The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
TRtRHTES TO AGASsIz.
BrOOidSnr Institute or Arts and Science.
Holds Centenary Commemoratlon.

BrOOIdSn- Institute of Arts and Sciences
Holds Centenary COmmemOratOn.
A c~onmemoration OF the one hundreaih
anniversary of the birthday Of Dr.. Louis
Jean Rudoiphe Agassis. the famous natur.
alist, was held last evening under the
direction Of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences. A large audience composed
Of admirers Of the scientist was present
and the ap~preciative tributes TO his memory
evoked warm applause. A notable feature
Of the programme was the rendering of
three musical selections by the Aron
Singing Society. The pieces. we're
"SchAsfer's Sonntagslied." e Kreut7er;
"Waldmorgen. E.. KoIlner, and die Az
macht. Schubert-Liszt. with soprano solo
by Miss Martha Gissel.
The Rev. DR., l.. Mason Clarke. president
Of the council Of. the institute. presided
and made the opening address. He said
that it was peculiarly fitting that the
Brooklyn Institute Of Arts and Sciences
should Recognize the birthday Of. Prof.
AgassiE, the great man who had been
called the pathfinder of science in America,
Us IN its earlier years he had been .one Of
It's lecturers. Dir. Clarke said that the fact
that his father had been one OF the earliest
pupils Of this great teacher showed how
DTlel MAO DetH Ille dRt Oh bClfpCS IN AEldElCd.
DR.. Clarke closed with IoNefl's well known
poetic tribute to the deceased scientist.
The centennial address on Agassiz was
then delivered by Prof. Franklin W. Hooper.
NJ. A., one of his pupils and director Of the
institute.
DR.. Hooper's address gave a somewhat
detailed story of the life Of Agassiz-of
his birth sin a humble cottage on the south
ern slope OF a hill overlooking Lake Morat
and the broad plain Of Switzerland" Of
his childhood in which his playmates
were the rabbits, the. squirrels, the birds
and the fishes: his student days when he
always was conspicuous for his remark
able abfiitieei his. researches. in. felds and
museums, his later studies in Paris. his
associations with famous -naturallsts and
his writings there his visits to England
and America and his teaching In this oouI1-
try, The speaker paid a high tribute to
the man. saying: e
II Agassiz had remained in Europe ne
might have continued q close student of
comparative zoology and might have left
a record as a zoologist second to that Of no
other naturalist in any time. But what the
world lost in the direction of comparative
zoology the world more than Rainsd through
his influence as a scientific man and as a
teacher in this country. He was perhaps
the greatest teacher Of natural history in
this country. II not altogether the greatest
teacher that we nave had. He taught by
his. pubic lectures. given throughout the
country; he taught through his own museum
and others that were established through
his influence, and he was a teacher of teachers,
Those who came under his influence became
teachers. They have formed faculties in
science; they have created museums and
universities; thsy have taught the rising
generation to have a thirst for kpowledes,
a reverence for nature, a love for man and
to look through nature ZIP TO natures God.
In conclusion DR.. Hooper said:
Great teacher, whose name we are scarcely
worthy to take upon our lips, we would bring
to ourselves q realization of the vprk that
you did; we would devu1s OUR lives 10 the
great ends and purposes for which you
labored, and. unworthy as we are. We would
pledGe anew to thee all our overs In the ser
vice of mankind.