Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-26
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
They Visit Washington to Attend th&
American Historical Society Meeting.
A Review of the Organization and
the Success 1t Has Achieved.
Program of Business.

| The morning and early afternoon trains
| brought large number Of distinguish.
ed scholars to Washington today, and
those which are to follow will doubt
| less be more heavily freighted with
| visitors to the eleventh annual meet
ing of the American Historical So
| ciety. which will begin with a session at
| o'clock tonight at the Columbian Univer.
| sity. The American Historical Society was
| founded in 1883 by. a number of historical
writer's and Investigators, and its scope and
| purposes soon attracted the attention Of
| other leading students resulting in a large.
| distinguished and influential membership In
a very short time. Since its organiza ton the
| society has held a meeting every year, at
which papers of great value have been read
| and important chapters thus added to the
history of the country. These meetings
have been held regularly in this city, but
there is considerable discomfort among the
eastern and western members of the So
clety on this account, they believing that
the meetings should be held in different cit
les so the influence of the organiza ton could
be more generally disseminated. These gen.
tlemen point out that the American Eco
nomic Society, which is somewhat similar
to the Historical Society in it's character,
holds its meetings In different cities con-
secutively. and they will probably succeed
at the forthcoming session in having another
place than Washington selected for the COM
ing next year.
The Importance of the society in the eyes
of the government may be appreciated by
the fact that the annual report of the ASSOC
citation is published by the government, be-
ing supervised by Dr. G. Brown Goode OF
the Smithsonian Institution who is the as
sistant secretary. The society now numbers
over 600 members comprising all the hstor-
ical writers CT New England and many of
those most prominent in the west and south.
Among the ex-presidents are Henry Adams
of this city, Justin Winsor of Harvard
College, VIM. Writ Henry of Richmond. Va:
Andrew d. White, formerly president Of
University of Michigan, and President
Adams of the University of Wisconsin.
The present president of the society is
ex-senator George F. Hosr Of Massachu-
sets, the other officers being: Richard S.
Storrs Of Brooklyn and James Schouler of
Boston, vice presidents: Herbert b. Adams
of Johns Hopkins University and A. Howard
Clark of Washington secretaries; Clarence
Winthrop Bowen of New York, treasurer:
members of the executive council. Andrew
D. White of Ithaca, Justin Winsor of Cam
bridge, Mass; Charles Kendall Adams, pres
| ident of Wisconsin University; VIM. Writ
Henry of Richmond, Va; James B. Angel,
president of the University of Michigan:
Henry Adams of Washington, DIR. G. Brown
Goode of the Smithsonian Geo. b. Adams of
Yale University, J. L. NJ. Curry. DID,. of
Washington and Theodore Roosevelt Of
New York.
President Hoar's address on Popular
Discomfort With Representative Govern
ment,' with which the opening session will
be gin tonight, is being awaited with much
interest by the members and others inter-
ested in the research of the society. At its
conclusion Prof. Edward G.. Bourne of New
Haven will read a paper on Leopold Won
Ranke," and the session will close after the
committees are announced Because of the
very large number of papers to- be read at
the meeting, there will be two sessions held
tomorrow morning simultaneously, both be-
ginning at 10 o'clock, at Columbian Uni
versity. There will be session at the Ar
lington Hotel tomorrow afternoon and the
evening session at the university will COM
menee at o'clock
The society will elect officers for the en-
suing year before adjournment.