The times., 1901-04-19
The ANNUAL SESSION OVER
Election of Members of the National
Academy of Science.
Washington Acndemicians the Hosts
nt Banquet at Rauscher's Last
Night-Dr. Arnold Hague, of This
City. Chosen Home Secretary.

|
| terday concluded its annual meeting,
which has been in progress at the Ma
! tional Museum for several days The
work transacted during the session has
| been highly satisfactory to the members
of the Academy. At the business session
! yesterday morning there were five scien-
| lists elected to membership in the acad-
! envy They are E. II. Moore, professor OF
mathematics, University of Chicago; Ed
ward II. Nichols. professor of physics,
! Cornell University; George f. Becker, OF
! the United States Geological Survey,
! Washington; James Mex Cattell, pro-
| fessor of psychology, Columbia UniVer-
| sity New York, and T. Mitchell Pruden,
professor of biology. Columbia University
| New York.
| An election was also held to select a
home secretary to fill the vacancy caused
! by the election on Wednesday of Ira
| Remsen to the position of foreign secre-
tary. which was formerly held by Prof
! Agassiz, the present President of the
| Academy Arnold Hague, of the United
| States Geological Survey, was elected
| home secretary.
Five is the largest number of persons
who can be elected to membership in the
! Academy at an annual meeting. The cleo
! ton of members to the Academy is con-
| Quoted behind closed doors. No one not
a member of the Academy is permitted to
be present during the discussion of the
| nominees for membership.
| The only member from Washington
elected to membership at this session or
| the Academy was DR.. George +. Becker,
| OF the Geological Survey.
Several changes in the constitution have
| been proposed and were referred to the
| Nf fIan off
of the Academy and six additional MEM
bers. The report of the council will be
submitted to the Academy at the next
| annual session.
The session yesterday afternoon was de-
voted to the reading and discussion of the
following papers:
The Significance of the Dissimilar
| Limbs of the Ornithopodous Dinosaurs,
| by Theodore Gill; THE Foundation of
| Mind by j Nv. Powell. and Conditions
| Affecting this Fertility of Sheep and the
| Seq OF Thief Offspring" by Alexander
| Graham Bell.
/ The last event of the annual session OF
! the National Academy of Science was the
| banquet rendered the visiting members
| of that organization by the Washington
| members at Rauschers last night. In ad-
| dition to the eminent scientists who claim
present many prominent Government Off
| Gals Covers were laid for eighty-one
persons The table was arranged in the
| shape of a horseshoe. Prof. Simon New
comb, United States Navy, presided. AT
| his right sat Secretary Gage and Prof.
Asaph Hail. of Harvard University, the
Vice President of the Academy. On his
left were seated Secretary Wilson and
Prof Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge,
Mass, the newly elected President of the
Academy. There was no set progra mrne
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 or 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 ana uniYersl-
ties of the land go into other lines OF IN
vestiga ton than those conducted by the
Government. They are offered better in
ducements to associate themselves with
colleges and private corporations than
with the Government. This condition of
affairs was one which Secretary Wilson
deemed a hindrance to more rapid prog
resS.
The health of the new President of the
Academy Prof. AgassiZ, was then pro-
posed and drunk. Prof. Agassiz spoke
briefly, saying that the greatness of
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-
emy should have official Government rec
ognition.
DR.. ]. 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
for their needs. and that it was Mr.. Car
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 II. Dali,
(;i5, Clarence ,rI E. Dutton T. s A. Grove X
Samuel p. Langley, Simon Newcomb, L.
S. N, Charles A. Schott, Charles ID.
Walcott, Charles A White, and DR.
George F. Becker. Those present last
night were Secretary Wilson, Prof. Alex
ander Agassiz, Prof. G. F. Barker, DR.
George F. Becker, a Graham Bell, DR..
Boss. Prof. William II. Brewer Prof
George ]. Brush, Seth G. Chandler Sen
ator f. NJ. Cockrell. William II. Dali,
Capt c. Fl. Davis. l. S. N, DR. s. p
w. Foster, Gen. a. w. Greely, Bernard
r Green, H. b. +. Macfarland. President
Mendenhau Prof. Albert Nicholson. Dr.
Charles S. Minot. Prof Edward w. Nor
ley Prof Simon Newcomb, S. L. Penfield
Clifford Pinchot. Herbert Putnam, Prof.
T. W Putnam. Dr. Richard Rathbun, Mr.
Charles A. Schott. Prof. 4. j. Smith.
Prof. Charles S. Stratton. Prof. II. w.
Wiley, DR.. Thomas Wilson, Prof Ar
thur w. Wright. Carroll d. Wright,
Lyman J. Gage, Secretary Of the Treas
urg: Prof Cleveland Able, Gen. II. l. Abb
bot, j. A. Allen, Prof Carl Barus. George
NJ. Bowers. Rear Admiral r. p. Bradford
Prof. w. *. Brooks, Edward Eggleston,
DR.. w. @. FarlOw, DR.. r. NJ. Gallaudet
DR. @. X. Gilbert, DR.. Theodore Gill DR.
Arnold Hague, Prof. Asaph Hall. w. T.
Harris. Hon. John B. Henderson, DIR. l.. o.
Howard, Prof Alpheus Hyatt Hon. Iohn
A Kasson, S, =. Langley. Mr.. w J Nc
Gee William r. Merriam, DIR. G.
Hart Merriam, Willis l.. Moore, Sena-
tor j. r. Morgan. Prof. Edward S.
Morse. II. F. Osborn, Maj John W. Pow
ell, John r. Proctor. DIR. d. T.. Salmon, a
DR. o. II. Tittmann DR.. a. {. True DR..
Charles D. Walcott. Prof. T. y. Wilson.
Movements of Navni Vessels.
The North Atlantic Squadron. Rear Ad-
miral Farquahar arrived at Kingston,
jamaica, yesterday The Mosquito Squad
ron, consisting of the gunboats Annapolis,
Frolic, Piscataqua, and the Wompatuck,
commanded by Commander Carl Rohrer,
started from Singapore yesterday on the
last leg of it's long voyage to the Phil
ippines The arrnored cruiser New York
tlagship) has sailed from SueZ for Pc
rim on her way to Manila. Rear Admiral
Kempff, Acting Comma ander-in-Chief of
the ASiatic Station, reports that gunboatS
in l1A phtIinnipaG 6isfr tod ue fol