New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-17
IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE.
wELL-KNOwN EDUCATORS GATHER IN
BROOKLYN.
pp ,c-r,c.r. AND INSTRUCTIVE PAPERS READ BY
AUTHoRITIEs-How TO PREVENT THE
sPREAD OF FIRE.

| American Association for the Advancement OF
Science the counterpart Of the British Association
addressed the association ana It's several SECTIONS
yesterday at the forty-third annual meeting IN
Rrooklvn The first general sessions OF the body
were held in the Polytechnic Institute. Dr. truman
j. Backus. president OF the Packer institute Vi
BROOKLYN welcomed the body. Dr. Daniel IT, br'h-
ton the anthropoogist. Of Media, Penn, delivered
| the presidents opening address. Dr. "ll'iaih
Hardness the weknown astronomer, OF WASH
| ington who presIded over the meeting last year
delivered the annual address In the Academy Vi
Music last evening. reception ATTENDED, ny o'e'
900 persons closed the exercises. To-day many
scientific papers will be read and tomorrow all
the members will so upon eNcufsio'S " i''e
Branch and elsewhere.
SOME OF TIE MEMBERS.
Among the members of the association who were
present yesterday were: Daniel u. hrIhton WIN
| lam darkness f. W. putnam. Mrs. +. W. fut-
nam Herman lie Roy Fairchild. Lewis Howe
James d. Warner. Albert c. Hale. II. a. k'ttredse
| c. A. Watson. Frederick Brdeil' pahiei lump"
rey. T. ". Kuhnc Rudolph Sieman' y. r. Lam
| coin H. NJ. Parkhurst Simon H. Gage o"sanil"n
| phelps Gage Verauus A. Moore. >. Schoney VIII
lam H. Hale Z. Goldsmith. W. ~ +. prescher' T..
| n Hartley r. l., Woodward. Mrs. K. l.. WOOD
| ward Alexander Zcivet. Daniel 5. Martin George
! = King Robert c. Ecccs. Miss Alice n. DouE'nS
| Miss NJ A. I}al Twin. Andrew II. HOPKINS T. WIN
| lam Rane William Frear. }. W. spencer NJ ~
| Booth William j. Beal l.. .. Howard j. I. " n'''
| 4 Iintner william II. Ashmcad. C. l.. Marmu
| Miss Charlotte G. Barnum. Il. W. ily"e' W. D.
Nc,;oc Anita ~ McGce Frank Hamilton 'uSh-
| ing Mansfield Merriman. VI. a. ScoVli!c' 'ohl
Wesley Wocott, Henrietta H. T. NoIcott' 'Sli'"""
| Stone A. T.. Foote. II. \. Newton. Mary h'a''
| Moody william \. Rogers. Robert orion 'io''S'
| John j. Stephenson Thaddeus X. White }. H. Al
nealy. John Waring. william a. Anthony. Lewis
| Kalph Jones Edmund otis Hovey, Thomas IL
| cunt. John b. Smith. Edward l.. Graef. Marshall
! H. Saville. Samuel Calvin. Mrs Sa"'uei ''Nlh'
| T. T. Whitfield George II. Hudson, MISS h'i''"n
| Wingate the Rev. Raphael benjamin. Alo"|o
| Collin. chloe Collin W. NJ Hutchinson. T. a
| Lambert, Augustus f. Harvey. Henry smith VIII
Jams. Laenas g. Weld. u. g. Thompson, a.
| g. gill. A. s Tiffany. Benjamin w snow
AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
| The Council Of tho Association held an executive
sossion Yesterday and elected several new members
while members and others Interested IN the opening
exercises assembled in the hail % the foytc-h"'
Institute The meeting was called to orHer .! IN
retiring president. DR. Hardness. VINO introduced
prcsilen; Br!nton eminent anthropo!ogiSt'
The Rev Or ". H. IngersoN offered prayer. TINS
letter Of regret was read Mayor Schieren. who
is in the White Mountains. addressed to DR. George
W Plympton Secretary Of the Local Committee
It IS with great regret that advise you mat J
w.,k / mai hoped - wa.cOmc your members q
our city. and derive much Information rom ~. ~
ably detained ana .heis,U D ~, ntrr,sf m NAM
uie my, sSti.H MI be- discussed ~ your
mecilnes In ;h.s progf 'syc age. N nrsnhn. "'
scientific studies has most w'hirriuiy ln,t,'''' a.
seems 10 I,ti ~. w. ~ - H.. ,,..i I'D an
an'a'ls'i t,'s ~, "a u,bia 20 orr everyday
tlydtcs lfhcu''. l.'ds 80 -..i, h,.a..s H., ihes.
meetings ana your coming an,ons n' ~ "i.i s'i''n
LAT .h' 49, -. 81 ~ - ,hr su-.e.s ~ YOUR
meetings.
Or. IiackiAs then ""I''mei INC ''s''''S III Wv ''''
OF the. Mayor AMI the city. IL ihc e0iga. az ns ALE
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caton has been the cnirf source 81 mar 'm,u'.'
progress which. during rcceni b'chi' s.. hf. ni','
blessing even - ih- u1tA'nhln k. ii- 49, ~
eminent 10 ~" Pr't me- am ''F''. ''''n ~,
teacher and "e hn'" ga I'D" M, ,''' .
them numncI' L".ni .''v ~ ,,itej ulus
, in, If the po6c acn.ycment = hun,n mind
h2y rye begun e NJ Irc1yn every man AMI woman Of
us who has intelgcnr" chnnfh 80 f',nS''~i' j..
part. mans debt I" science W. F"l' ~ , a', 49,,
for NJ Advancement 81 S''.n,r We ,r''a, ,.
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Els after truth
puAtSr FOR MIR PRATT
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lie would be an migrate indeed. who should spcal.
- tho educational work of BROOKLYN and leave un-
mentioned the p'uh'c"uS XII :" o"' '"'' '"''''''
thropisi Nh Pratt. Applluicd by tn" community
Ca vbicb he rvca ne erected hts spacious buildings
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gave 'hri' '"N'a" 'i"'''''"'' anu ~" e"' 80 "
sIvc e,hr most ndtancei system Of industrial In
stfn'u"i' u" De i"uh' IN u' to"'', ~ I''','r
w. ., -, 10 s,,r.i 80 trnu.iot,,. ~ mo ,v,rk
done bv the unique organization OF the brooklyn
Institute. with It's twenty SIX departments OF r.
Sarch ~ man! o"u's'' W i,'."ics, 'r'l LIZ a.
,nore thon 3n1 suhsrrit,.rs Ladies and ecn,rrnn,,
of this learned association. city. stirred by the
, slrt OF injury le''ir I'm tom"tI e"tiilib ana
T, coming ana ODDS YOU welcome ''''' '''''' 'O''
In responding to this cordial greeting President
'. ne nv "'it'SS, mhch WIS
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Mill you my ~ - our u'sAn'Ha'ioh we
i''VtH%r anu appreciate tho d'Hahthses 81 runlon
III ms pppu.pus ana hdshncrnt city, whose streets
are hnel WIN ed1ces erected by the munlnccnce OF
a Few ior the dement, OF the many, ana winch In
many features estines to the broad Nf~ra.ity and
enlightened al