Or. Moore Speaks Saturday
On 'Two Books of 1543'
An illustrated public address on “The Two Great Books of
1543,” one by Copernicus on astronomy and the other by Vesa
lius on anatomy, will be given this evening, May 15, at 8 o’clock
in Gerlinger hall by Dr. A. R. Moore of the psychology depart
ment. The address, which is being sponsored by Sigma Xi and
Phi Beta Kappa, university scholastic honoraries, will follow
the annual spring initiations of
the two societies and a joint din
ner which they will give in hon
or of the initiates.
Dr. Moore, who has studied bio
logical sciences in this country,
E Ape, and the Orient, now has
chOTge of University instruction
in the history of science. He will
deliver the lecture in celebration
of the fourth centenary of the
publication of the two great
works of Copernicus and Vesa
lius, which appeared within a few
weeks of each other in 1543.
The first, “De Recolutionibus
Orbium Coelestium,” the founda
tion of modern astronomy, was
brought to the Polish Copernicus
on his deathbed May 24 of that
year. The other, the Belgiam Ve
salius, “De Humani Corporis Fa
brics,” the foundation of the
modern science of anatomy, was
published about a month later.
Dr. Moore will relate the history
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of these works, explain their sig
nificance to modern science, and
illustrate his address with re
prints from Vesalius’ book and
with slides. The address will be
given in alumni hall.
Immediately preceding the ad
dress Sigma Xi and Phi Beta
Kappa will hold their annual
spring initiations for members
newly elected to the respective
organizations, and will then join
in a dinner honoring the initiates.
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation
will take place at 5:30 in the rec
reation room in Gerlinger hall,
the Sigma Xi initiation at 5:45
in the men’s lounge, and the din
ner in the sun room at 6:30,
Special Honor
Two events will take place at
the dinner. Sigma Xi will confer
a special honor on Dr. Morton E.
Peck, emeritus head of the biol
ogy department at Willamette
university, for his outstanding
work in botany and particularly
for a manual on the flora of Ore
gon which he has recently pub
lished. Dr. John C. Merriam.
president emeritus of the Carne
gie Institute of Washington, D.
C., will deliver the charge to Sig
ma Xi initiates. Dr. Merriam, one
of the country’s outstanding pa
leontologists, has long been
known in this state for his sci
entific investigations of the geo
logical deposits in the John Day
region.
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