Evening star., 1898-12-09
DISCUSSION OF HISTORY
Educators, Students and Authors to Meet in
New Haven.
Local Institutions Represented In It's
Membership-List of 0Mcers and
DirectOrs-ChangesSS Suggested.

The annual meeting of the American His
| torical Society, which will be held in New
Haven, Conn, during the latter part of this
month, is expected to be far-reaching in its
results. The convention will be under the
auspices of the faculty of Yale University
and the New Haven Historical Society.
The organization has membership of
Loo representative of all the chief edu-
cational institutions of the country, and
including all of Americas leading historical
educators, students and authors. The johns
Hopkins University of Baltimore, the
Smithsonian Institution of this city, and,
| in fact, almost all the weIl-known seats
| of learning throughout the land, are repre-
sented in the membership by prominent
members of the several faculties, and at
the coming convention will be represented,
among others, by some of its most promi-
nent men.
The program for the various sessions is
| In the hands of the professors of history of
Yale University. and has not been an
nounced. OF chief interest, however will
be discussion of the report of committee
| OF seven representatives of as many promi
nent universities, recommending changes in
present historical courses in secondary
schools. The report will denounce the pres
| ent incomplete courses and will object to
| the study of the histories of Greece and
| Rome to the exclusion of more important
historical knowledge.
! Committee's Recommendations
The committee will recommend that four
years of history be required the first year
devoted to the history of the orient, with
stress on the great international problems
which have for years confronted China
Japan, India and eastern Russia: the sec
ond year to continental history: the third
| year to British history; the fourth year to
American history and civics
An important result of the meeting is ex-
| pected to be the awakening of wider int ar-
est In the possibilities of the south for his
tOric and economic research The execu-
tive council. in looking about for promising
neids Tor work in line with the. socety's
objects, has determined upon the south as
one of the richest in America and the
program will reflect this interest in various
papers calculated to attract attention to
southern annals. Efforts will be made to
arouse interest among historical instructors
ana students throughout the south and val
uaole literature Is to be added to existent
annals of the south, from the historical and
economical standpoints. The inaugural ad-
dress Will be delivered by Professor George
Fisher of Yale University president of the
society.
The Officers
The officers, in addition to President Fish
err are: Vice president, DIR. James F.
Rhodes of Boston, author Of recent his
| tory of the United States; secretaries. Pro-
fessor Herbert B. Adams of the Johns Hon
kins University and DIR. A. Howard Clark
of the Smithsonian Institution Washington
ID. G.; treasurer, DIR. c. w. Bowen editor
| and owner of the Independent, New York.
Among the executive committee members
are Andrew D. White, United States min
| lister to Berlin; DIR. Charles Kendall Adams
president of the University. of Wisconsin;
James b. Angel, president of the Univer-
sity OF Michigan; DR.. Richard S. Showers
Oh Brooklyn; George F. Hoar, United States
senator from Massachusetts; Professor H.
Morse Stephens, professor of history Cor
rell University; DR.. A. B. Hart of Howard
University, and DR.. F. ]. Turner of the
University of Wisconsin,
The American Economic Association will
meat in New Haven at the same time, be-
ginning its session the evening of December
| 26.