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Bragg and Ms son divided the Nobel Prize in 

 1915 for work on X-rays. " The Club " was 

 proposed by Dr. J. G. Adami, the recently ap- 

 pointed vice-chancellor of the University of 

 Liverpool, who insisted on the educational 

 value of the olub, which, as a past professor, 

 he seemed to rate higher than that of lectures ; 

 that ideas struck out in a discussion were 

 often of great value was accepted as true by 

 Professor Marr, who, as one of the senior hon- 

 orary members, replied to the toast in an amus- 

 ing speech. On the cover of the menu there 

 was an attractive reproduction of Kneller's 

 portrait of Sir Isaac Kewton, painted in 1689, 

 two years after the publication of the Prin- 

 cipia, and apparently the only authentic por- 

 trait done in his prime. The original portrait 

 is in the collection of the Earl of Portsmouth, 

 but the reproduction was a photograph of the 

 Trinity College engraving executed about 

 1866 by Oldham Barlow. 



FELLOWSHIP OF THE NEW ZEALAND 

 INSTITUTE 



At the annual meeting in 1919 of the board 

 of governors of the New Zealand Institute it 

 was decided to establish a fellowship of the in- 

 stitute, since — apart from Hutton and Hector 

 Memorial Medals, which couuld only be gained 

 by very few — ^there were no honors attainable 

 in the Dominion for those engaged in scien- 

 tific research, the number of whom has greatly 

 increased in recent years, while more branches 

 of science are pursued than formerly. This 

 fellowship, which entitles the recipient to place 

 the letters " F.N.Z. Inst." after his name, is 

 limited to forty fellows, and not more than 

 four from now on are to be elected in any one 

 year until the ntunber is complete, after 

 which only such vacancies as occur may be 

 filled. 



In order to make a commencement, and as 

 there were many who well deserved recogni- 

 tion for their long and valuable services to sci- 

 ence, it was resolved that in the first place 

 twenty original fellows be appointed, these to 

 consist of the living past presidents, together 

 with Hutton and Hector medallists' — ten in 

 all, and of ten more members of the institute 



who were to be elected by the past presidents 

 and medallisits from persons nominated by the 

 various affiliated branches of the institute. 



The fellowship is to be given only for re- 

 search or distinction in science, and it is plain 

 that the distinction even now is far from easy 

 of attainment, and that, as time goes on, its 

 value will greatly increase. 



The election and appointment of the orig- 

 inal fellows took place at the close of 1919, and 

 has resulted as follows: 

 B. 0. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. 

 *tProfessor W. B. Benbam, M.A., D.Se., F.E.S., 

 F.Z.S. 

 tElsdon Best. 

 *tT. F. Cheesemau, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 *tProfessor Chas. Ohilfcon, M.A., D.Sc, LL.D., 

 M.B., CM., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 

 *t}L. Cookayjie, Ph.D., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



tProfessor T. H. Easterfleld, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C., 



F.O.S. 

 Professor C. C. Farr, D.Se., F.P.S.L., A.M.I.C.E. 

 G. Hogben, C.M.G., M.A., P.G.S. 

 G. V. Hudson, F.E.8. 

 Professor H. B. Kirk, M.A. 

 ttP. Marshall, M.A., D.Se., F.G.S., F.R.G.S., 



F.E.S. 

 *D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. 

 tSir Ernest Rutherford, F.R.S., etc. 

 Professor H. W. Segar, M.A. 

 S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. 

 R. Speight, M.A., M.Sc, F.G.S. 

 Professor A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S. 

 *Honorable G. M. Thomson, M.L.C., F.L.S. 

 J. Allan Thomson, M.A., D.Sc, A.O.S.M., F.G.S. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Professor Albert A. Michelson, of the 

 University of Chicago, has been elected a for- 

 eign associate member of the Paris Academy 

 of Sciences to succeed the late Lord Eayleigh. 



The Bruce Gold Medal of the Astronomical 

 Society of the Pacific has been awarded to 

 Professor Ernest W. Brown, of Yale Univer- 

 sity, for " distinguished services to astron- 

 omy." The award was ofiScially announced at 

 the annual meeting of the society on January 

 31. It is hoped that Professor Brown may be 



*Past President. 



tHeotor Medallist. 



t Hutton Medallist. 



