The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-17
MANY SCIENTISTS OF Note
The National Academy Opens Its
Annual Session.
Executive Business Considered Mt
Yesterdays Meeting-The Draper
Medal Awarded to Sir William
Higgins - Programme for To-day.

Higgins Programme for To-day.
The National Academy of Science
opened its annual session with business
meeting at the National Museum yester-
day morning Prominent scientists from
every part of the United States were
present and will remain during the ses-
sions Of the academy which will probably
conclude tomorrow.
The morning was given over to the
consideration of business of an executive
nature. Prof Asaph Hall, of Harvard
University the Vice President of the
Academy presided. The former Presi-
dent DIR. Walcott Gibbs. of Newport, r.
l.. resigned that position at the last an
nual meeting of the Academy on account
of i'll health. His successor will be chosen
at an election this morning at IL O'Clock.
A foreign secretary will also he chosen
to ill the vacancy which will be caused
BY the expiration of the term of Office of
Prof. Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge.
Mass. Applications for membership will
then he considered.
At the meeting yesterday morning con-
siderable routine business was disposed
of. The Henry Draper medal was award
ed to Sir William Higgins. of London, for
his Investigations on the subject of as
is provided from the Henry Draper fund
and is awarded bv the National Academy
of Science from time to time to such per-
sons as may have made new discoveries
or otherwise conducted meritorious re-
search in the scientific world
Whom tho rna,ter NJ electiop of foreign
associates came up the following were
proposed and unanimously elected to
associate membership: MN Bornet
Cornu J,psssn and roo,y,, 80 r,.
prof 1-o,,r,,,sc, ~ pov,,r, D..
ioi' Noiiirauscn' Vi oerhn, froI- III.
kronecker, OF Bonn, and Sir Archibald
Geikie, of London. This makes a total of
twenty-eight foreign associates of the
Noaoes at the present Time
Inc AFTERNOON session yesterday was
open to the public and a large number
of persons. not members of the Academy.
aesen,h,ed ~, Tho ,a,.,,,r, -. -. -. -
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tiohdi museum TO listen TO the reading
and discussion of the various papers on
the programme
A naner ~, ..-r,,. ,-s
r,., 80 VI oilnulde III
demonstrating the Relations of the Life
History OF an Individual to the Evolution
of its Gronp" was read b,- Alnbe,,s MT,
tho Curato, of The pos,,, c.ria.Iar 80 -
ufal History He illustrated his paper
with several charts General discussion
followed the reading The other 1890,
were: artificial parth.rooar,,ei., ~ a..
Relation to Normal rartiIi5at,e,, NJ ~, rs
r Wilson of CaI,,,nhi f fl.t1a. ioi, ~ II.
uItaneous Voumetric- ard E1eotrtS oil-
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