly inviting punch
which was dispensed by the ladies.
The officers for the ensuing year as
elected by the board of managers are as
follows: W. A. Spalding, president;
Abbott Kinney, first vice president; DR.
A. Davidson, second president; DR.
e. Arnold Praeger, treasurer; B. r.
Baumgardt, secretary. Directors: Will
liam knight, ]. D. Hooker, Joseph c.
| Nevin, Phi. D.. DR.. H. M. Bishop, Prof. j
| A. Foshay, j. S. Voshing.