The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-19
THE ANNUAL SESSION over
Election of Members of the National
Academy of Science.
Washington Acndemicians the Hosts
n. n Banquet ut Rauscher's Inst
Night-Dr. Arnold Hague. of This
City. Chosen Home Secretary.

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peeh proposeu anu - oaoare
| COUNCIL Wnlch cohs'S.S % ~ -
of the Academy ana SIX aooilfonai mem
bers. The report of the council Will pe
| e,,h,,ittad to the A academy at the next
|
annual SESSION. l..
The session yesterday aternooH was w
voted to the reading and discussion OF the
| ea,,o,,,in, ,>anars.
| h'i,O" 'Ae 80 -. .h D;ssir,iIar
| Inc oisiiiicahee VI - ro. >,
| Limbs OF the CrnithopououS DilioS"u''
| nv J'haodo,A Gill: The Foundation Of
| MI ;, -, NV pourau and conditions
MINI ny - S,,ao,, ,na tho
| AnectlnG TINS ertllilS VI .'"eNp -
Seq of Tho.f Offspring, by Alexander
Graham Bel.
| The last event of the annual session of
| a.. n-.,,o,a, a ,.a,,arox, Of SCIENCE was the
| tiie 4>s'i'''i -, .,., Vow hers
Danqiet tehuereu 'hs 1,-,s;..,r.,,,
! of that organization by the washington
members al Rauscher's last night In ad-
| si,i,,, "a tho eminent scientists who claim
| ,,a,,,, ,bare uera
membership In the ACADEMY there "e.e
| present many prominent Government OH
| Gals Covers were laid for eighty-one
| ner~ons Tho table was arranged in the
| p i-,rs, Do ci,,on Nau
| shape OF horseshoe- fioi-
comb. United States Navy presided. AT
| - mn 90 u.r,,ard Irniversitv the
| - ~, .l,o, ~, hi,
| wee PRESIDENT vi ,ne .,o n,y, r's
| left were seated Secretary wilson ana
Prof Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge
| Mass, the newly-elected President of the
| Academy There was no set programme
| of speeches but at the conclusion of the
| repast Prof Newcomb called upon sew
| eral of the guests for impromptu speeches.
| Secretary Wilson. in responding, spoke of
| the scientific features of the work of the
| Department of Agriculture in importing
| seeds, grasses, and plants from foreign
countries. He said the salaries paid the
scientists in Government employ were two
small. This was the reason he asserted
! why the young scientists who every year
| graduate from the colleges and unfversi-
ties of the land go into other lines of in
| Government. They are offered better in
| ducements to associate themselves with
| colleges and private corporations than
with the Government. This condition of
deemed hindrance to more rapid prog
| ress.
The health Of the new President of the
posed and drunk Prof. Agassiz spoke
| briefly, saying that the greatness of a
nation depended upon the scientific in
vestigations which were conducted by its
people. He referred to the progress in
| science made during the past fifty years
and said that he felt the National Acad-
envy should have official Government rec
| ognition.
| DR.. J. S. Billings. Librarian of the As
| tor Library of New York, spoke about
Andrew Carnegie's recent proposal to
erect large number of libraries In the me-
tropolis. DR. Billings said that a large per
| centage of the boys who attend the public
schools do not continue their studies after
| they are fourteen years old. He stated
| the library scheme was designed largely
negie's intention to place the library next
, in Importance to the public school.
| The members of the Academy who re-
| side in washington are William III. Dali.
| Clarence E Dutton U s A. Grove X
| Gilbert. Theodore n Gin, Arnold Hague
Samuel p Langley, Simon Newcomb, T.
8 N Charles Schott Charles d.
Walcott, Charles A. White and DR.
| George F. Becker Those present last
| ,,-o,., yVfySar Urof Afax
| ander Agassiz, Prof. G.. F. Barker, DR.
George nj becksr, a. rahaI b., EEL Or,
| Ross prof William " Rrewer PROT
| George J. Brush. Seth c. Chandler. Sem
| ator F, NJ Cockrell. William III. Dan,
Eapt, n n P E,e,o, ~ IL q ~
| W Foster cen a " S;reeivl bernard
| r Green. II. b. +. Mcfarland. President
| Mendenhall. Prof Albert Nicholson, DR..
chaTIes .. Mlhot; ! Iol. rtuwaII W. MOT 2,
icy, fIoi- SIMON 4ST~SonIp' .. Il, 1 enIielu'
Glnord Fihchot; herpert futnaHl, froI-
m. L L.