The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-31
m PHNa&|STS MEET.
- axSuAL SESSION HELD At
wALLA wALLA.
.~.. proceedings Were Fail of
.-..f 10 stude nts OF the Lam
Meeting to He ~ Ta-
-yew Consultation Adopted.

- r,sssatai1 70 the Post-fnfeiIigeneer
49, UAI.LA. May so.-The taird
- eesziaa 81 the Washington State
n.ssas.sszsc;sI Society was held here on
- < ard = TIE proceedings were full
= s,,,rsss. Prof. &. A. Barry. OF Pull
- president If the society. occupied
=. esatr. and MF. Eelis. Of Union. acted
: secsetary.
~ a. nrss dsy of the session Rev. G.
= usr-ssof OF 0aksdaie, iase principal
- Gordon Mission college, Rawal-
80 in6Ia. addressed TIE society on some
= ~ languages IL India. dwelling espe-
~.ry N the Puntauh. or language OF the
s.~m,o people. ia the Puntauo district.
- .Ie Hindastanse. or court language.
= ~ same district. Mr.. Morrison spent
80 years in India.
g he evening Rev H. H. Gowen. OF
49,. gave 5 pubic address IL the Cum
-.snd Presbyterian church on Dante.
!. sss an able ard scholarly effort. and
- by az appreciativ> audience.
~ saturday morning Prof w. y. T.y-
-, Of Wahman college, read paper on
I. csciuriag power 81 words. He was
sosed b. Rev. II. II. Gowen. on the
.Ao-Europan origin OF the Hawaiian
.os OF words. Then came a paper on
A. message OF the Ang.o-Saxon language
!. humanity by Prof. %. A Hauerbach.
"a one OF the extent Of the vocabulary
q ausduca,ed Americans by Rev. r. l..
o.lrrsr. In which he concluded that the
srerags American with common educa-
- uses al last 500 words. From facts
srs.en,ed the society agreed with him.
ssfurday afternoon President s. n. L.
psrfose. OF Whitman college read a paper
= H. ihirtldh chapter Of Proverbs. He
- followed by Prof. L. r. Anderson. OF
- nme institution. on the ioglca!
shewhs power Of Greek az shown In It's
bypeshs,ic2' expression. Miss Annie How
N. OF Ptl,man. read a paper on the
Yarmaeoroeial Latin nomenclature. while
NJ A. ~ Armand, editor OF the Wash
hron Pot fGernanb. af Spokane, spoke
ID the Gsma n \ nerican spirit Of today
Ia the department Of commerce Gov
n G. Moore, president Of the Baker
gaysr tnk. Of WaIa waiia addressed
he socsty Oh some aspects Or oar inter-
ra,iona trade relations. Prof. {. A.
Barry poke on the great need Of knowl-
.tge ofthe Spanish language in our COM
mercis relations with the Central and
ssslhAmerican republics for letters, err
sulam and travelling agents. nasing his
ra;s,snts on United States consular re-
posEend bulletins Of the bureau OF Amer
iesrepubics.
r., constitution was adopted according
70 4sich any lover of pathological studies
~. become a member by vote OF the
srfltiye council. the payment OF 81 and
appropriation Of an entrance paper.
rof C. A Barry. OF Pullman. was
sten president for the canning year;
M l.. T. Anderson. Of Waua Wasla.
ss president; Il. III. Geoghegan. of Ia
era. secretary and treasurer. and Rev
L. Palmer. of WALTZ Waila. curator
aronia was selected as the place OF the
g annual meeting.
ia the department OF American lar
fAges. Rev NJ. Eal.s read two papers in
ssnrd To the Indian languages Of Puget
ssad. Including the Twana. or Skoko-
nsb, Nisuually. Ciallam. Upper Chehalls,
Laser chehalis. Chemakum and Makah,
ksssg mainly with their gramnatic. con-
rraetieil.