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rendered it possible to diSerentiate almost at 

 a glance between a giant and a dwarf star. 

 As a large amount of spectroscopic material 

 was available at the N'orman Lockyer Ob- 

 servatory for tbe application of Adams's 

 method a trial research was begun. The 

 method is based on a connection found by 

 Adams to exist between the true brightness of 

 a star and the intensity of certain lines in its 

 spectrum. These line-intensities were de- 

 termined by him by estimation, the plates 

 being examined under a speetro-comparator. 

 At the Norman Lockyer Observatory the 

 method employed is to cover the lines gradu- 

 ally with a dark wedge, the position of which 

 when a line is obliterated indicates the in- 

 tensity of the line. The results of this trial re- 

 search have proved very satisfactory, and 

 were commented upon very favorably by 

 Professor H. 'N. Russell on the occasion of 

 a visit to the observatory. The above grant 

 has been awarded to aid the extension of this 

 research to all stars of suitable type down 

 to declination — 10° and of magnitude 6.5 

 and brighter. It is very opportune, for the 

 staii of the observatory is small, and the work 

 could not have been undertaken without such 

 additional help. 



HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED BY YALE 

 UNIVERSITY 



At the commencement exercises on June 

 22 honorary degrees were conferred on several 

 men of science. In presenting them Professor 

 Phelps spoke as follows: 



Master of Arts 

 Isaiah Bowman: formerly assistant professor 

 of geography at Yale. Director of the American 

 Geographical Society and editor of its Bulletin. 

 He has led geological and geographical expeditions 

 in South America. In 1917 he received the Gold 

 Medal of the Geographical Society in Paris. He 

 was the executive head of the house inquiry, being 

 chosen for proved fitness. He did valuable work 

 on boundaries for the Peace Commission in Paris. 

 He is one more illustration of a college professor 

 becoming so generally useful that the college is 

 unable to keep him. 



Doctors of Science 



HiDETO NoGUCHi: distinguished Japanese 

 scholar, M.D., Tokyo, 1897. He has made im- 

 portant discoveries in the treatment and preven- 

 tion of smallpox and yellow fever. He is an hon- 

 orary professor of three universities in South 

 America; he has been given the Order of Merit 

 by the Emperor of Japan. He is a striking ful- 

 fillment of the Scripture prophecy — ' ' Seest thou 

 a man diligent in business? He shall stand before 

 kings. ' ' Dr. Noguehi has received the order 

 of knighthood from three Kings — the Kings of 

 Spain, Denmark and Sweden. Perhaps he ap- 

 preciates even more than royal honors the ad- 

 miration and gratitude of the people. 



M.tDAME Makie Curie: Marie Sklodowska was 

 born in Warsaw and has always been a scientist; 

 her father was a distinguished professor and her 

 husband, Pierre Curie^ will never be forgotten. 

 She was educated at Warsaw and at Paris, and has 

 been professor of radiology at Paris. It is super- 

 fluous to mention her discoveries in science, and 

 now she has discovered America. She has often 

 encountered dangers in scientific experiments, but 

 nothing so dangerous as American hospitality; it 

 is to be hoped she will not be a woman killed 

 with kindness. She is unique. There is only 

 one thing rarer than genius, and that is radium. 

 She illustrates the combination of both. 



Doctor of Laios 



Sir Eobekt Jones: the leading British ortho- 

 pEedist. One of the many distinguished men con- 

 tributed to the world by Wales. Lecturer on 

 orthopsdic surgery at the University of Liverpool: 

 member of many learned societies, author of many 

 books, recipient of many degrees to which num- 

 ber Yale is proud to add one more. Enormously 

 useful during the war. He had charge of the or- 

 thopsedic work of the British government 1914- 

 1918. It is largely owing to him that England 

 maintained during the war a position so charac- 

 teristically upright. 



James Bowland Angell: president-elect of 

 Yale. Born in Vermont, a graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan. Professor and acting presi- 

 dent of the University of Chicago. Exchange pro- 

 fessor at the Sorbonne. At home anywhere and 

 everywhere. Son of a great college president and 

 ideally prepared to be one himself. Trained in 

 scholarly research and in executive duties. A 

 teacher of exceptional power. He has a thorough 

 understanding of America's needs in higher edu- 



