New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

ron initiated that zeal for astronomical research
fhe clark teiescopg. acquired In iSao. WAS an ex-
ceilent glasS thouFI badly mounted and MAS e tnen
and noteworthy revelations the appearance
Of Halleys comet which was observed. from & -.
arrived Of It's having ben seen IN Europe. In.S
kii an iinfHs fhit 10 %pS' 80 ole.
soon emulated the eX"rrplc % Vale ty estahiishns
heaI ems. The most nr!an. lumlnary in the con-
steiatae Mas EhenezeT Porter Mason. genius;
impression on his contemporaries uy dlscOvtrief-
his DEATH which VA Iainented Ike TIN, OF Horro4.
it was not thought an eXaSEsrai'oI 4" co"p're ms
of Calico Under the leadership Or Oln:s: ei, Her
assSciatn o6seITers and thcy we're lsterward re-
inforced by Twalns, Lyman and Newton Chau-
Stoddqrd carried 10 the Ncstoraus The Telescope
that he had made at Yale uaccr the synd!cH'e's
me tnvessusatlons Of these asroaoa.cr5s ws.e a.
rect.d 10 the bOrells. the Zo@aC1 Light the
rscurreHec Of comets. the meteo:ic showers aad
the possible existence Of an intra Merogri4l planet
%sw,"' Ragn;' Ihe tn"-t GI m ig &
records of the past. continuing ;hc notes OF Her
ful COMPARISON OF the paths OF mete"rs. he deter,
Eascrating paenomcna. ard their relation TO
The Astronomical syndicate of olrnsted aad his
pupils was long dissolved. nut its spirit hovegs
ehsstcr % 6b9er%atory skilled asfronomers th
their great helometer are engaEEed upon problems
intellect Of Mason ana his brilliant confTeres.
MINERALOGY.
In ;he science Of mineraasy Yale has long main
taned the American leadersap; Every oae of Us
which Siliman carried PhilaGel lpaia TO be- named
lions to the nucleus beginning with The Gibbs cabi
net, now shown in the Peabody Museum, No one
ni'o he % aIn % f T'i1sS he ,l' 'Ig & 10
erIog bi ra,sd ana rarred h a % nun m
operators continues to be standard text hook in
In view of its recent acquisition l am tempted
TO speak OF the museum as the House Of the
Of tho sciences OF mineralogy. crystalIoeran.y,
torW fra he y a. I m I MAJ az S E
Danas. Brush, Marsh and Verrill
THE LIBRARY
The heart of a university IS its library. If hat
our college began with books; the iucunabula were
given by the founders: good books no doubt, if not
! the sciences was among them. Noteworthy ac-
| Itlihu Yale. Think of eight hundred volumes sent
from England, including the gifts of many famous
| Steele, Of The Spectator, ana the great Sir
| Isaac Newton. and then be grateful 10 forgotten
| this precious invoice Fifteen years later than
! from Bishop berkeley which with his bequest for
| scholarships and prizes. entite him 10 receive the
| the humanies Renewed homage should now b.
given 10 the benefactor whose timely and catholic
bounty enriched this adolescent college. Therefore,
let us repeat once more the verse of Alexander
Pope and 4scribe to Berkeley every virtue under
Heaven Gratitude to This great philosopher shall
| not diminish Our acknowledgements that long
| line of donors who have made the library worthy
| of the university which has grown Up around IT,
| photographers and Librarians the servants of
| the temple-serV serVorun aCadenu,-and such
| Edward G Herrick, Henry Stevens William
| +. Poole ana James Hammond TrumbuIl. are rare
men. conspicuous among the promoters OF historical
| research.
GEOLOGY.
IL controversial periods the attitude OF Yale has
been very serV!ceable To the advancement Of truth
| The Copcrnican CosmoSraphy probably aC-
Cep-ed from the beginning. although elsewhere the
Ptoemac conceptions OF the universe maintain e.I
! their supremacy. and the note when Rector PER
! son made on physics when he was a student i'm
! Harvard come ''uetWe2n the Ptolcmaic theory ma
q science its discoveries thought 10 b. i'm
conflict with The teaChnSS OF the Scripture Gfdi-
! cult answered the arguments OF science and on
pTooTium thrown lpOn the students Of ftlt,-
Brave Siliman stood firm IN the defence OF ceolov
and although Of the hastiOus on which uo r.
lied recame INT -rable. the keep never surre1Jerad
the fietS never lowered. When I'M. r1nderr
conceptions Of evolution were brought forward Inv
/ Darwin Wallace ard their allies, when ccnsar,;-
atises dreaded ana denounced the new internrsta-
! utterances Of Dana Ers1 dissipated All ann
tensions of danger, and then accepted in the ma IN
the conclusions OF the new biological SChOci Tba
graduates who under his influence Jrere never
| frightened by chimeras. Marsh's exneditions n
| the Rocky Mountains and his marvellous diecot,
important repository of geological testimony to tha
! truth OF evolution
/ remember the surprise o. Huxley I'm IS75 v-bo,
! At dinner OF the Club in London | toId him
following year the great English naturalist ~
u NoE-ITaven 70 see IN the Peabody Museur thst
OF which he had heard and read In his ia, e 10
a. NeW-lCTk he soon described the work of n.-sb