Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-12
Members Of the Michigan Pssss
visit the Exposition.
RECEIVED BY THE OFFICIALS
Needing In Ihrtr oease Building Ihe5
Arc Atldscs~ed ~ Pv<stnens
Pnlnes and othesx

CHIcA0o. July ll---Paid admisosooeoe
the fair today l0l.22&
About $50 ucmbers of the Michigan
State Prss association met st the Mich
igan building today. AZ II O'Clock they
gathered in assembly hall. where Pses,-
dent T. w. Palmer msdc short address
of welcome Mr. Palmer related . mum
ber Of his experiences with members al
the Michigan presa. all of vhich. he de
cIxred. has been agreeable TO himself
Junius r. Boal Of Ann Arbor. the re-
firing president Of the association. also
made an address. and the morning
passed With brief impromptu speeches
and music-
Last night members of the association
TO the number III 30 arrived at the
Mecca hotel. Most OF the party will re-
main for q week or more. The assocta-
ton held its annual meeting af Detroit
last "Wednesday and Thursday and then
by boat went up to Mackinac, leaving
there Monday on the Manitou and
reaching Chicago last night The retir
ing officers of the association are
President. j. f. Beal. Ann Arbor; vice
president. I. r. Quinly. Detroit; secre
tary. James Slocum: treasurer. l. M.
Sellers The new officers elected on the
boat yesterday are: President. Mr.
Quinly: vice president, Frank Green.
Olivet; secretary. James Schcmmerhorn,
treasurer. s. L. Rawlson. Members of
the association. through the courtesy OF
Secretary Page. were given carte blanche
Ia the Midway plaisance. and will re-
ciprocate by . present. for which .
purse was raised today.
To Welcome the viking.
A right hearty welcome awaits Capt
Magpus Andersen and the crew Of the
viking ship which will arrive here to-
morrow. Gen. Christopher Ravn. COM
missioner general from Norway. and HE
committee. consisting OF Ole A. Thorp.
H. A. Hangar, ]. r. Boyeeen. {. X Mat
son and r. u. Stenslgnd, have got all
things in readiness and have prepared
for the visitors reception in which all
the Norwegian societies and residents of
the city will bear conspicuous part.
The viking ship is nov at Milwaukee
and is expected 20 arrived of Evanston
early tomorrow morning. She will be
towed there by the revenue cutter An
drew Jackson. At Evanston the visitor
will bs met by the Michigan and the
Blake and q whole fleet Of excursion
boats and yachts. A national salute
will be fired by the Michigan and after
the exchange Of courtiesies there the
whole flotilla will leave for the fair
grounds.
Folk Lore Congress
st the afternoon session Of the
Folk Lore congress. papers were
read rs follows: Legends from
the North Frisian Islands. the cradle of
the Anglo Saxon race" William George
Black; honorary secretary of Arch9o-
logical society. Glasgow. Scotland; The
Superstitions and Legends OF the Wild
Tribes Of Irrawady Valley" Louis Vos-
sion. French consul. Philadelphia. with
remarks by Monsieur Bilbaut, special
commissioners for French colonies; .The
Northern Trolls David McRitchie.
Edinburgh. Scotland. with remarks by
Prof. Fred Starr. vice president OF Chi
cago Folk Lore society; Myths. Sym
bols and Magic of East Africans. illus
trated by objects personally collected
Mrs. NJ French Sheldon. London. Eng
land: The Cliff Dwellers of Southwest
ern America" Mrs. Palmer Henderson.
Minneapolis: Modern Greek Myfho-
logy.- Miss Lucy NJ. j. Garnet. London.
England.
In the afternoon the American
PhiIogical association met in hall n and
the following papers were read: ''Criii-
cal Notes on Sophocles. DR. Mortimer
Lamson Earle, Barnard college. New
York; IAN Attempt 10 Throw Light on
Certain Uses of the Latin Perfect Sub.
junctiye.- Prof. IA. e.. Elmer. Cornell
university. Ithaca. n. "; 'On the Mean
ing Of the Word Satura. and lts Inter.
pretations in Livy VII. 2" Prof. George
l. Hebdrickson. University Of Wiscon.
sin. Madison. Wiscons'n;" Note on Plau-
tus. Captivi AZ" Prof. W. s Scar
borough. Wilhcrforce university. Viii
herforce. Ohio.
and folk lore congresses were held this
evening. AZ the former some notable
papers ON interesting historical subjects
were contributed by Col William Pres
ton Johnston. president OF the Tulane
university. New Orleans; DIR. James
Schouler. Boston; Prof. Charles j. Lat
tie. Northwestern university. Evanston,
Prof. Ephriam Emerton. Harvard uni
versity; William Henry Smith of the
Associated Press and Dr. Frederick
Bancroft Of Washington. ID. c.
George e. Cable. Surgeon Washing
ton Matthews of Chicago, Mrs. Anna
Watson of Memphis. the Hon. Horsiio
Hale 81 Canada, and DIR. Charles A.
Eastman ~ 81. Paul read interesting
papers si the evening session of the
Folk Lore people.
Prof. William Garden Hale of the
University ~ Chicago. delivered his
annual address ~ president ~ the Amer
lean Philogical association this evening.
HE subject being Democracy and Edn
cation