Evening star., 1923-01-17

in contact with each other, and heat
is applied, that sets up Il current of
electricity between them. This iR~
Vention takes two very thin plates
OF different metals-disks one thirty
second of an inch in diamcter-and
after they are soldered together thAy
are suspended on hairIike wild
The outer plate is polished 50 th&:
1t is a tiny mirror. rejecting "A tins
ray of electric light onto a graduated
scale. The mirror is exposed to j
star, which is so far away that il
takes centuries for a beam of its
starlight to reach to the earth, bHt
that beam. striking the mirror, con
tainS some heat, and whatever degree
of heat it does contain Is accurately
measured by the angle il turns ths
beam of electric light upon its grad
uated scale, since II warns the littr.
mirror, thereby setting up the curreJfE
of electricity between the two kinds
Of metal. 1t is so delicate that +
has demonstrated the existence Of III
visible stars which no telescope he
trayed. Il is so delicate that 1t Wilt
detect the lighting Of an ordinary
candle fifty-fve miles away. But tn
scientist is "perfecting IL, so ths
il is going to be ten times as delicat...
and can detect q candle lit 500 miles
away.
The onward march of knowledge is
Steady, but the brain of the ordinary
layman becomes rather unsteady III
attempting to follow after. Perhaps
the statement Of President Meikle-
john of Amherst College, made at q
faculty conference in Chicago last
week. to the effect that tho modern
( college student no longer looks hr
/ to his professors as know-ailS, hds
something to do with the dizzyine
| pace Of new discoveries, which st
the pace for conservative proies-
sors. What was wonderful yesterday
in science becomes obsolete todaE
Nevertheless the deans of all the 90
lcges Of Washington differ strongly
from DIR Mciklejohn in his "Nermoo
est apnraiSal Of the college probes
/ sorq. and of the real wisdom and cru
dition of the college students one
dean of a church college SAY
eff such conditions as stated ~
President MeikIejohn do exist ~ non
| sectarian schools, they are most Lke-
" due to the introduction 81 fadS
| into education. and to the pamperins
| of the pupils.
Precious paintings or other works.
| of the fine arts. do not belong eH-
ciusiveIy TO the owners. No possess"f
| of an "old master" has a moral riEht
to destroy it or TO hide it away from
mankind. for it is a heritage Of civil
4zatfon. While Gilbert stuart. Charles
Wilson Peale and Benjamin west afc
NOT ranked as ''oid masters they ar
the leaders of American masters -
the colonial period, and their poi
/ trait canvases are ~ Sehs,
rroperty Of the American reopls. ~
matter who holds legal title. Ihcr.-
fore, in the name OF American c!if
ture, protest goes up a%ainSt iEs
hiding from view of Il stuart portF%ii
of washington and a Peal" portrait
of Tafayette and a Tine portrait 81
Leo These canvaseS belong 10 tue
Washington and Lee University ana
for wears have hung III the chapei -
the institution, but S"mehod! ~. ~
grown nervous over the posslblills
that the chapel might burn down am
destroy the pictures. Therefore, IT,
paintings have been taken down hid
deposited in bank vault, LOT PROF.
tion against fire. Ihere the! VII i,'
he visible to the public. and rrobabl'
for wears nobody will see them II
that sort Of nervousness should be
come endemic. il would play haYtt.
with our great picture galleries, a.
over the world, for there are very
! many tbat are not absolutely fre-
nroof Even the Capitol contains per
! traits that are of priceless historie
value. and ii is not treprooi. ~.
university cannot atforu 70 eIlipS
not loan them to pubic gaIleFI.S
where other art treasures are e.
iibited?
There seem to he many causes "#
iealousv between America and Eu
rome which warn US against entan-
clements. For example. America is
now seeking the tomb Of Pocahontas
! in England. and proposes to bring the
bones of that early American back
! " +be home of her ancestors-and her
myriad of descendants. But acFtoss
( the channel there is greater JeaIonsS
! against America for Baltimore twhicl.
! arertnd sta+ue of Greek 2ithcf
/ player TO commemorate Francs Scot
/ kew now proposes to set UP slatNt
4 Of that other great AmeTican--Aua1#
the real father OF ms couhu
/ rather than George washington "
/ French newspapers are stirring UP
! rnmnus over that because they saA
! Adam was Frenchman. and ms mrs
! statue ought to be on the Place de 10
! ConcorGeN seated before rover 81
| Babel. There is where there IS les
concord and more mixing oi ian.
! puaoes than anywhere else. y
/ ni+v that Baltimore thought first o.
ancestral worship Adamic.
! 1t remains for Washington, immedl-
I ateIy after the adjournment o. lhc
/ wor,len's Industrial conference, e
agitate the erection Of sultaDlt
7 Statue to Eve. the first dressmakef.
Let il be erected alongside Of the
/ Washington Monument. upon a scale
/ nroportionate so that the Monument
! may be utilized as her needle. New
! York may then keep her little OLD
/ Cleopatra's Needle. That Is how much.
we worship our ancestor.