New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-28
SCIENTISTS AT NEW HAVEN.
-,,r. .p,ruvrr1cAr CALCULATIONS or \ YOUNG
PRODIGY CAUSE PSYCHOLOGISTS TO MARVEL

-ttr APrTUMETICAL CALCULATIONS OF f'uN'
rpon,cy CAUSE PSYCHOLOGISTS TO MARVEL
>,o,..rav.p Conn Dec = (spcciaD More than
nvc hundred scientists from all parts OF ms couh
try and from Europe were In attendance VIC" NV
meetings Of the societies convcning mere ms wee"
orepcd this morning I'm tho various laIe ou''u'"s'
r., sciontlnc organizations meet mere IN aH'NH'
-, ,bis ,veok-thc American Society or Natur"I-
49,. AVA anllatcd societies. including tho American
>,hi,st,,l Society tho Association OF American
,,,o,v,s ,bc American Physiological Society
,ho American Psychological Association the Amer
team Folk Lore Society the Society for rant MOT
nboloey and Physiology, the Anthtopo'osi'"' o.
1,etv the American Chemical Society ana INV
chronological institute OF America. All OF the meet
-, 20. ,,ou attended and among the out OF town
,,o,,,s,s are some OF the most distinguished au-
thorities in the country
Tho principal meeting OF inc morning was 'h"'
q, tho psychologists. and this meeting was the most
largely attended. pr +. +. Buchncr OF New-fork
c,,y. professor O. S Fullerton. Of the University
~ PENNSYLVANIA and DR.. w. :. Monroe. OF west
field Mass. read papers. The most interesting
feature Of the programme was the paper on \
You, ArlthmetIcal Prodigy by Professors r.. H.
Ilndlcy and ". L. Bryan. ot the University OF III
diana Introducing To the psychologists Arthur
Grimm Of Milford Ind. Griffith is nineteen years
old and ia one OF tho most remarkable arlthmet-
rcal genIuscs known TO science Professor LAhuIey
offered numerous examples 20 the scientists or tho
hovs marvellous ability TO calculate He easily
gave the cubes Of figures In tho millions withlh
twenty seconds IIis showing was remarkable ana
oxcited great interest. He will submit to expert
,ncnt I'm IN. psychological laboratory tomorrow
morning before the scientists.
A. Tho noon business meeting or the psychooslsts.
Professor Joseph Jastrow, Of the University OF
Wisronsin was elected president for tho ensuing
year and Professors James, Of Harvard ana l.ad.,
~ Vale were elected delegates from the society 10
| attend the International Convention OF Psychol-
| cglsts I'm Paris In 1900. .., -, .o,u,,, n,
Ihis afternoon there were meetings or nearly al
the societies again, the papers being for the most
| mart technical In the evening there was a mass
| meeting OF the naturasts In North Sheffied han
! which vvas addressed by Professor Addison r. err
| Iii ~ vale on the Geology and Natural History
| ~ 'tbe uermudas" and afterward the naturallsts
attended, a reception for the visiting members or
tbot society and affiliated societies In Alumni Han
Tbe chemists this evening held meeting In Osborn
Hall and afterward they held smoker ana S0'i "a
| session in the Tonne Hotel, where professor W. H.
| Brewer OF Yale. spoke on "Oid chemists =,
| This evening he Archaeological Institute OF
| America met in the Art School and was addressed
| hy president Gilman. OF Johns Hopkins. judge
| simeon y baldwin, OF Yale, president OF the o0n-
nncticnt Society spoke and Professor Charles ELIOT
| MARION OF Harvard. addressed the society on Inc
| Work OF the American Institute OF Archeoiogy
| nrer the meeting the archeologis's held recep-
| ton In the Art Schooi.