Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-21
DR.. Charles Greeley Abbott of
Smithsonian Institution
Among Those Chosen.
GEORGE H. PARKER TALKS
ON ALASKA FUR SEALS
Election of Officers of the Society
Takes Place Today-Coun-
cilors Named.

cilors Named.
Or Charles Greeley Abbott. astrophys!-
,-isr Of the astrephysicai laboratory OF
the Smithsonian Institution Of Wash
ineNn, D. c., was today elected
member of the National Academy 81
Science at the business session OF the
organization held in the haeish
Hotel Other scientists elected 10
membership were Robert ANDREWS
Millikan, physicist of the University
of Chicago: Samuel Wendell N1llls'oi'
paleontologist University of chicago.
William Ernest Castle. BIOLOGIST. Har
ward: Graham Lusk, phEslolosiS'
cornell: Henry Seely White, mathema-
tician. Eassar; Granville Stanley HAIL
psychologist, Clarke University, Wor-
,ester Mass: Frank Rattray Line
zoolosist. University of Chlcas go.
AleSarder Smith, chemist. Columo'a
University. New York and victor
clarence Vaughn. University of Mlchi-
gan.
Two new members Of the council Q. me u,
a,,de,ny were elected William H. Howell
Johns Hopkins and J. NJ. Coulter ohi-
yersity of Chicago No election of oillcers
is TO be held at this gathering OF the
academy
III the academy on the special conmis-
sion appointed by the President or tiie
United States to report on the aiaskdh
fur seals, delivered illustrated lecture
before the academy late TINS AFTERNOON III
III, ,,1ditoriurn of the National Museum
Dr Thomas c. Chamberln Will deliver
the second William Ellery Hale lecture on
the evolution of the earth before Tue
academy at o'clock this afternoon,
pt.rGn he business
scientists at this session.
Topics Discussed in Papers.
Prof. William Morris Davis of Har-
ward University read a paper yester-
day afternoon Problems Associ-
ated With the Origin of Coral Reefs
Charles b. Davenport of the Carnegie
laboratory of experimental evolution
read two papers. one on the lnherl-
lance OF Temperament" the h,,n o ,tne,o on
Chorea" J. Walter Fewkes of the
Smithsonian Institution gave an illus
trated lecture on Pictures OF Prehls-
ley in New Mexico and Their Relation
to Those of Casas Grandes." Nathaniel
l.. Britton of the New York BOTANIC
Gardens spoke on the Forests OF
Charles A. Davis of the bureau of
mines gave an illustrated lecture on
the Fossil Algae of the Petroleum
Welding shales of the Green River
Henry Fairfield Osborn. director of
the Museum of Natural History OF
New York. spoke on Human Races
of the Old Stone Age of Europe
F. W. Clarke Of the geological sur
vey spoke on inorganic Constituents
of Marine Invertebrates" Roy L.
Moody spoke "Amphibia and Rep
tiIia of the American Carboniferous-"
Society's Annual Dinner.
At the annual dinner of the society
given at the Raleigh Hotel last night
the Draper medal was presented to
DR. Joel Stebbins, professor of astron-
omy at the University of Illinois. DR..
William III. WEIGH of Johns Hopkins
University, president Of the National
Academy of Science, made the presen-
tation speech and gave the medal to
DIR. Stebbins, announcing that the re-
searches of DR.. Stebbins concerning
the light OF stars had won for him the
prize DR. Stebbins lecture yesterday
morning gave an insight into his
latest successes in determining the
characteristics of star rays. DR.. Will
liam III. Dali of the Smithsonian In
.titurion also spoke last night.
Guests at Table
Those present at the dinner were:
Alexander Graham Bell. B. p Bolt
wood. j. L. Rritton, H. A. Bumstead
W b Cannon, j. Mex. Cattell. 7. {.
Chamberlin. Charles +. Chandler. rus
sell H. Chiitenden. William B. Clark,
r. " Clarke. John NJ. Clarke. T.. g.
,ouklin. John NJ. Coulter. Whitman
cross William II. Dali. Charles B.
Davenport. W NJ. Davis. Arthur L.
Day john Dewey. Henry H. Donaldson,
Jesse Walter FeHkes. Simon FleNner,
Edwin B. Frost, Arnold Hague. George
J. Hale. G. p. Walcott. 4. c. Webster
W NJ Wheeler. David White. K. W.
Wood, T. 5. Woodward, DR.. Hugh NJ.
Smith, DR. :. W. Stratton. II. W. Hem
shaw DR. George Otis Smith, Eugene
=. Du Bois Joel Stebbins. l.. B. Will
son. Paul Brockett X. A. Harper, Il. g
Harrison. John +. Hayfor,i. ". F.
HiIlcbrand. W II. Howell. II. $. Jen-
ninys Jacques Loeb. +. J.. Mall. S. J.
Icltzer Lafayette T. Mendel. &. Hart
Merriam j.. II Moore. Edward W.
Morley, r. r. Moulton, A. A. Moves, W.
~ Moves. II. +. osborn. Thomas B. Os-
borne l.. V Prison, +. l.. Ransome.
Harrr Fielding Reid Charles Schu-
ebert and W. b. Scott
Papers on Technical Subjects.
Al the sessions yesterday large num-
a.r ,T r,apcrS IN technical subjects