The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-12-01
NOTED LECTURERS
VIII Appear at
0kiO State University
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Students and friends of TIE Ohio
State University will be unusually
favored this year by the hign grade
OF lecturers that will appear before
tem from time to time during the
academic year. through thu courte-
sizes of the Sigma XI Society, writes
Professor w. l.. Evans, presiGt Mt OF
the society.
This society is one Of the honor
societies Of the University. end its
II embership is composed of only
those persons who have shown un-
usual talent in some branch OF
science. 1t has been the plal of the
society for a number Of years to
ers of recognized ability experts in
their particular field of study But
never before I'm one year we're 30
many noted speakers securcd-men
OF international reputation. IA pre-
pairing the program for the year the
society has endeavored to secure
speakers whose labors OF esearch
have been directed severally in four
great scientific fields. viz: Concrete
Science Agriculture, Engineering and
Medicine.
SCIENCE.
As a representative Of the scien'
ts's viii come Dr. \. A. Nicholson.
Director of the Department 4 Phys
les. Chicago University. who will
,I,.a ., giIVgt t,,tuya imam a1tbA
Metallic Colors Of Birds and Insects"
DR.. Nicholson has occupied the chair
OF physics, Case School. Cl-rk Uni
versity, and the University OF Chi
cago. He haa been the recipient OF
the Rumford medal the Copley med.
al Of the Royal Society Of ! ondon.
and in l907 was honored by the
whole scientific world in the award
of the Nobel prize and medal From
his many researches may be o'ted his
accurate determinations OF the veloc-
ity of light. the construction OF the
interferometer and It's application to
the measurement of the standard me-
ter in wave lengths Of light and his
present work upon diffracticn graf
ings.
AGRICULTURE.
Agriculture will be represented by
l.. II. Bailey. Director OF the New
York State Department OF Agricul-
ture. Cornell University, Ithaca, n.
Y, who will lecture upon ths subject
Of THE Country Life Movement"
Professor Bailey has been an enthu-
siastic writer upon the subjects OF
botany, horticulture and agriculture;
chief among his writings are the
"Cyclopaedia of Agriculture" "Rural
Science Series" and the editing OF
the "Cyclopaeda Of American Horti-
culture" He is TO come TO Columbus
during the session of the National
Corn Congress, a particularly fortu-
nate time, I'm that II will Sf'ord to
many of the State University alumni.
graduates OF other universities and
men prominent in agriculture an OPP
portunity of hearing this man, so
widely and favorably known in this
country as the Chairman OF the
Roosevelt Commission on Country
Life.
ENGINEERING.
The engineers could have nc more
talented representative than Colonel
G.. w. Goethals. Chief Engir eer OF
the Panama Canal. He will return
10 "the States" early in 1871 and II
Ia piece of rare good fortune that
he has consented 10 give a portion OF
his much-sought-for time 20 the
friends of the University All will
eagerly await the arrival OF this en-
gineer of international reputs ton.
MEDICINE.
Professor E. F. McCampbell, OF the
Department of Bacteriology. Ohio
State University, will represent Med.
icine. The subject will be Studies
on the Venoms of Snakes and Other
Poisonous Animals" This TOPIC will
be we'll illustrated with lAnteir slides
and practical experiments with the
venoms. DR.. McCampbell has gained
a very enyiable reputation bee ause OF
his researches upon infectious dis
eases and immunity work. Partic-
ularly fresh in our memories is his
trip to Mexico last December, con-
Quoted under the auspices OF the Uni
vsrsity and the National Academy OF
Medicine Of Mexico, for the purpose
of studying typhus fever,
II is not often that such an array
OF talent is presented in one season
AZ the University, and when we con-
slider that these lectures ale given
without charge to the students and
general public, to whom a cordial in
vitstion 10 always extended, 1t can
readily be seen that Sigma XI is
striving to render an unselfsh serv-