Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
MUSIC FOR VETERANS HONOR PAID DARWIN
Filipino Band May Play for Celebrating the Centennial of
Presidential Escort. the Scientists Birth.
MARCH TO THE CAPITOL FOREMOST IN, HIS FIELD
the Details for
ton Day. versity of Jena.
VISIT OF THE WEST EXERCISES
ton origin or species
,.. <or Gov u.rmon Be
Celebrating the Centennial of
the Scientists Birth.
Most Notable Observance at the Uni
versity of Jena.
ENGLISH EXERCISES DEFERRED
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publica-
ton Of the "Origin of Species"
Will Be COMMUNICATED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch Ia The Star.
NEW YORK, February l1.-Thc GEN.
tennial OF the birth OF Charles Darwin
today is TO be marked by many celehra
tons abroad. Most Of these obsevvanCes
are in London Or elsewhere in Great Brit
ain. Perhaps the most important Of all.
however is that arranged in Germany al
the University of Jena. where Prof. Er
nest Haeckel will make the day the &C
cas!on of his farewell utteranrc I'm retiring
from the chair that he has long held ia
the university.
At Cambridge, and more generally
throughout the British institutions Of
/ learning, the great Darmin commcmora-
ton, Will be held from June - 10 June
II. marking the tiftieth anniversary of
the publication of The origin of Spc-
cies''
1t is one of the oddities Of science that
Darwinism should have been conceived
and expressed by two Englishmen work
ing on opposite sides of the globe, with
| ont knowledge of each others purposes,
along almost exactly identical lines, ST.
mutanoouSly. Darwin was preparing an
! advance sketch of the ideas embodied IN
| the following year in the Origin OF Spc-
cies.'' when. to his surprise, there came
! to him from over seq "A monograph Slinl-
lar to that he was writing, prepared BY
| the colleague then Carrying on lnNeSuSa-
| tons in the East Indies.
| Darwin Gets the Credit.
Darwin at first generously purposed 10
retire in favor of the prior claim. IN
| duced by friends and scientific associates,
| he finished his paper. which was read be-
| fore the Linnaean Society with that OF
Wallace. Darwin frankly attributing equal
credit to his rival That the theory later
became connected principally with Oar
wins name was the result of his efforts
| in elaboration.
! Darwin, born in 1909, arrived at the
| demonstration of his master theory at the
| age Of fifty years. During that time his
| life from youth was almost wholly De
| voted first to study and travel, later to
| observation and experiment in the natural
| sciences.
| In 1875 lie went for two years to the
| University of Edinburgh and afterward to
| Cambridge to study after his bent for
| natural science. On leaving college after
| a three-ye stay lie obtained the position
| of naturalist aboard II. NJ s. Beagle on
| it's voyage around the world.
| Darwin was away from England on the
| Beagle for five years, returning in 1888.
! During the whole tine lie had been busy
| observing and collecting specimens. He
summed up his work in the following year
in his volume. THE Voyage Of the
| Beagle" Darwin married in 1889 and set
tied in 1si. in the country at Down. HIS
| health had been impaired by his labors
| on the Beagle. and he was Obliged to live
| very quietly and do but limited amount
| of daily work during most OF the RENAME
der of his life. Laboring at Down on nat
| ural history Investigations, he published
| a series OF monographs, one Of which.
| the Monograph on the Cirrpedia," alone
took eight years in the preparation.
What Darwin Did in Science.
| Darwin. aside from enunciating his
theory, did two things of great value to
science; in tracing out its working in a
vast number of the lower forms Of life.
and finally in extending it to cover the
| evolution Of man from his animal kindred
| in the same manner as the evolution OF
other species. This topic he treated in
THE Descent of Man. published in 1871.
after many years of special anthropolog-
ical study.
| Charles Darwin died in 1SS2, after a
long and quiet but laborious. life. lie
bore the attacks of the adherents of the
Older school. especially in Germany.
throughout his life. He was of IA gentle
and peaceable temperament. and had
! enough of philosophy To support his op-
ponents' attacks with unbroken equanim-
| ity At his death he was acknowledged
the foremost man of science in the Eng
lish- speaking world. Since then science
has somewhat revised his theories, with
out lessening the respect for the extra
ordinary intellect that evolved them.