Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-02
PROF. DEATH
FUNERAL TO BE HELD THIS AFT
ERNooN.

Funeral services over the remains of
Prof. Samuel p. Langley will be held at
All Souls Church this afternoon at $3.50
After the services the body will be sent to
Boston for interment In the Forest Hill
cemetery.
As now arranged. the services at All
Souls will be conducted BY Rev. Edward
Hale. assisted by Rev. L. G. B. Pierce. the
pastor of the Church The honorary pail
bearers, selected from the regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, will be Chief JUS
time NJ. w. Fuller OF the United States Su-
preme Court. chancellor of the Smithsonian
Institution; Vice President Charles w. Fair
banks, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sena-
tor A. o. Bacon, Representative Robert
Adams, tr., Representative w. NJ. Howard,
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell. Joseph G. Can
non. Speaker OF the House OF Representa-
tives; Henry Adams, Arnold Hague. secre-
tary OF the National Academy OF Sciences,
and DR.. Charles d. Walcott, president or
the Washington Academy OF Science.
The active pallbearers will be Dr. Richard
Rathbun. Dr. Cyrus Adler. Dr. Frank
bot, Mr. W. l. Adams, Mr. James G. Tray
Tor and Mr.. H. w. Dorsey.
The honorary pallbearers at Boston will
be regents OF the Smithsonian Institution.
representatives of Harvard University and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Resolutions of Employees.
There was a meeting at the Smithsonian
yesterday afternoon OF the officials and
employees. presided over by Richard Rath-
bun. assistant secretary of the institution.
The secretary OF the meeting was Mr.
Traylor. formerly private secretary to Prof
Langley. Mr.. Rathbuu spoke briefly on
the subject of the gathering, and there was
a committee appointed. of which Dr. Adler
the librarian. was the chairman to draft
resolutions. While the committee had re-
tired, Charles D. Walcott director of the
geological survey. arrived and also spoke
briefly. The resolutions committee then
returned and RESENTED the following reso-
Iutions, which We're unanimously adopted:
The officers and employees of the smith
sonlan institution place upon record an
expression of their grief and the sense of
tnelr loss In the passing away of their
chief, Mr.. 5. p. Langley, the third secre-
taTy or the Smithsonian Institution
lis rs contributions to science have met
with worldwide recognition, and added to
the renown Of the institution His force
OF character and distinguished ability as
me mead of this institution greatly in
creased lts activity, and Ii was due to his
personal efforts that the National ZooIog-
aeaI Park and the Astrophysical OBSERVE
tory We're brought into existence.
We who are gathered here together and
VINO realize that were privileged to
Know and be under the guidance of one
OF the greatest scientific men of this age
also experienced his thoughtfulness, his
kindness, his interest in everything that
concerned the institution and its staff
from the highest to the lowest and en-
1oyed the acquaintance and friendship of a
man of the most Sngularly high character
and upright mind, to whom all forms of
sham and evasons were abhorrent. He
had In marked degree originality of in
tellect and nobility of soul united with
simplicity OF mind and kindness of heart
His work and his achievements belong to
the world. They We're those of a rounded
and completed life. The sorrow, the grief
and the sense of loss in his passing away
are ours and we shall cherish him not
alone In memory but in work In our.
respective walks in this institution, to
which he gave his whole thought and life
and which he loved so well.
By the Aero Club
At the recent meeting of the Aero Club
IN New York. the club adopted set OF
resolutions of a highly commendatory tenor
IN recognition of Professor Langley's
achievements In aero-dynamics. These res
olutions were not published at the time,
owing to the clubs knowledge of Professor
Ianglcys distaste for such action The
club, however, requested his permission to
make the resolutions public and they were
submitted to him while he was at Aiken,
just before his death. His niece Miss
Herrick. said afterward that Professor
Langley had given his consent to their
publication, and they have accordingly
been given out. They are from some OF the
foremost engineers and scientists In the
United States, and are as follows:
Our esteemed colleague, Dr. S. p. Lang
ley, secretary of the Smithsonian lnstltu-
ton, having met with an accident in
launching his aerodrome. thereby missing
decisive test of the capabilities of this man
carrying machine. built after his models
which flew successfully many times: and In
Rsmuch as In that difficult experiment he was
entitled to fair Judgment and distinguished
consideration because of his important
achievements In investigating the laws OF
dynamic flight and in the construction of a
variety of successful flying models:
Therefore, be it resolved. that the Aero
Club OF America, holding In high estimation
the contributions of DIR. Langley to the
science of aerial locomotion hereby express
TO him its sincerest appreciation of his
labors as a pioneer in this important and
complex science: and,
Be it further resolved, that a copy or
these resolutions be sent to the board of
regents of the Smithsonian Institution and
TO Dr. Langley. tSigned) Augustus Post,
chairman; Charles NJ Manly, William j.
Hammer David Todd. A. NJ. Herring Leo
Stevens. Carl Dienstbach, Julian +. THOMAS,
Paul Nocquet, Albert +. Zahm.