New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
NNTTERS4RIES IN 1909.
rno,,s Hen Who First Sac the
Light an 1909.

Alan zoe E[lNA AEI TilZtT'-Ie1i4
p, Tennvson and Oliver Wendell Holmes;
a. -rre5cians and composers as Felix Men
so'1 pa-fholdy and Frederick Francois
oT-s9s- eurh statesmen rs Abraham Lincoln
ChoL-r --,..- 4,r.a-t Gladstone and such 4 scien-
b1o : charles Robert Darwin Three other
III .-ies are thrown in for good measure
al-'' tho 4a0th anniversary Of the birth Of
1n' -, the zGoth anniversary Of the birth
'O-- r,o,,,,sl Johnson and the centennial Of the
III NJ Josef Haydn
0eatH 9. .-,-7f,..-sary VII be that Of Poe, who
an January -. in Boston Among the
"11 2 --orosed f5r The Poe celebration in New
I- s-s the dedication of bronze statue IN
IO'A no-L oTposite Fordham College, readings
~ .i+s+ior,s from Poe's works in the public
SI = The Bronx lectures on the poet and
- rs IN the public lecture courses and COM
Is -, .,v.--i-es n New York University.
menu - -1s Fu-Gham home Of Poe and
a,,,aa,,~t. atllh was his favorito walk
LIZ - rr-ort. or Columbia University, will
=, address before The Authors Club At
81 meeting II oa held on January -
-,--;a, Of q memorial At West Point has
~, --,-,,ss5 by friends f the United States
- ,caderny and admirers Of the poet
cadet Al rne academy for SIX months
To- - -, ,.-iaf period = study at the newly
[,7a5 University Of \ -r5 ma VIII ao~OlloSS oe
..1a,-s-a7 TX approTrlata exercises
md arniversa-y : that Of Felix Men
= 7,s-..,oifv. vtn was born on February
- Hamburg. Il Was The son ~ z cultured
. . -..-.s,ert and -.. grandson = the Jew
't"S- No. ,-..r..-s1i.n The father Of
-,,sir;an used e. say io Jest: Formerly
.+o sar Of rly tl-.ar. aat now I am the
oe-,v s--~ Z IS probable that the an
- n tn, -ruz.... Hon II Ills time viii be
-i-.5 IN different -.--s Z the world by !
f,r-7a-7ra OF s-s1. NJ his musical works. |
- . his a-a-ar5.s II .----.-" and st Paul" /
= 5a,-s after -t-.. famous 70 Z the jewish
,.-fs-fa, family, II Germany was born in Ham /
- -7-o mon vna=e names viii long he borne !
~ -,s raster Il the worlds great ones hfSt s." |
.ba light on opposite SIDES II -1e Atlantic one |
7ss Abraham Lincoln. born II . setter c,'i'.h
~ Hardin county Ky. and The other was
Charles Robert Darwin who was born IN me |
bo-,a r an English rector IN SEr' 'ESoJTE- L IS
--at.afrz that Congress VII provide Tor hi-
.i7r3I memorial = Lincoln. a-l hat the Tooth /
,-=,-.s-sa-v # MS birth u-- be observed IS |
A.. national holiday HIS birthplace Is 10 be |
preserved. IN New York C-ty commemorative |
exercises VIII be held IN churches, halls and |
schools : general committee, including among |
its members many persons associated with LIN
roln and his assassination IN 2 personal man
no.. has been appointed % arrange FOR an aq-
r-onrjate celebration. II which Joseph H Choate |
Is chairman Hugh Hastings IS chairman Of the /
executive cor1ruittee II this body.
Among the -re--'.s~s o-a Mayor Mcclellan, |
Frederick " Seward. Assistant Secretary Of /
SAFE from 1851 u l>t-G. who was nearly rlur- |
6e-ad while defending See-,ta-y Seward. his |
tathe-. on April !. -s5-. Judge A J. Often |
hoefe- the only surviving Lincoln eiectOr Of /
ls;4; Dr. Charles a Leale who was the first I
surgeon 10 reach the President after he was /
shot: Major Generals SickIes and StaheI and |
General James 7 Be.rre, who was provost |
marshal Of the District oc Columbia when the |
President WAS ass-ss--a-e1-
Al Springfield. IL. where Lincoln was buried, /
there viii Be addresses by Ambassador Bryce |
Of England Ambassador Jusserand Of France, |
Senator DoIliver. Of Iowa. and William !. Bryan /
CT February -
The anniversary ~ --e nan responsible for /
fhe theory of evolution Is ~ explanation Of the
origin Of the various forms Of life instead OF |
the supe-n4tu-a- theory previously held viii be /
widely celebrated by scientific societies in more |
tran one country. Possibly reports on the re |
cent discovery Of d skull II France which, ap- !
psrently. has been buried since the glacial pc |
nod and which seems 70 approximate the theo- |
recal missing link il its characteristics, will
figure il the celeb-atio. q the Tooth anniversary
q Darwin and the fttieth anniversary of the /
fist publication of lis Origin Of Species" in |
1853
The Darwin family IS an interesting study in |
The problem q heredity. Erasmus Darwin, the |