The Washington herald., 1919-12-28
IN THE LIMELIGHT
GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.
BY

which many OF its earliest r(dder
recall with affection. Kipling, Coma
Doyle and Henry Drummond ha
faith in the young Scotch-Irish gradu
ate OF Knox College, who had starta
his syndicate; and he in turn ha
faith in them when they were lackin
an American audience. Drummon
furnished cash as well as articles d
the young publisher and helped I'd
him on his feet financially. Laid
came tho high tide Of success IN I'D
era OF so-called much rsking" Wild
Peter Finley Dunno. Lincoln StenoHI
Ray Stannard Baker. Mass Tarbe'
and others of tie same school wed
on the McClure's staff. and all raj
swimmingly until they went out WIT
John s. Phillips and acquired Tn
American Magazine" from EllerI
SedEwick. Since that exodus the Nd
Clure property has sung quite anothj
tune and worn far Esyer clothos. M
perhaps made more money. But
has been negligible in shaping pul
lie opinion. Now with kaufman az,
J. OItara CosgrsVc on its stan q pTt
sumably will begin 10 bid AGAIN ID
readers seeking fact and opinion.
was a shreWd move OF Secretary 10
OF the Department Of the In1crid
when he attached Kaufman ID II
siaff early in the war. He is a wiza1
in window statistics and I'd
routine data OF a departmental Z
national situation ami in hitting an
popular imagination.
American r,h.-EfrfzH.s huNr
ing to get the comment OF Prof. Mic1
slsOn OF the University OF Chicago I
the new EinsteIR theory OF ''Ieiaitl
ity." theory that says that "a yard
stick l. shorter when IL H. poiHtiII
East than when it ~ pointing Norl
and South: that a clock will run sloyI
er wher il Is being moved than Wild
il IL standing: and that a mass
matter Is greater when il is ia md
ton than when at rest" lnasmu1
as DIR. Nicholson was the Nobel pIil
winner in 1917. and by has researI
on the action of light contributd
facts which aided Einstein in his SCI
ordinations. he speaks with more n 4
thority than most men. lie adm
the necessity OF seriously reckoniII
with the l2instcin doctrine. thouj
claiming as other commentators haNl
that its significance Is speculative II
practical. lie is scepticsl a. Yet \
the full claim for the validity Of Z
doctrine, because Il docs away vii
the hypothesis Of light travelling a
means of the vibrations ga eth,
which Is supposed 10 hll all spa}
Nicholson is not ready TO throw ~
to the discard. Einstet9 j. Wf, A
son seems to think that the hyrSthI
sis OF ether can be retained. and M
main EiRstein doctrine also CONCEDED
The award Of the Cullum Medal
Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn j
the American Geographical Society.
stated TO be due to his contributed
10 science in the field Of anthroTs}
geogra ply. and TO indicate a bett{
appreciation by. eeoEraphers OF md
working in collateral lines OF 4
search. The hOnors and positions
responsibility conceded TO this Pnlco
toloSist have been 30 many that tl}
latest award will be la; an Wc,de
in All extraordinary career that ID
International as well AZ nation
values. The fact in connection vi
him that interests the ordinary
william Is that 10 minute technic
knowledge he adds the power TO thu
and write on the fundan1ental pro
lens OF life, and that On books
which the Origin and Evolution
Life" is the GROWING example, he n
come 70 be recognized international
as a major figure in the contempora
world But since lllis
a time when the emphasis Is tot
philosophy. pure science, theology a
the themes that men fought over id
ing the last years OF the last Cd
fury. he does not get the popular
tention that much lesser men
then