The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
AMERICAN PHILoLoGIsTs.

Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual
 Session at Hartford Yesterday.
 Hartford, July 6.-Prof. Warren of Johns Hopkins university presided at the session Of the American Philologi- cal association, which was held this forenoon in the hall of the gymnasi- um building at Trinity college. The report of the treasurer, Herbert Weir Smyth, showed a balance of $1.04S on hand. The auditors were Prof. Merrill of Wesleyan and Elwell of Amherst.
 The committees on time and place of meeting for 1899 and on nominations were appointed as follows: On time and place of meeting, Prof Sihler, New York university Prof. Ashmore, Union university, and Prof Gudeman, Uni versity of Pennsylvania. On officers for 1S98-'99, Prof. Perrin of Yale univer- sity, Prof Lodge of Bryn Mawr and Prof. Tarbell of University of Chicago The executive committee has re- ported the election of forty-two new members, those from New England be- ing Prof. N. l.. Andrews of Colgate uni versity, Glanville Terrill of Cambridge, J. H Tufts of Phillips Exeter academy, Profs. Henry Ferguson and J. J, Me Cook of Trinity college Prof. J. H. Barbour of Berkeley divinity school, J.
 F. Frisbee of Lewiston, Dr. C. K. Ban- croft and Charles S. Inghan of Yale university, Dr. w. S. Burrage of Har- yard university, H. H. Hilton of Bos- ton The others elected were from widely scattered parts of the country, including Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Kansas, California, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Washington. The number of members in attend ance at the sessions is unusually large, being fully sixty-fve, of whom forty seven were lodged in the college dormi- tories, many of the students having kindly loaned thei., rooms for the pur-
 pose. Six of the women members were lodged in the houses of professors near the college, and meals were served for | all who desired them in the college din- | ing hall.
 | Prof. Hart of Trinity is the chair | man of the local committee of arrange ments. The contributors of papers to- | day with subjects were Dr. Mitchell | Carroll of Baltimore. "On the Nature | and Scope of Aristotle's Homeric Criti- l cism;" Prof. Edwin w. Fay of Wash | ington and Lee university, on "The Or l igin of the Gerundive:" Prof. E. M. Pease of Leland Stanford, ir., universi- | ty, on "The Accent of Genitives in i l of Nouns in ius and -ium;" Miss Lida | Shaw King, Packer Institute; Note on
 the Game of Pessoi; a Vase in Boston, " which was presented by Prof. Wright 1 of Harvard; Dr. Henry Langford Will
 son of Johns Hopkins university, on 1 "The Literary Relationship of Juvenal | to Martial" pr. w. s. Rurrage of Har-
 yard university, on "The Date of Ovid's 1 Punishment" Dr. J. M. Patton of l Wesleyan university, Notes on Greek | Inscriptions" Prof. J. E. Harry of
 Georgetown college, on "The Omission
 of the Article with Substantives after
 outos, ode, echeinos, in Prose- Prof
 Karl P. Harrington, University of | North Carolina, Was there Letter 2
 in Early Latin? Prof. Alfred Guide
 man, University of Pennsylvania, Did
 Agricola Invade Ireland?" and a paper l by pr. Duddleston.
 From 1 till o'clock this afternoon
 there was a reception to the members
 of the society given by President Smitf
 at his home.
 | The session was continued this even.
 ing, with the presentation of papers
 The election of officers will take place
 Thursday morning.