, 1880-08-30
rwonty.ninth Meeting Of the
American Association for Its
Advancement.
ao,,o Of tho Celebrities Present
Organization, md ALL
dresses of Welcome.
Prof. Asaph Hall on Astronony-1ts
Present Condition and Object
Of Investigation.
Fetlring President 1,nrkcr's Address OIL
"Somo Modern Aspects Of tho
Life Question:"
so.t.ai torrfspo,sdtnce aJ The Chicago Trthunr.

s,rt.at corrfspondtnce NJ The Chicago Trthunt.
nosros, MISS, Aug. 2j.-~Onu block west
Af tbn Public Garden, aml within n minutes
walk Of Commonwealth avenue, lsost0li's
.ristocra.Ic centre, stands tho Massachusetts
1n.iI.ute OF Technology. Thttl,er tho
scientists gathered this mornlng. 4
considerable number lowered about
I'm halls ycstGNtny rs n prelude
IL tho army that swept down on this llus-
nftable city this morning. AT 9o'c'uck the
ilno Of members awaiting their turn for
registration rcsc,n1,lcd tt,at often seen Mt tho
sale Of Tickets for sonie grand popular enter
ia,nmcnt 1t was q relief III many n utlc,
weary with stnnung, to sit dow, With his
mans and tocumei,ts, antl carefully ntljust
nnon tho tappel Of his coat 4 piece of
oid-Eold ribbon marked IA. y. \. ST."
and bearing tho number standing
onposlt his name on tho register.
This badge Is tho tnlIsman which secures NIL
mission to the entertainments 80 lnuntifully
provided botll by tho city mud by private cor
porations. ...
Many have predicted TINT the Bnstom meet
fnr Of tho Association would lle The most
notable oNc tins fur hcitt III Its history; and
Tic opening to-tlny certainly goes far to
Justify suc., IL prediction. TD one Mt all
familiar with the 1lHlnes Of scientific celeb
rites Of the present time This gathering pre-
bentSn
REMARKABLE AssEsfnr.AaE OF EMINENT
MEN.
Prominent among the,n nre Trofs. Simon
Nowcormb and AsapA ifall, of Washington;
rrot Barker, Of Philadelphia; President ID.
G, Gilman, of tho Johns Hopkins Univer-
ity; President Henry Morton, Of tho Ste
vens Institute of Technology, 1lnbokcn, N.
j.; President William i. Rogers, Of tho
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology;
Prof. f. C. Pickering, Director Of
tho Cambridge Observatory; Prof.
William I1arkness, Of Washington;
Prot. J. Lawrence Smith, Of Louisville, KY;
Prot. j. N. Van Week, of Mtl,lletow1,,
Conn.,; Mini. j. ". Powell, Of Washington;
c. Y. Riley, Of Washington; Judge j. G,
Henderson, Of Winchester, ILL.,: Prof. II. a.
Rowland. OF Batiu,ore; and Prof. &. Brown
Gootlc, Curator Of tho National Museum Mt
Washington, who Inns lust returned from
Berlin, where ttle, exhibit of the Unitc.l
States Fish Commission, under Ills suncr-
vision, carried oil tho most distinguished
honors OF the International Fisheries Ex-
h!hhlaA.
Tho Association was called to order by
Prot. George i. BARKER, tho retiring Tresi-
dent, nt 10:30 o'clock, III Huntington Hail,
iha largo asscmbly-room Of tic Institute.
Prof. Barker Introduced tho Hon. Lewis II,
Morgan, of Rochester, us President Of tic
Boston meeting. DR.. George Z. Ellis
offered prayer; md when, Mt Its
close, the Association joined nullbly
in the filIai prayer Of our Lord, MI
unoslentatlous rel,ko was administered
In nt,.1Jn Gal 1nnt tt+tr,ts fr
religion, aud dcfalne scientific men rs atte
rnoF. WILLIAM Il. HO0Ens,
enc Of the ottlrst scientific workers Of this
country, delivered II spirited address Ut vel
hs 4eesrea y Wt tat IF s tesss @ 6a Ss;ss Wass
attaclles to personal experience, TO tho early
history 0f thu Association, to tlle for,nu-
t!oa Of earlier societies abroad, md particu-
latly, to tho British Assoc!atl4n., wticl,
sion tottay In Swanson. 1.atrr III thu day /
Saw him transmitsnE to Prof. a. Grnllnm
bel!. hy telephone, u, message OF frater,tal
greeting to be. sent by cable to thu British
bodies of one language, but Of two i,utEo.l-
atles, grasp hnmls beneath tile ATLANTIC, III
Closing h's addrcSs Prof: Rogers refcrrcd with
empli1ss to thc tact that thy object Of tho
they do ali IN thulr power to collect scientific
facts md quicken scientific Thought.
