The times., 1901-04-18
PROF. AGASS1z PRESIDENT.
Chosen the Head of the Natfonsf
Academy of Science


Alexander Agassiz. of Cambridge
Mass. was yesterday morning elected
President OF the National Academy OF
Science. which is holding its annual ses-
sion at the National Museum i'm this city.
The office was rendered vacant one year
ago by the resignation OF DIR. WaIcott
Gibbs. of Newport. r I. Prof AgnssIz
was formerly foreign secretary OF the
academy. Prof. Ira Remsen. who was
home secretary. was elected TO that p0-
sition yesterday. The vacancy in the Of
flee Of home secretary will be filed this
morning
The attendance yesterday was some
what larger than that on Tuesday The
first business was the election OF officers
This election included the selection Of
additional members OF the council, which
is composed OF all the officers OF the
academy and six members The follow
ing members were elected to serve in
the council during ttle ensuing year: J. s.
Billings. New York; H. p. Bowditch.
Boston: @. ]. Brush. New Haven: 3. p.
Langley. Washington: Arnold Hague.
Washington. and Simon Newcomb. T. s.
N. Washington
News of the death of Henry A Row
land. Of Johns Hopkins University. a
member of the academy. was communi-
Gated to the academy and occasiOned gen
eral expressions of regret. Thomas G.
Mendenhall and s p Langley were ap-
pointed committee to attend the funer-
al. which will take place in Baltimore to-
day at noon. This is the first time that
a member of the academy has died during
an annual session of that body.
A communication was received from the
Engineers Society OF Western New YORK
inviting the members Of the academy to
make their headquarters at the rooms
Of the society when visiting the Pan
American Exposition.
Applications for membership will be
considered this morning.
The afternoon session was public and
was given over to the reading and dis
cussion of papers by members of the
academy.
Last night the members Of the academy
were the guests of honor at a lecture
delivered by Prof. Alpheus Hyatt. of Bos-
ton. Mass. in the lecture hall of the
School OF Comparative Jurisprudence and
Diplomacy of Columbian University. The
subject of Prof. Hyatt's lecture was "A
New Law of Evolution
Later in the evening the members Of
the academy were received by Mrs
Phoebe Hearst at her home. 400 New
Hampshire Avenue. The reception was
given in honor OF Mrs. NuttaIl. who has
recently returned TO Washington from an
extended visit in Russia. A large num-
ber of prominent Washington people were
present The members Of the academy
who attended were: Cleveland A. Able,
Washington; Henry l.. Abbot, L. S. A.
New York; Alexander Agassiz. Cam
bridge, Mass. ]. Asaph Allen, Curator Of
fIe.
Charles +. Beecher of Yale University
New Haven. Conn. Franz Boaz. of Co
lumbia University. New York. Lewis
Boss, Albany. y. Y: Henry p. Bowditch,
er, Director of the Harvard Medical
School, Cambridge Mass; Charles F.
Chandler, New York; William r. Ball.
Washington; W. 9. FaTlOw, of Harvard
n. Gill. Washington; Arnold Hague.
United States Geological Survey. Wash
ington; Asaph Hall, Harvard University.
Cambridge. Mass; George H. w Hill.
West Nyack. N Y: Alpheus Hyatt. Gu
rator of the Boston Society of Natural
History; Samuel Z. Langley. Washing
ton; Thomas c. Mendenhall. President OF
the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Of
Worcester. Mass; Charles S. AlinOt. Har-
ward Medical School, Cambridge, Ma IS;
Edward w Morley, Adelbert College,
Cleveland, Ohio; Edward s Morse. Pea
body Academy of Science, Salem. Mass;
Simon NewcOmb. L. s. N, Washington;
n. +. Osborn, Columbia University. New
York: s. l.. Penfeid. Yale University.
New Haven, Conn: John w. Powell. Di-
rector of the Bureau of EthnOlogy, Wash
ingtOn. Frederick w. Putnam, Director
Peabody Museum Cambridge. Mass; Ira
Remsen. Johns Hopkins University. Bal
timore: Charles d. Walcott. Director Geo
logical Survey. Washington: Edmund Il.
Wilson, of Columbia University, New
York. Carl Barus, Providence. r. L.; G. 5.
Billings, New York: George j. Brush.
New Haven; r. H. Chittenden. New Ha-
ven: Albert f. Nicholson. Chicago. w H
Welch. Baltimore, and r. 5. Woodward.
New York.