The Washington times., 1901-12-16
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO MEET.

HloIURlUAL SUUlET1 TU MEET.
The seventeenth annual meeting Of the
American Historical Association will be
held in this city on December q, 2S, 30,
and 81. Gen. A. W. Greedy chairman Of
the local committee. has about completed
the arrangements for the meeting
The headquarters OF the association
will be at the Arlington Hotel. and the
meetings-to which the public is invited
will take place in the main building Of
the Columbian University
| The privileges of the Cosmos Club have
been extended to the men who are mem
bers Of the association. and the feminine
members will be welcome at the Wash
| ington Club. The American Economic
Association will meet in the city OF the
same dates. and the members of the two
associations will enjoy like privileges.
| The first meeting will be held Friday
evening. December %. at o'clock, when
1 Joint session will be held. at which Prof
Richard T. Ely. president OF the Ameri-
can Economic Association. will deliver an
address on Industrial Liberty" and DR..
/ Charles Francis Adams will make the In
auglral address. as president OF the
American Historical Association.
On Saturday morning at 30 the asso-
citation will visit the Congressional Ii
brary. where they will be shown throdzn
the building by the Librarian and his as
sistant5. There will be more or less in
! formal discussion OF the European
Archives" by Prof. George L. Burr. of
Cornell University; The Massachusetts
Public Record Commission and Its Work
( By Mr. Robert I. Swan, commissioner OF
punlic records of Massachusetts,; The
Relation of the National Library TO His
torical Research in the United States.''
by Herbert Putnam. Librarian of Con-
gTess; IAN American School Of History at
Rome. by Prof. Lucy W. Salmon. Of Vas
sar College. The members will lunch at
the public restaurant in the Library.
The afternoon session on Saturday will
be occupied by the public session Of the
Church History Section at Columbian
University. DIR. Rankin of Howard Uni
sity will read paper on Edward Amasa
Park. late President Of the Ando-
YER Theological Seminary" Prof. Willister
Walker, of Yale University. will discuss
the "Sardemanians OF the Eighteenth Cen
tury," and DR.. J. L. Ewell, Of Howard
University. will read a paper On "Byffeld.
a Massachusetts Country Parish
AT the evening session. beginning at S
o'clock on Saturday. DR.. George E. How
ard. Of San Francisco. will read paper
on Some Colonial Court Records Prof.
Herbert L. osgood. of Columbian Univer-
sity, will discuss the Relations Between
Great Britain and the American Colonies
During the Seventeenth Century" Prof
Frederick J. Turner, of the University OF
Wisconsin. will talk on the Diplomatic
Antecedents of the Louisiana Purchase"
and Mr.. Gaillard Hunt, of the Department
of State. will speak on James Madison
and Religious Liberty"
Or Sunday afternoon. from to o'clock
ex-senator and Mrs. John B. Henderson
will receive the members of the associa-
tion at their residence on Florida Avenue
and Sixteenth Street.
On Monday, December 80. the European
History Section will hold its meeting
Prof. E. L. Stevenson. of Rutgers College,
will speak on the Spirit Of German HUI
manism;" Prof Ephraim Emerton. of
Harvard University. will discuss the
Chronology Of the Erasmus Letters" and
Prof James Harvey Robinson. OF COlum
hiau University will read paper on He
cent Contributions to the History OF the
Protestant Revolt
The same afternoon the business meet
ing Of the association will be held and
besides the reports OF the various see
tions there viii be n memorial address
en- Moses Colt Tyler by Prof. George L.
BUR. and on Herbert Baxter Adams by
Prof Jchn VI. Vincent. OF Johns Hopkins
University.
The evening meeting will take the form
of Joint session with the American
Economic Association. Pref A. Lawrence
Lowell CT Harvard University. viii dis
cuss Party LesislitiCn-in Parliament.
in Congress. and In the State Legisla-
lures The discussion will be opened by
Prof Harry Pratt Jujsou. OF the Uni
versity OF Chicago. Prof Edwin r. a.
Scligman. Of Columbian University. will
read a paper or Historical Matsrialism
and the Economic Interpretation o. His
tory" and the discussion will be opened
BY Prof. Isaac A. Loos, OF the University
Of Iowa, and Prof z. i. Cheney, of the
CT Pennsylvania after whicn
here viii tc an informal gathering at the
Cosmos Club.
On Tuesday. December 81. at 10 80 in
The morning. the Southern history section
will meet at tire National Museum. Prof.
lyon c. Tyler. OF William and Mary Gel
ege. will speak on "The Records of the
london Company" Prof. john $. Bassett.
1f Trinity College. will discuss "The Re
atiors of the Virginia Planter and the
r,onduu Merchant" Prof William E.
lodd. OF the Randolph Macon College. will
read a paper on The Place or Nathaniel
Macon in Southern History" Or. Bernard
; Steiner. of Johns Hopkins University,
will speak OF "Maryland's First Courts"
md Prof. George P. Garrison, OF the Uni
-er5ity Of Texas. will talk on the South
western History"
The local committees are as follows:
'hairman, A. W. Greedy; Secretary and
Treasurer. Gilbert II. Grosvenor; Enter
Herbert Putnam. Teunis S.
Iamlln. Frederic Bancroft Perry b.
fierce: Finance. ]. L. NJ. Curry. George
:. Gorharn George W. McLanahan: Place
( Meetings. Carroll d. Wright, Andrew
I Allen. 4. Howard Clark; Press, Charles
ioore: Public Comfort Gaillard Hunt.
alues O. Howard p. Lee Phillips: Trans
ortation. \. Howard Clark: Social We'll
are. David II. Hill. n. p. Hagner. James
lcMillau Merrill E. Gates. J. 3. Hender-
on. jr.; William c. Sanger. Thomas ].
hahan.