The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

No1r3 4ArSeiT - tSs rFA1t1< of ssarTrS ca
sessnsfEic s1stecsS. whieA are published
afserward rs psrt ef the records 81 sEe
ssSosiafaan. These papers are on selected
tepsSS. and ;hsy are written ~ nszSsers in
tie branches - science or which they
tr~aE X has been tire enStors in years paxe
70 hold the causci. meeting On Wednesday
and tHs Evner1 SESSIONS o. the association
on Thursday. Friday. Monday. Tuesday
ard wednesday. SATURDAY Was given IN 10
excursions. and the~e entertainments have
areu provided ~ ire citizens whe~~ve-
Ehe association has met. They hare been
sometimes BY RAJ ard sometimes BY Beat
Bat the entertainment has a,ways ben
free. and the members 90 the association
are regarded as the guests or the city
where they meet. This year the council
VIII be held on Saturday. August - and
the general sessions viii begin Monday aa4
conssnsse unxEl Friday eve1inr. TIE excuE-
sions VIII h> made or the Saturday follow
ing the adjournment OF the association.
Daring The week two free pablo lectures
VIII be given in the evening.
The records % che prceeedin9s OF the A.
A. A s. form a valuable scientific library
IN themselves ssach names as Ayasssz.
Dana. Torrey. brush. Langley. Powell.
MendsnAaig. Henry. Bachs Morley and
Young are 20 be found on ARE old rolls Of
the society'S members. and many valaahi-
contributions 20 scientific literature have
been read first ar the associations meet
ings. The present ofs4cers Of the assecla~
zion are men Of distinction in the seienssac
world. Prof. e y. Cope, Of phila3elphia.
the president. was Identified with tire
early geological explorations Of the FAR
West under Wheeler and under Hayden.
He is now professor OF comparative Eoals-
gy and anatomy in the University % PENN
syivania- He Is author OF some note
Prof F. W. Putnam. tie secretary, was
a student OF natural science under Agassix,
Wyman and Gray He succeeded Pref. W.
man as curator OF the Peabody museum
at Cambridge. He was Al the head Of the
department OF ethnoiogy al the Worlds
fair. He is now in charge OF the anthreao-
logical department OF the American Ma-
scum Of Natarsi History in New York.
Charles Reid Barnes. the general s%ere-
tary. Is professor OF botany at the Uni
xerslty OF Wisconsin,. and .<aph Hail. ir..
the secretary OF the council IL professor
Of astronomy OF tho University OF Michi-
gan.
Nearly all the meetings Of the associa-
tion and the allied societies viii be held n
the Buffalo high school building. whers
she meetings of iSS6 were held The SEC
ton meetings win be held IN the class
rooms. The general sessions viii be held
in the chapel. which seats 80 persons. The
section on geology and geography viii
meet In the lecture hall OF the Society OF
Natural Sciences In the library building.
which in only short distance from iAe
high school.
Council Meetings.
Tha council will meet at the Iroauols
hotel where .he headquarters OF the assoc
citation Will be- In the high school huald.
ing viii he established special postoffice
Tor the visitors. "A bureau OF information
and the Office OF the local secretary. From
the secretaryss Office viii be issued 10
members the badges which will entifls
them 70 all hospltalities Buffalo affords.
and those are not A few. The programme
Of entertainments promises to make the
week a busy and pleasant one. On Mon
day evening shere Will oe reception by
the ladies of Buffalo. A reception To the
gentlemen At the Buffalo club will DE given
on another evening. and one evening there
Will be a carriage ride through the beau-
fsfal residence section of the city or
boat ride by moonlight on Lake Erie.
These entertainments are Incidental 10 lie
work of the association. When the work
IS all done-Sasurday. August 2s-there VII
be a trip 60 Niagara Every delegate 10
the meeting Will have lively Interest n
examining the harness which has been
put on the gigantic power OF the falls. The
party viii go by boat down the Niagara
river TO Chippewa on the Canadian side.
Then by trolley 10 Queension. across tho
river 20 Lewiston and back by the Gorge
railway 10 the cataract. The party win
return To Buffalo by boat from Schiosssr.
special Geological Excursions.
In addition to these local excursions
some special geological excursions have
been planned for next week Prof Charles
s. Prosser OF Union college. Schenectady.
will conduct party from Syracuse next
Monday via Rochester into Livingston
county TO examine the rock formations Of
western New York. Prof. ]. f. Kemp Of
Columbia university. New York, and Prof.
c. II. Smyth. jr.. OF Hamilton college.
Clinton, expect to take party on tha
same day from Port Henry. on Lake
Champaign, for a visit TO the quarriss and
iron mines OF the Lake Chamaiasn valley
and thence TO Lake Placid and Gopvernaar
via Potsdam fer the study OF Photography.
O. X Gilbert and Frank Issverett OF the
geological survey and Prof II. l.. Fair
child OF the University of Rochester start
from Rochester Monday and work south
90 Batavia and thence southwest, study
ing glacial and giaeio laeastrina phenori-
ena. In which western New York Is ss-
peclaiiy rich. After the Adjournment 81 the
association meeting Mr.. Gilbert will head
the Niagara gorge.
AT the first general session OF the assoc
riaeion. a week from Monday. tbs retiring
president. Prof e. W. Morley. of GIevs-
lanf. wIll introduce the president elect.
prof Cone An invocation viii be de-
livered. and Mayor Jewett. the chairman
OF the local COMMITTEES. VIII deliver an al
dress Of welcome 70 which President Coee
viii reply. Reports from the secretaries
viii BE presented, and the councils recon-
incubation that the daily sessions be held
from 70 70 e and from 20 VIII %
adopted. Then the general session VIII
adjourn. and the sections will meet ana
organize The vice presidents who VIII pre-
side over these sections and the subjects
on which they win deliver addresses are;
/. Mathematics ard Assronsmy--W. y.
story. OF Worcester. Mass, iniuitiFs
Methods 10 Mathematics.
, phvstcs-C. l.. Mees. of Terre Hauie.
rrd ar.lec,rolysis and some Outstanding
Problems In Molecular Dynanics."
2 6.hernisfry-w. A. Noyes. OF Terrs
uaute Ind. The Achievements OF Phys
seaa Chemistry"
g@shamleaI Science and Engineering
F~ank o. Marvin. OF Lawrence. Kan.
.s-rhe Artistic Element in Engineering
C~,,9gy and Geographic. X. ETu-
erson. Of Amherst. Mas, Geological
( zooloxy-Theodors ~. CHI. o. wash
srvfon CITY. Animals as chronometers
Hy.any-S. L. Brittons OF New York
~4tv ssFsotansrsl Sar5eTss."
Archaeological e. F1sschsr. 81
yy-asbfnxfon city. '.FsnhIeuaatic Use Of the
Tree In The Dsko;an Group.