The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
An Announcement as to the
Semi Centennial Volume.
CONTENTS OF ITS TWO PARTS
The Chapters of the First Part VIII
Be Written by DIR. Langley and In
stitution OfficiaIs-Of the Second
by Eminent administrations
as Illustrations,

1885 secretary Langley discussed with
the executive committee of the regents the
best method Of celebrating the semi-cea-
| tennial of the foundation.
There was talk of gathering Of dele.
| gates from other scientific institutions
such as, is often held on similar occasions
by universities and academies OF science
but this was found to be quite iInpracti-
cable. 1t was decided that the best thing
TO do was to publish handsome volume,
giving an account of the institution. its
achievements and its present condition.
The book viii probably be issued within
three months.
The plan for the book was drawn I'D by
the late DR.. G. Brown Goode. One OF the
last things in his long service TO the insti-
tuition was to determine a suitable design
for the cover. When the outline of the con
tents had been agreed upon, the late DR..
James c. yelling, who had just retired
from the more active duties of president
of Columbian University agreed TO under
take the editorial supervision. His death
seemed TO put "A stop to the preparation OF
the copy for the volume. There seemed to
be no one with time at his command who
was fitted for the work.
1T was then" says Secretary Langley
in his official announcement. that DIT.
GoOde told me Of his great desire 70 under
take the work. Knowing how numerous
his duties already We're, | at first refused
and it was only at his earnest solicitation
that I agreed upon his editorial super
vision OF the volume.
AT the time OF his death the manuscript
was so far advanced as to render possible
its completion for the press and publica-
ton upon the lines he laid down He had not
only written many Of the chapters himself,
and ina de arrangerncntsfo for the illustrations
but had almost settled with the printers as
to the style OF type and form of the page,
and other details OF the book.
tine volume viii be a royal octave Of
about $50 pages and will be printed from
type in an edition Of 1000, with 200 ad-
ditional copies on handmade paper. The
scope Of Part is indicated by the follow
ing Oh apters:
"The Founder, James Smithson, by Mr.
8. p. Langley.
THE Acceptance of the smithson Be
quest by the United States, by Mr.. G.
Brown Goode.
The Establishment and the Regents, by
Mr. Goode; and list OF Regents, with brief
biographical notices, by Mr. W. j. Rhees
1.-The Secretaries, by Mr. Goode.
1.-The Benefactors OF the Institution, by
Mr. Langley.
Buildings and Grounds. by Mr. Goode.
THE Smithsonian Library, by Mr. Cyrus
Adler
The National Museum, by Mr.. F. W.
True.
The Bureau Of Ethnology, by Mr.. WI.
McGee
The Bureau of Exchanges, by Mr.. ". C.
winIock
The Astrophysical Observatory, by Mr.
Langley.
The Geological P ark, by Dr. Frank Baker.
Expeditions and tx pIorations, by Mr. F.
W True.
The Smithsonian publications, by Mr.
Cyrus Adler"
have now decided to add tOthis another
chapter. being the biography Of the late
DR. Goode, by DIR. David Starr Jordan, pres
ident Of Leland Stanford Junior, Univer-
Sity
The second part OF the book, which may
be described as appropriations OF the work
OF the institution in different departments
of science, is almost entirely written by
gentlemen not connected with the institu-
ton The chapters are as follows:
Physics, by T. C. MendenhalI. president
of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Worcester, Mass.
Mathematics, Robert Simpson Wood
ward, professor of mechanics. Columbia
New York city.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, by Edward
s. Holden, director OF the Lick Observa-
tory, Mount Hamilton, Cal.
Chemistry, by DIR. Marcus Benjamin,
United states National Museum.
Geology and Mineralogy, by William N.
Rice, professor of geology, Wesleyan Uni
Middletown. Conn.
"Meteorology, by DR.. Marcus Benjamin
"Paleontology, by Edward d. Cope, pro-
fessor of zoology and comparative anatomy,
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
and editor OF the American Naturalist.
Botany, by William G.. Farlow. professor
sity, Cambridge, Mass.
Zoology, BY DIR. Theodore n. Gill. pro-
fessor of zoology, Columbian University.
"Ethnology and Archaeology, by DIR. j.
Walter FewkeS, late director OF the Hem
enway expedition.
Geography, by Gardiner G. Hubbard,
president of the National Geographic So
ciety, Washington.
photography, by DR.. II. Darlington Boil
ton.
Cooperation of the Smithsonian In
with other institutions of learn
ing by Daniel Colt Gilman president OF
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1.-THE influence of the Smithsonian In
stitution upon the development of libraries,
the organization of the work of societies,
and the publication Of scientific literature
in the United States, by Dr. John $. Billings,
director of the New York public library. |
Relations between the Smithsonian In |
stitution and the Library OF Congress, by |
Ainsw orth r. Spofford, Librarian Of Con-
gress.
1.-The illustrations will consist OF the |
.wo known portraits of James SmithsOn |
lnda representation OF the memorial tablet |
erected at Genoa, also OF the portraits Of |
The Chancellors, Dallas, Fillmore, fancy, !
Chase, Worth, and Fuller, the secretaries, |
Of Mr. Hodgkins, and of certain of the |
earlier regents, who were especially in |
Iuential in shaping the character of the |
institution in its earlier days, John Quincy |
4 dams, Robert Dale owen, Richard Rush, |
Louis Agassiz, George Bancroft, William
T. Sherman, Asa Gray. and j. @. yelling, |
With views of the Institution and IL /
ustrations OF its seal and of the HOdg- |
rms medal"
.