Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-26

Closing Meeting Of the American Associate
Last Night-Business Transacted.

FOR SCIENCE ADVANCEMENT.
Closing Meeting Of the American Association
Last Nfght-Business Transacted.
The final meeting Of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Science was held
last evening in the law lecture hall of the Co
lumbar University. The list of officers nomi-
mated BY the council and printed in The STAR
we're approved. Rochester, N. Y, was selected
as the next place Of meeting, and resolutions
OF thanks to the trustees of the Columbian Uni
versity, the local committee. the scientific So
cieties OF this city, the press and all individuals
and organizations contributing to the success
OF the nesting was adopted. Prof. G. Browne
Goode read paper which gave an interesting
account OF the history of the association and adj
dresses were made by Prof. ]. W. Powell. Hon.
Edwin Willitts and others
ORIGINATED IN WASHINGTON.
Prof. Goode in his paper said: The origin Of
the association is usually traced to the old As
ISOLATION of biologists and Naturalists, organ
lied in 1S40 in Philadelphia This is not strictly
correct, for the society had two parents; ono,
and perhaps that which had the most influence
IN shaping its character, the National Institu-
tion Tor tho Promotion of Science. organized
in Washington in 1910. This society, which was
very powerful for q time. and national in its
scope, in 1874 had 900 names upon its rolls
In 1874 it organized in Washington the first
national congress Of scientific men ever held in
Aperica. President John Tyler, ex-President
John Quincy Adams and John G. Spencer, Soc
rotary of War, presided at the meetings, and
nearly fifty papers of great value were read.
Immediately after this meeting the Association
of Geologists began to expand its scope in a
manner evidently greatly influenced by the
Washington convention in 1874 When in 1S4S
the American Association was founded in Phil
| adelphia one Of the parent bodies contributed
the first half Of the name, viz: THE American
Association" while tho Washington society
contributed the remainder: "FOr the Promo
ton Of Science" Washington, nearly fifty
years ago, was inaugurating the system of
national congresses OF learned societies, which
is now SO conspicuous . feature in its intellect
ual life
THE WORLDS FAIR.
After Mr.. Goode had finished speaking Presi-
dent Prescott introduced Mr.. Clarence E.
Young the assistant secretary of the world q
congress auxiliary.
Mr.. Young said that ''the object Of the aux
Hilary was to provide places of meeting and
other facilities for all appropriate organiza-
tions to hold conventions in Chicago in 1893 for
the discussion and consideration Of the living
questions pending in their respective depart
ments.
1--WE are to have educational congresses,
scientific and philosophical congresses, temper
| ance congresses, moral and social reform labor
congresses literary congresses and law reform
congresses; religious congresses, medical and
surgical, commercial and financial, including
bankers, boards of trade, railway commerce,
water commerce and insurance; engineering
congresses agricultural congresses, o congress
on arbitration and peace, and musical con-
crosses; artists congresses, in fact, there will
be convened in Chicago during the exposition
season organizations of every conceivable kind.
THE auxiliary has been recognized by Con-
gress, and its announcement has been sent
| abroad by the Secretary OF State, who Is one
of the honorary members. Hon. Charles C..
BOnney, who is Il leader of the legal profession
| in the west, is president. Hon. Thomas B.
Bryan, the vice president Of the exposition, is
| the vice president; Hon. Lyman ]. Gage, ex-
president Of the exposition, is vice president,
| and Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, the secretary
and solicitor general Of the exposition, is also
| the secretary OF the auxiliary.
The woman's branch Of the auxiliary has
committees Of women to the committees of
men on all subjects appropriate for the partici-
patton OF women, and Mrs. Potter Palmer. the
president Of the board of lady managers of the
exposition, who won such high honors in
her advocacy Of the cause of the exposition dur
ing the recent session of congress, is president
Mrs. Charles Henrotin is the vice president
There will be erected on the shore of Lake
| Michigan near the great Auditorium Hotel. q
| q
which will be devoted to the use Of the worlds
| congresses of 1893"
| In closing his remarks Mr.. Young hoped
shat the American Association for the Ad.
| vancement OF Science would take its proper
place in the scientific congresses of ls93 for by
| 30 doing" said he, 'you not only participate in
| what will be the greatest educational achieve.
| ment of the nineteenth century, but you will
| enable those who are growing up to take your
places in the future to be better prepared tc
profit by the result of your labor and thus be
better prepared to accomplish the solution oil
the intricate scientific and philosophical con.
crosses"
President Prescott then made brief address
| and stated that while it was not within the
power Of this meeting to take any definite &C.
| ton, 1t would OF course be presumed that when
these congresses assembled in 1893 at Chicago
the American association would be on hand.
AN UNUSUALLY SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
An invitation was also received from Madison,
Wis, to hold the meeting there in 1893 These in
vitations were laid over until next year. Secre-
taryPutnam announced fact which drew hearty
applause from the audience. He said the govern
| ment of Honduras had granted the museum at
Cambridge. Mass, of which Prof. Putnam is
curator, the exclusive right to explore the
scientific resources of that country for period
| of ten years, and read a statistical table which
showed that in point of ATTENDANCE and literary
features the session just closed was an unusually