Show J Wj T COTI F famous geologists ELECTED PRESIDENT PRUDENT AAA 3 IPA A 1 0 t 0 L A az I 1 fn 7 jill t 1 or I 1 I 1 I 1 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 1 1113 name of charles doolittle walcott phd ph D sc D is a household word mord in america wherever there la to interest in natural history geology or any one of ameral other sciences all good americana americans know about the smith conlan institution at washington and to them dr Nal calcott cott la Is the smithson lan ian institution and to many thou sands he has been the united states national museum and the national academy of sciences and the united states geological survey ills ill other have been many amig a them are these from 1902 7 he had charge of the organization and conduct of the united states reclamation service he ile was secretary of the carnegie institute during 1002 15 1 5 its formative period during tie tte world war he was chairman of the national advisory committee for aeronautics and chairman of the military section of the national research council lie ile Is without question the foremost geologist of america and his fame as a geologist Is worldwide ills name is also known knon all over the world through the research expeditions of the smithsonian institution ills fame as an organizer and exec executive uthe Is scarcely less than hie his fame as a scientist ills election to the presidency of die tte american association for the advancement of science Is therefore fitting the A A A S Is the largest organize don of scientists in the world it has approximately members in the united states and canada and it has been a going concern for seventy menty he flie years its activities are pretty comprehensive all sciences apparent ly look alike to its membership this attitude Is quite up to date and in strict keeping with the times science in our modem modern civilization bulks large as the friend of every activity of life the scope of the interests of the A A A A S Is shown by a resolution recently ce antly passed it Is an unusual resola tion of interest to several million americans who have only the vaguest ideas about paleontology could not tell a from a trilobite and have no leaning whatever toward the loner paleozoic sedimentary forma formal tion this resolution heartens cremen bously the vant vast tinny army of nature lowers loers in the united states and canada who aho are fighting to preserve the national parks of both countries from the per latent attempts at invasion by coin hercial interests Inte the preamble of this resolution nets pets forth that the national parks consal lute tute a astern of national Alu museums of native america that tha the coin bained notional national park systems of tile tic united state and Can cogana atiat if pro pre bened will constitute a unique con oriental tine atal exposition of inestimable al ue to clence science and to edu ration callon of future generation thai that at the he option of a single government boffl rial of the american Amerl Ameri Qin cun parks and all but one of the tile canadian parks are open to mining and find grazing that the control of mater waterpower power in the fu lure ture american parks has been recent ly surrendered by congress to the commission and that in ter ference with mith the natural condition of these parka parks will destroy their usefulness to science and education the resolution la Is lles olied that the american As A for th atie e advancement of science earnestly requests the people and congress of the united states and the people and parliament of the dominion of canada to se secure cure such amendments of existing law low and the enactment of such new laws law as will give to all units in the international parka parks system complete conservation alike and will safeguard them against every industrial use either under private or public control at tit least until careful study ball shall justify the elimination of any part from park classification N in the united states the Nati national conal parks army armr of defense Is solidly organized gani zed this army Is no an aff affiliation illation of scores of organizations many of them with nationwide m membership ember ship they may be said bald to cente around the national parks association across the international boundary line the nature lowers are not so well ell organized gani zed the first response to the lie action of the A A A B S Is in the lion of the national parks assoria tion of canada with directors representing the dominion from montreal to Van codyer the national parks of north america Is an idea that Is popular on both sides of the line there Is sincere operation cooperation co between the he park officials of he ht two countries scenic beauty Is international says commis commin lioner J II 11 harkin of canada 1 I sincerely hope for the larger development of national park road roads until the two people peoples are given ghen easy access to the finest scenic attractions of the globe saye says director S T blather mather of the national park service dr calcott Nal alcott cott Is a boro born geologist not made at least so far for as university education Is concerned he lie vans as born in new york hills little X Y in 1851 and at fit tile age of thirteen was max making systematic matic collect collections lons of fog ills and minerals lie ile was as graduated from the utica academy in and althin thin two years was vice engaged in making a col lection of limestone fossils at trenton falls the death of louis agassiz cut short his plan to study under that great naturalist and he began bin his pro fea lonal career in 1870 1876 as an assistant to james hall halt state geologist of new I 1 lork ork rapid indeed was bis his rise thereafter I 1 institutions of learning have shown of bit bill work ork ills honor ary cry doctorates tune hae come from hamil ton university of chicago jhn johnq hopun of pennsylvania 11 ule late bt bt andrews andres pittsburgh uni errity of cambridge Itri gland liar vard and ire fredericks derIcks university he lie I 1 ts Is an honored member of scores of scientific societies in several coun tries the society of lon dop don awarded him tile lie bigsby and 0 bol o lutton laston de france the gaudry medal the acad arad enly if natural sciences hia tile lie A aydn medal the national Ata of lie the mary mory clark thompson madal tile of till tile many atlon time lime been given 1 to aloe world chiefly through tim publications of the lh states geological surety or the proceedings of file lie united states national mim uin and more recently the smithsonian miscellaneous 1 and not in to those there have been frequent papers in the american journal of science and 1 alm lin ilar both at home and abroad ille ills entire Is therefore quite exten AITO and include includes more thab one hundred titles of major importance the institution ot of which doctor walcott bae has been secretary since 1007 la Is a big thine thing and li in practically the parent of many of the scientific bureaus of the government governments ilie itself establishment of it li Is a story la in I 1 the smithsonian institution was established seventy eight year years ago onder under the term of the will of james smithson who bequeathed bit his fortune to the united state states of america r ic a I 1 to 0 found at washington under the name smithsonian tan institution an establish merit ment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge kno uledge among men this bequest amounting mounting to A ca wa was formal ly accepted by congress and the smithsonian institution was celab bushed by act approved august 10 1840 1841 james smithson 1705 1820 29 wa was an englishman he ile was the natural oa soa of hugh smithson afterward percy who became become the first duke of northumberland um berland of the third creation james wai was born in france and was as taken to england when hen a child he ile was naturalized zed ai as a british subject and entered pembroke college oxford where he lie specialized in and mineralogy and rece received led the degree dezree of 31 A in 1780 smithson the story goes made effort to gain gala recognition under the name of percy from bis his blood relatives this was use refused thereupon he declared that he would MR make ke the name of smithson famous when the name nomi of percy was forgotten and drew up his 1111 providing for the smithsonian smithson Brol theon died in genoa and was burled buried on the heights of san benigno in 1004 1104 at the suggestion of dr alez alex ander graham bell dell fits body was brought to america sealed in the original tomb and placed within a mo mortuary r chapel erected near the entrance of the institution linone bequest has been in creased from time to time by gifts and le gacien of which fitch the most notable wai was 1 aw la in 1891 1801 given by thomas a 0 hodgkins the institution illegal Is legally an extol lith ment of which the member members are the president and vice dent the chief justice and the preal dent cabinet uner direction of the smithsonian Smithe onlan institution are die the national gallery of art of american ethnology national zoological park Astrop hyst achl 1 united states na museum Nat national lonal academy of bc he lences national Nat lonal research lle council and international catalogue of scientific literature comparison Coro pariton of the two portraits chos s that advancing years and many have left their mark but the increase of knowledge among men been great because of bis his w ork if |