The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-06
PRESIDENTS
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to the stripping of all tho cathedrals.
and to the destruction OF all monas-
tic buildings and ecclesiastical art
treasures throughout the length and
breadth of Scotland.
There Is one feature of st Andrews
University. now i understand abol-
ished, but which prevailed for several
hundred years. namely. the refusal to
allow any vacations. because they only
fostered the avarice OF professors, en-
couraged the levity of youth. and add
cd to the !rksomeness OF obedience"
Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Chan
cellor OF st. Andrews. and who. huge
In stature. and majestic in bearing.
| presents a most imposing appearance in
his gold-laced robes OF office. has been
too. recently in the United States, and
| too recently also portrayed In those
letters. TO admit of more than passing
mention hero. The rector, Lord Ave-
oury. is better known here by his
former name OF Sir John Lubbock,
and has many American connections
and friends. one OF his daughters be-
Ing the widow of Ferdinand Van Zandt.
of New York. BY the working classes.
and in this category Include every
body that has to work for a living.
whether at desk or with pick,
Lord Ayebury has been canonizcd, un-
der the name of Saint Lubbock" in
recognition OF his initiation and cham
pionship of the movement whereby a
law was enacted, In 1871. providing
for whole holiday on Whit Monday.
and On the first Monday in August.
But II is especially as a scientist
/ that Lord Avebury has won a world
wide reputation the range of his
knowledge being shown BY the fact
that he has been elected 10 preside
over four international congresses.
namely. the Archaeological. the soc'oi-
ogicaI. the Geological. and that OF the
Librarians His works on insect life
have been translated into no less than
|! thirty languages. and his stories OF
his pet bees and especially OF his pet
ants. are of the most amusing and at
the same time useful description
Thus | remember on one occasion his
proving TO some OF US that his ants
kne" their GEES apart. He took an
esS from one ant-hl!i. and placed i,
In rival colony. right in one OF til.
iatter's public thoroughfares. We Their
watched an ant come along. /, rolled
the egg over examined 1t. and then
returned few seconds later with sew
eral other ants. who. after examining
It, pushed and tore II. until they hal
completely destroyed II. Then. after d
rev minutes interval, Lord Avebury
took enc OF their own eggs. and placed
II on identically the same spot again
an ant came up, investigated. then
tetched some other ants. who also en-
amined II Apparently they were sat
ished with these inquiries. For Two
OF them together carried IT very care
iully into neishboring cell the tiny
insects having thoroughly assured
themselves that the egg belonged TO
thei- colony. and rot to the rival CO.
adjustment.
Lord Avebury can sit and tell stories
OF this Kind by the hour. one more
fascinating than the other. until one
ehos by becoming convinced that anita
and bees are endowed with more than
human intelligence. This interest in
insects dates from his boyhood. and
when al Elton he had been set by his
tutor 10 compose some Latin verses on
the subject of The Bee" he filled his
verses with such quantity OF details
ana odd facts concerning the intelli-
gencc OF the bees. that he had the ut
most difhculty in convincing the master
that he was not endeavoring to hoax
him.
The Lubbocks are an old Norfolkshire
family. hailing from the Crome- dis
trlct. and the first of the house TO ac-
quire fame and fortune was Sir John
Lubbock. who was created a baronet
In 1906 as one OF the leading bankers
and merchants OF London. Lord Ave-
bury Is the fourth baronet OF the line,
and the frst peer, having been raised
to the House OF Lords in 1900 His
father the late Sir John Lubbock, was
also distinguished as scientist ac-
CURED fame as an astronomer, as we'll
as mathematician. and was vice
president OF the Royal Society
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