New-York tribune., 1896-09-01
pApERs ON SOCIAL SCIENCE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION MEETS IN
SARATOGA.
xrxGspI-RY's ANNUAL ADDRESS
prAp-INTEREsTINo PROGRAMME OF
THE SESSIONS


prAp-rNrEREsrINo PROGRAMME OF
THE SESSIONS.
Springs ~ Y Aug. 81 (SpeciaD-The
.'con Social Science Associations general meet
~ :, 1906 convened in Grand Army Han this even
.ps I.s sessions vii, continue daily up to Friday
-.ae Among the papers to be read during the week
ms" so,,owins: The Duty Of Higher Education
a.. o,,r Times" by Professor Daniel Quinn. of WASH
NJ u ~ ";row,h and Significance Of Municipal En-
is'O, fos Profit" by Professor g. NJ Lindsay;
'e.p.Soss oflDetermlning the Economic Productivity
",,,.'.,,,nad Enterprises" by Professor Walter F.
90 .. ~ CorneN University: The Higher Educa-
"n' ,ne l-olored People OF the South" by the
.so1 n, ul I. Waylsnd. OF Philadelphia; THE
n.' ,o,osv ol Exercise" by DR.. p. r. Bolton Of
~oryorl University Immigration and Quar-
." {" hv Dk J. w Brannan. OF New-York City,
o. ,s,s,,on and It's Relation 10 Jurisprudence by
We, Greene of Brooklyn: international JUS
Nv President D. j. Hill. Of Rochester: Re
~, :, vunclba, Government" by ST. Clair Nickel
- ~ RrookAyn: The New Industrial Education
W. s1E.rl,,d audl Massachusetts, by S. y. u. North
" na,.or. ..The Working Boy" by Mrs. Florence
wsusv o, Chchgo. Factory Inspector OF Illinois,
.rsn Necessity Tor Trade Schools" by Joseph Lee
:. .prookne Mass Education as Related to Vo-
..,on. BY s T button of Brookline. Mass; TRADE
$500, Question by c. w. Brtwen. OF Boston. Dis
s,ss,on will follow each paper. Addresses Will also
he made by professor FRANCIS "asia"u' VI i"'e
University. and others
The opening address this evening was made by the
.,as,, Of the association DR.. +. J. Kingsbury. Of
r.,h,rv Conn His theme was, "A Sociological
n..,osn.ct" and il a condensed summary OF the
80 inpor,ani events OF the century just now clos
M xhirh have marked sociological bearing. He
,v,dad the time into periods Of twenty-five years
.,a considered the events under the divisions
.soo,sd by the association in its annual programme
~ er., considered the conditions of the country at
,s ner,od between the close OF the Revolution ano
ne saopton of the Constitution and pointed OUT the
meut,es that beset the format ton OF stable gov
.,msu; from the heterogeneous material OF thir-
,.., eoonies covering sixteen degrees OF latitude
ssvinc lis own Interesting traditions and habits
ef life He then spoke Of the influence OF cary I'm.
nroyeneni in the means OF travei sucn as grea,
srosss canals and improved river navigation by
rsscS he Interior OF the country opened 10
Emigration and the widely separated parts brought
Ssnsy,rn.n, ne depicted the universal dread of small
nox and the blessings OF vaccination, Then he re-
Viewed the ADVANCE Of education particularly on the
In The second quarter he noted the abolition Of the
stocks and whipping post ana OF @ @imPrisonmenS o iOr
growing recognition Of the evils Of slavery The in
PRODUCTION OF pubic water works In cities ana or gas
and friction matches the development of the sewing
PRODUCTION OF the railroad and the telegraph and the
great temperance movement OF 1910 were skeiched
This finished the first half-cenury. In the next
quarter President Kingsbury noted the Introduction
also The changes in law and custom affecting both
married and single women; the abolition OF negro
expansion Of the appica ons OF electricity, the dis
covery OF anaesthetics In surgery and the adoption
resume OF general progress and a comment on some
accidental developments In society which have ac-
companed these movements.
nua report.