Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-24

ESQ feet. On the first floor there will
pe an auditorium seating 500 people,
a lecture hall holding ESQ, a reading
room. library. conference rooms ana
tains a cafeteria and kitchen: the
two upper floors will be devoted 10
offices
The building ia the gift Of the Car
negie Corporation OF New York, Whlie
he ground was bought at cost OF
lbout $500, 900 through the donations
4 about score OF Denefactors. Ser
ram Grosvenor Goodhue Of New York
the architect He Ia one OF the pest
known architects in the country, ana
Vest Point building, the Nebraska
state capitol and many other build
ngs. The contract for the construc-
ION Of the building has ben .
tharles 7. Wills. Inc, OF New YORK.
and 1t Is expected that the building
autumn of ls2s. Lee Laurie. the
sculptor. has been selected to do the
decorations, which will symbolic and
tepict the progress Of science and Its
benefits to humanity. A series or
,ronxe bas-reliefs will show pro
,ession of the leaders Of scientific
bought from the earliest Greek phi
lisophers to modern Americans.
Experiments Exhibited.
On passing through the entrance
hall the visitor will find himself in a
lobby rotuGda. Here no will see In
actual operation apparatus demon
strating certain fundamental scien-
tific facts that hitherto he has had
20 take on hearsay: A coelostat tele-
central rotunda. will form a large
image of the sun on the white sur
face Of circular table in the middle
of the room. Here visitors will be
able to see the suns, pots. changing
IN number and form from day to day.
sun turns on its axis. A 60-foot PEN
dulum, suspended from the center of
the dome, will be set swinging
through a long arc, repeating the
celebrated experiment OF Foucault.
The swinging pendulum will mark an
the earth and tho building rotate
beneath 1t. their rotation Will be
plainly shown by the steady change
in direction of tho pendulum's swing
over q divided arc.
Two great pi,,nomena Of nature. tho
nus to be exhibited. Other Phenomena
o he demonstrated in striking form In
lie central rotunda are magnetic storms,
earthquakes, gravltationa. pull OF small
masses. the pressure of lignt, the visible
growth of plants, swimming inIusorla in
L
and other interesting phenomena.
In the seven exhibition rooms sur
rounding the centra, rotunda the latest
.esu,ts OF scientific and industrial re-
search will be Illustrated. One room
viii be set aside for the usa OF govern
/, .nent bureaus. another tor industrial re-
searcn labotatorisa. others tor the Lab"
Iratories. observatorles and research In
,tituIes of universities and other tnsti-
.utions. The newest discoveries and al
sanoes in the mathematical, physical
Ind biological sciences and their apph-
museum, whose exhibits will be con-
SANITY changing with the progress OF
science. One week there may be dis
p,ayed the latest forms OF radio
telephony the next, perhaps. a set OF
psychological tests or a new find OF fos-
compounds. Such mutatlng museum
wili continue to attract and instruct
large numbers of tourists and residents.
Other papers were presented at the
opening session. held in the National
Museum auditorium, by D. H. Camp
Walker. L. Q. Howard, e. L. Mark, 1.
MacCaIlum, e. H. Oppenheimer. Simon
Flexner. H. |. Amoss. w. S. Halstead.
II. r, Osborn, c. A. Reeds, A. Hrd-
licka, a: H; Clark. 2. s NJ Chapman n =
A. o. LeuSchner, II. N. RuSSeli, y. u.
Abbott, F. E. Fowle and L. B.
Aldrich.
DR.. H. A. Lorentz, professor of
physics of the University of Leiden,
is to speak at Sis O'Clock tonight in
the auditorium of the National Mu-
scum on PROBLEMS of Modern
Physics" At s:45 o'clock recep-
ton is to be extended to DR.. and
Mrs. Lorsntz in the art galleries on
the second floor.
There will be public meetings to-
morrow At . am. and AS pm, when
a score OF papers OF scientific inter-
est will DO presented.