Al tho conclusion OF Prof. Rogers nd
dress,
MAYOR PRINCE
a!oseto wcscomc the Association to tho City
q Boston. The npproacllng co,nmcn,ori-
ton on Sept. Ii OF tho :,,50sll ailnl-
yerkary OF, Boston's municipal uxlst~
ense @ lea him 70 4 survey Of her past:
1Rst TINT III ltsss two years after the colonists
sna before there WIS wl,ttc IllsIn II, ,nny
Piace cxccrt Salem, srhnUl WIS 0rganizca
1iiefwards he irese't III frso ts syste'' Ut op'' S
!af education wis devised, anil attendance
sa epon school WIS n'atte compulsory. Eight
FEARS only utter the settlement Of los
aous y llarsarl colese. ; III Illus '?" il ai,
BEATS fitting TINT BOSTON, tho ptollcur III tho
Kork Of cdilcnton, and the ft,sterlig 1lolIlcr
p Science, Should welc9tte tho advent OF
At5SsesiS9}n tSs ' :; %s ,si It s,y.r
Me Association felt cer.n!n af lis llCnrty wei
ffona; e! h.t, that thcro might remain 10 room
preceded to deliver. q very neat md ploas-
w Atlttrcss ut WELCOME III behalf OF tho
commonwealth 0f massachusetts. Aiassu-
ea4setts remembers with prldlu TINT tie 4As.
ISOLATION was organized thiriy.tIlree years
eso u licr Capital City; lint II llol!ls thu
W WI Ftft}HF GStSAE@!Et. tIHIcl
set ot her Legislatures: ulMl tint IL numbers
ss.aohg its past Presidents names precious III
IT. estlnlntlor and 1ilel'lOry,-tle names of
fnaRnsstz. Pierce, Gould, anil Gray. Sll1 re-
!o.ees ~ tllo achievements Of Science alike
~ tThaef 9,t sto welcomes from MI thu States nt
~ u!!lon s,lcl. an lllustrlns gathering OF
Mo;lfentlllc men, aud when Sfln hears tha ring
,1ta hammer, tic click Of Its :hlsel, III tll0
.aIu!Qs nf her own artisans ind mechanics.
pEufo1a franklin nlld ltlmfurat tn Morse Astl
iteit, massachusetts, llNs welcomed and f0s-
ssIea &!ea every now nGtlllloll 10 scientific enter
x..st asid achievement. And yet Hilo pays
~ ~ he highest compliment by asking for
diaat1ter Gov. Longs atltlress tic Association
e9satd,ed 9s!ded into sections, md procmalau to tito
sses!!ioh Of committees. When this routine
"olk flau been completed,
D., LUNCH WAS ANNOUNCED
Itch 9e IN readiness for all members Of tho AS
~ tSs4Iatlon md their families. Proceeding TO
gymnasium ut tllo
nIstHnlu!e, IT WINS found TINT tlI1 Local Com
fns fttfa Ky hati provided refreshments suitable
sras ~. ule ttoSt elegant entertainment, and In
Tsi" aJins abundance. Surely tho nttltresses 0f
em%iIalle eiIiHlle MGeslcd 10 nlnre effective
fnp'asls. fllls feature OF llostal1's rectp-
dsw' dSu' which !s tn be repeated frtln tlay 10
taaecotnpll5lles two very desirable results:
iwana.e anetents tho scattering Ut members b.
s"Stn mo 1n0rutuH at,fk fIftnrrtnttI Aasatn,,a