New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
College W
Hail Mime. Cuarie
AS Their Own
Most Notable Academic
Gathering of the Sex in
c Carnegie Hall Pays
Her Glowing Tribute
Receives $4,000 Prize
Doctor Says Health of
Scientist Will Necessi-
tate Cut i'm Program

College women hailed Nine. Marie
Curie as their own at Carnegie Hall
yesterday in tho largest gathering
which has yet been held in this coun-
try in honor of the worlds most ia
nous woman of science The hall was
hung with brilliant college banners.
Even the topmost galleries were crowd
ed with college women and on the
stage were the most distinguished
women in American educational circles,
in full academic regalia. Mrs. Edger-
ton Parsons, in opening the meeting,
declared it was the largest gathering
Of university women the world had
ever seen
In the center Of the stage, next TO
Dean Ada Comstock of Smith College,
sat the fragile, white-faced guest of
honor, smiling wanly as they heaped
praises upon her. She was not able to
make an extended address. as had been
planned.
Physicians Statement
II thank you very much for your
kind words" she murmered in response
to the chairman's welcome. "I shall
never forget the very warm reception
which I have found 1ere."
Nine. Curie was attended by DR. Ed
ward H. Rogers yesterday morning at
the home of Mrs william Brown
Meloney, her hostess. aiter whicH the
physician ISSUED the following state
ment:
"On examination I find Nine. Cur;e
to have been very much fatigued by
her voyage from France. She is in
no condition to take part in the many
receptions and dinners that have been
planned during the next few weeks. I
have so advised her.
"In view of the grAt work she has
before her upon her return to France,
it is imperative to conserve her
stength to the fullest extent"
NM Curie will attend the dinner to
night given at the Waldorf
by the National Institute of Social
Sciences and she will leave at mid
night on special car for Washington.
Tomorrow the gram of radium, which
is the gift of American women to her.
will be presented by President Har-
ding at the White House. Her future
engagements are entirely subject to
the state of her health.
Nine. Curie's career was held up to
the young college women of to-day as
their greatest inspiration, by the
speakers at the Cargenie Hall meeting
Gets $4,000 Prize
"She has proved that the most ardu-
Gus professional career is not incon.
sistent with marriage and mother.
hood" Dean Comstoc declared.
Dr.4Alice Hamilton, professor Of in
dustrial diseases at the Harvard Medi-
cal School, urged college women, taking
Nine. Curie as an example, to devote
their lives to scientific investigation
especially in industrial diseases.
Ellen F. Pendieton, president of
Wellesley College, presented to Nine.
Curie a prize Of $4,000, the tribute of
the Association to Aid Scientific Re-
search by Women.
Thirty-four college girls in caps and
gowns, two from each college, who
have won highest rank IN science, then
passed in procession before Nine
Curie, each presenting to her stalk
of feur de liz, the flower Of France.
The closing address was made by M
Carey Thomas, president OF Beyn Mawr
College, who declared that American
women must undertake compulsory
world arbitration as the first duty of
their now citizenship. She said that
American women were the hope of the
world and that they must emancipate
the women of the harem.