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Goethe as a scientist was crisply eulogized in Weimar by Physicist Max Planck, author of the famed Quantum Theory. Clap, clap went the hands not only of all the foreign diplomats but also of all the rectors of all the German universities, of all the premiers of all the German states except Prussia, of Professors Schreiber of Yale, Woodbridge of Columbia and the Rector of the Academy of Paris at the Sorbonne, Professor Sebastien Charlety...
...sections of newspapers. During the expedition "strange rumors of dissension in the camp begin to percolate through the public consciousness, but are promptly quashed. . . ." Upon its return, "each member of the party gets ashore as rapidly as he can and rushes away without bidding farewell to his companions." The scientist of the party grumbles about wasted opportunities. Other rarely stated data: An article with photographs of an expedition brings $300 from the National Geographic Magazine. Salaries of men who go exploring for scientific institutions or Government departments "average about $3,000 a year. . . . You can't take out insurance...
Died, Austin O'Malley, M. D., 73, scientist, oculist, author, brother of Writer Frank Ward O'Malley; of arteriosclerosis after a lingering illness; in Philadelphia. As a young bacteriologist, he was credited by Sir William Osier with being the foremost figure in the U. S. in arousing medical interest in the then new diphtheria antitoxin. For seven years he was Professor of English Literature at Notre Dame. Forced to resign because of poor health, he researched in eye diseases, gained fame as an oculist...
...convert to a grilled chop & boiled potato. When Daughter Gladys of the late Sir Walter Palmer (Huntley & Palmers) married His Highness the Tuan Muda Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, brother and heir presumptive of the Raja of Sarawak,* in 1904 she was a Protestant. Later she became a Christian Scientist, then a Catholic. Owner of the tunic of Mohammed himself (valued at $1,750,000), she decided to embrace his religion, chose the air for the ceremony "because I wished it to be performed on no earthly territory...
Other men honored at last week's meeting: Professor Champion Herbert Mathewson of Yale, for "his scientific contributions to the art of working and annealing nonferrous metals"; Professor Corbin T. Eddy of Michigan College of Mining & Technology for being a promising young scientist (TIME, Oct. 26) ; Howard Scott of Westinghouse Co. for his development of special alloys...