October Stars (verse)
Walsh, Regina
61o THE COMMONWEAL October 27, 1926 University of Ghent organized for the purpose of the papers read and approved...
...The club itself was called Cercle fied scientific vulgarization, are usually reprinted in Leibnitz in honor of a great Christian thinker who the Revue des Questions Scientifiques...
...sire to form one large and important association for The Revue des Questions Scientifiques is a quarterly the advancement of science among Catholics...
...fessors in recently erected Catholic universities...
...This Before Our Lady's feet, council annually names the president, who is alterna- Night humbly holds her rosary tively a Belgian and a citizen of some other country...
...Cerleaving college they formed branches of it in the vari- tain particularly valuable papers are published sepaous cities where they resided...
...A practical program of action was soon determined October Stars upon...
...This was due famous for his work in analysis and mechanics, fre- to the initiative taken by Dr...
...A publicity tour through is paid to matters bearing upon the relation between France succeeded in guaranteeing the cooperation of science and philosophy, science and faith, and to many fellows of the Academie des Sciences and pro- methods of research...
...L. Henry, the wellquented the Cercle Cauchy...
...Pius IX and all the succeeding Pontiffs have hurst sent in their adhesions...
...They form the were several men who have since become very famous societe's original contribution to scientific research and as engineers and mathematicians...
...The idea sponsored contain many papers of outstanding value, particularly by the cercle seemed so important to them that after in physics, mechanics, mathematics and geology...
...The societe is divided into six sections, each Dark-robed, of which studies affiliated sciences...
...fers to use the name of the city where it will meet to the name of the country where it was born...
...One of their are published in the Annals...
...The It seems almost unnecessary to add that the Societe great mathematician Charles Hermite subscribed as a Scientifique de Bruxelles serves an ideal...
...when the death of Father Carbonnelle, who had been It was supposed that 250 members would assure a suc- the soul of the organization as its general secretary, cessful beginning to the enterprise...
...In November of the blessed and encouraged it...
...Gilbert, since become competitions and subsidies for research...
...Unfortunately, Brussels...
...A council of twenty Like penitent elected members assumes the general direction...
...On devoted to scientific vulgarization and, considering its June 17, 1875, a first plan was drawn up in the rooms value, deserves a wider distribution...
...For their part, the Louvain professors were financial difficulties subsequent to the war made it especially anxious to promote original research in necessary to discontinue this form of encouragement science...
...Later the name was rately : for example, a memoir on mechanics by Dr...
...Among the leaders of the club rupted the work from 1914 to 1919...
...He expressed terest, helped to reconstitute the direction of the the hope that the movement would not be limited to societe...
...The adherence it has now reached its ninetieth volume and is an imof many at the Belgian universities and academies was posing collection of papers treating interesting quessoon assured...
...to scientific endeavor...
...Professors at Louvain University were thoughtfully Early in its career the societe instituted scientific weighing a similar idea...
...During the years prior to conferes discussed the problem often with Father I. the war, the medal of the societe was awarded thirteen Carbonnelle, who had edited a paper in India, had con- times as a prize for work of signal merit, the last tributed to the Paris Etudes for years, and had then recipient being F. Wulf, S.J., who had invented a wellundertaken the direction of the Cercle Cauchy of known, precious bifiliar electrometre...
...Of stars...
...Special attention an interest in the project...
...The highest founder...
...The Annals seemed to symbolize devotion to both science and now number forty-six volumes, the war having interChristian thought...
...A fund is badly needed, which Gradually these different movements led to the de- we hope Divine Providence will provide...
...Scientists like Barrande of Prague, Father authorities in the Church have approved and encourSecchi, S.J., of Rome, and Father Perry of Stony- aged it...
...but Father Car- seemed to endanger the work in 1889, Pope Leo XIII, bonnelle, acting as first general secretary, announced by intervening personally and expressing his deep inthat 453 pledges had been received...
...The societe will exclude the notion of geo- taking may be attributed to the paternal interest of graphical boundaries," he said, "and therefore it pre- the Holy Father himself...
...changed to the Cercle Cauchy in honor of a famous Gilbert and a number of monographs prepared by the Belgian mathematician...
...61o THE COMMONWEAL October 27, 1926 University of Ghent organized for the purpose of the papers read and approved in the several sections training themselves in public speaking...
...We may even say that same year, an inaugural meeting was held in Brussels...
...The lectures delivered in methods consisted in giving scientific lectures to their the public assemblies, which generally attempt dignischool-fellows...
...And so the continued existence of the underBelgium...
...section of economics...
...the Society of Jesus, the regular clergy, tions accurately and yet in such a way that they can the nobility and several prominent citizens also took be followed by the uninitiated reader...
...Three meetings are held yearly, after each of which REGINA WALSH...
...Begun in 1877, of the Societe Centrale d'Agriculture...
...He and a number of his known Louvain chemist...
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