The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

DEAN HOWE Of Denver University
"a now engaged in ore OF the most i'm
rortaHr works being done in astronomy,
the computation OF the eXact distance
between the earth and one Of the
heavenly bodies.
1t is upon the planet Eros that for
some time the big telescope at the
university has been leyeied while the
dean has been making extensive prep
arations trendjng toward the finding
CT the exact distance between that body
and the earth.
II this one distance could be found.
then the distance Of every other planet
from this sphere could be calculated
with little difficulty. BY first finding
the accurate distance Of planet from
the earth. its distance from the sun
may be determined. BY kepIer s law,
the cubes Of the distance of any two
planets from the sun are to each other
as the square Of their times OF reyo-
luton. This last can be accurately
calculated, and. when the distance OF
Eros to the earth IS found. the matter
of discovering the distance Of other
planets from US can be seen to be an
easy one The discovery viii reyolu-
tionize some Of the old theories Of the
astronomers. and the work Of the dean
IS being carried. on with the hope that
MS observations and computations Will
De the first TO make his name one to
be remembered in scientific circles.
Eros was discovered some time ago
by a German professor, who IS now
about the only competitor of the dean
IN trying to make the calculations. This
professor has published a book on the
planet which he discovered and is now
watching it as if it were a child of his.
Owing to the fact that there are no
big telescopes in. the Southern Hemls-
phere Eros has been practically lost for
some time. The planet appears In the
Northern Hemisphere about every two
years. The last time 1t was visible the
Denver University went on record as
having made more calculations on 1t
than any other institution In the world.
Eros is now approximately 100000
600 miles from the earth.
The work of computations will take
almost two years. as the planet is near
est the earth in 1912.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
Of Princeton University. addressing the
American Bar Association at its annual
convention in this city Wednesday on
the subject, .'The Lawyer and the Com
munity.' said:
fSociety is looking itself over from
top to bottom, is making fresh and criti
cal analysis of its very elements, is
questioning its Oldest practices as free
" as its newest. scrutiniZing every ar
rangament and motive of its life, and
stands ready to attempt nothing less
than radical reconstruction, which
only frank and honest counsels and the
forces of generous cooperation can hold
back from becoming a revolution.
1.-THE nation has grown keen after
certain practical objects, and will not
willingly brook the inpediment set up
by constitutions. The life Of the ma
ton does not center now upon questions
of governmental structure or of the dis
tribution of governmental powers. 1t
eenters upon economic questions. ques-
tons of the very structure and opera
ton of society itself. of which govern
ment is only the incident
Constitutional lawyers have fallen
into the background. We have ree-
gated them to the supreme court, with
out asking ourselves where we are to
hnd them when vacancies occur in that
great tribunal. A new type of lawyers
has been created; and that new type
has come to be the prevailing type
In gaining new functions, in becom-
ing identified with particular interest.
the lawyer has lost his old function. is
looked askance at in politics. must dis
avow special engagements if he would
have his counsel needed in matters of