1 planet, Sir John Herschel, in resigning the chair of the Association, thus expressed himself. After referring to the discovery of a small planet he went on: The past year has done more. It has given the probable prospect of the discovery of another. We feel it trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis. We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain.' That was the expression used by a very conspicuous man. I think it was sufficiently remarkable to deserve to be commemorated. Those were the words which Sir John Herschel used upon that occasion, but they were not reported. They were uttered at the British Association, and the newspapers, whose mot d'ordre it was then to throw discredit upon the British Association, suppressed those very remarkable words of a very remarkable man. Had they. been reported it cannot be doubted that the numerous observers scattered about England would have been on the qui vive, and some of them would perhaps have actually given to England the credit not merely of the first perception but of the actual seeing of the planet." Dr Donald MacAlister seconded the resolution, and after speaking of Professor Adams's noble character, said "Of his perfect freedom from thoughts of self, and the utter absence of any memory of bitterness in connexion with that great controversy to which allusion has more than once been made to-day, I may be allowed to relate a single illustration, which has not hitherto been made public. Some years ago it was desired to get up in this country a memorial volume to be presented to M. Pasteur, which should indicate the appreciation felt by English men of science for his great scientific merits, and for the services he had rendered to humanity. With a number of distinguished members of this University Professor Adams subscribed his name, and the motto which he chose to write beneath it was simply this: Hommage au compatriote de Le Verrier. The one fact that he remembered in doing houour to M. Pasteur was that he was a compatriot of a great astronomer, but one whom a meaner man would have considered his greatest rival. "With Dr Glaisher, I too cherish the wish that, when the monument we contemplate is ready, a place will be found for it near that of Newton. Of Newton's labours he was one of the deepest and most affectionate students, of Newton's mighty generalisation he was the greatest illustrator, and I would add that in his sublime patience, in his piercing insight, in his modesty and simplicity of nature, he was of all astronomers the nearest of Newton's spiritual kindred." The Vice-Chancellor, Dr Peile, moved "That those present at this meeting, with the addition of the names read by the Chairman and Professor Liveing, be a Committee (with power to add to their number) to carry out the scheme; that The Master of Pembroke College and Professor Liveing be the Treasurers, and The Master of Peterhouse, Dr D. MacAlister, and Dr Glaisher the Secretaries: and that the Chairman, Sir G. G. Stokes M.P., The Treasurers, and The Secretaries be the Executive Committee." This was seconded by Mr J. Larmor, and carried unanimously. Dr Porter, Master of Peterhouse, proposed, and Dr Forsyth, Fellow and Assistant Tutor of Trinity, seconded "That any surplus from subscriptions after payment of the necessary expenses be used in the first instance to defray the cost of presenting copies of the collected papers of Professor Adams to learned Societies and Libraries at home and abroad; and that the remainder (which if of sufficient amount shall be constituted a permanent Memorial Fund) be offered to the Master and Fellows of St John's College to form an Exhibition or Scholarship Fund for the encouragement of the study of Mathematics and Physics by the undergraduate students of the College; such Fund to be administered in such manner as the Master and Fellows may from time to time determine." This was also agreed to. Lastly, the Vice-Master of Trinity, Mr W. Aldis Wright, and Professor Hughes, offered the thanks of the meeting to the Master and Fellows of the College for the use of the Combination-room. With reference to the last resolution, it should be mentioned that at a College meeting held subsequently it was unanimously agreed that, should the contemplated Scholarship be offered to the College, it would be thrown open to the whole University. JOHNIAN DINNer. It is now arranged that a Johnian Dinner will be held on Friday, April 8th (the eve of the Boatrace), at 7:30 for 7°45 p.m. in the St James' Restaurant, Piccadilly. The cost of the dinner (excluding wine) will be 8s. The names of those wishing to attend should be sent to one of the following: R. F. Scott, St John's College; R. H. Forster, 6 Fanthorpe Street, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, S.W.; E. Prescott (Hon. Sec.), 76, Cambridge Terrace, London, W. CHORAL STUDENTSHIPS. An examination for the election of four Choral Students will be held in the College Hall on June 10th 1892, beginning at 9 a.m. Two of the Studentships will be given to Bass and two to Tenor singers. The Studentships are of the value of £40 per annum, and are tenable in the ordinary course for three years. The Students will not be elected for more than one year at a time, but they will be re-elected if they continue to give satisfaction in the discharge of their duties." The duties of Choral Students are to take part in the musical services in the College Chapel during residence and to attend the choir practices under the direction of the Organist. They are required to pass the University Examinations for the B.A. VOL. XVII. HH degree under the same conditions as other members of the College. The Examination for Sizarships and School Exhibitions will be held on Friday, September 30th, in the College Hall, commencing at 9 a.m. The Examination for Open Scholarships and Exhibitions will take place on December 13th and following days. THE LIBRARY. • The asterisk denotes past or present Members of the College. Donations and Additions to the Library during Quarter ending Christmas 1891. Donations. Oates (Titus). An exact Discovery of the Mystery of Iniquity as it is now practised among the Jesuits. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Reprint. 8vo. Edin. 1886. 4.40.39. Paley (F. A.). Greek Wit. A Collection of smart Sayings and Anecdotes translated from Greek Prose Writers. 2nd Edition. (Chiswick Series). 8vo. Lond. 1888. 8.15.78. *Earnshaw (S.). A treatise on Statics. 4th Edition. 8vo. Cambridge, 1858. 3.23.84 Seeley (H. G.). The Fresh-water Fishes of Europe. 8vo. Lond. 1886. 3.25.45...... Palmer (E. H.). An Address to the People of India on the Death of Mir Syud Mohummed Khan Bahadoor. In Arabic and English. 8vo. Cambridge, 1868 A descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish MSS. in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo. Camb. 1870. Gg. 15.24.... Tutin (J. R.). The Wordsworth Dictionary of Persons and Places with the familiar Quotations from his Works. 8vo. Hull, 1891. 4.37-39. ... Herschel (Sir John F. W.). The Telescope. Physical Geography of the Globe. 5th Christ raising the daughter of Jairus: Kennedy (B. H.). The Divinity of Christ. A Sermon preached on Christmas Day, 1882. 8vo. Čamb. 1883. 12.15.48. *Wroth (H. T.). Mohammedanism considered in Relation to the Christian Evidences. (Hulsean Prize, 1848). 8vo. Camb. 1849.. DONORS. Dr D. Mac Alister. *Selwyn (Rev Wm.). An attempt to investigate the true principles of Cathedral Reform. 8vo. Camb. 1839. Notæ Criticæ in Versionem Septuagintaviralem. Liber Numerorum. 8vo. Can tabrigiæ, 1857. Excerpta ex Reliquiis Versionum, ...... Cavendish (Margaret). The Lives of *William *Barnes (Wm.). Tiw; or a View of the Roots Caldecott (Alfred). English Colonization and Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften.、 Postlewaithe (John). Mines and Mining in the Pascal (Blaise). Oeuvres. 5 Tomes. Paris, 1819. 8.29.28-32 8vo. Chess. The Book of the Sixth American Chess Cossali (Pietro). Origine, trasporto in Italia, Corani Textus Arabicus. Edidit Gustavus Dr D. Mac Alister. The Author Mr Pendlebury. |