Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Topics to Be Discussed by American
Association.
OPENING MEETING 70 Be HELD MONDAY
Presence of Prominent Educators
From All Sections of Country.
PROG RAN OF EXER CTS E S

The general meeting of 1901 of the Amer
lean Social Science Association. composed
of prominent men from all parts of the
country, students of social conditions and
educators, will be held in this city, the
opening session being scheduled for next
Monday evening in the lecture hall of CO.
lumbar University, where all subsequent
meetings will be held. Morning and even
ing sessions will be held Tuesday Wednes-
day Thursday and Friday, the former be-
ginning at $50 am. and the latter at $50
pm.
Monday evening the feature Of the pro-
gram arranged is a memorial address by
Prof. William NJ. Sloane of Columbia Uni
versity, New York. on Charles Dudley
Warner, late president of the association.
The acting president will be Mr.. F. j.
Kingsbury of Waterbury, Conn.
The session Tuesday morning will be I'M
der the direction of the department of
Jurisprudence. Mr.. Francis Wayland of
New Haven, Conn, will act as chairman
and Prof. Isaac F. Russell, secretary.
The following addresses will be delivered:
Lawyers Work Among the Poor Miss
Resale Loew of the New York bar: Ed
Eugene Smith, LID. of New York city;
THE Latin-American Constitutions and
Revolutions" Joh1 W. Foster, LID, of
Washington, d. c.
The evening session will be a continual
ton of the morning gathering, two adj
dresses being on the program, as follows:
"Glimpses of Prehistoric Law w. c.
Robinson, LID, dean of Catholic Uni
versity, Washington. d. c.: "Naturaliza-
ton; the Abuse and the Remedy Oscar
Straus, LID, of New York city.
Wednesday Sessions.
The sessions of Wednesday morning and
evening will be under the direction of the
department of health, with DIR. w. H. Daily
as chairman and DR.. Elmer Lee as sec
rotary. The morning session will be opened
with an address by the chairman, who will
be followed by Horace Fletcher of Venice,
Italy, who will treat the subject Expert
ments in Nutrition" The other addresses
Hygiene" John H. Patterson, Dayton,
Ohio; Health Fads Of Today" Grace
Peckham Murray, MD, New York; so
cial Evils Resulting From Insantary
Dwellings," c. w. Chancellor, MD, Wash
ington. D. c.; address by Irving c. Rose,
Washington, d. c.
The principal address of the evening will
be delivered by Surgeon General George
NJ. sternberg of the United States army.
The subject will be Transmission of Vel
low Fever by the Mosquito, and the adj
dress will be illustrated. Food as the
Principal Factor in the Case of Disease
is the subject of the second address of the
evening, to be delivered by Dr. Elmer Lee
of New York.
Education and Art.
The department of education and art will
have charge of the two sessions Thursday.
Rev. Joseph Anderson, ID, will preside.
and S. I. Dutton will act as secretary
At the morning session the general topic
for discussion will be THE Outlook for
the Education and Progress of the Col
ored Race in the Light of Present Reac-
tionary Tendencies in the South" Begin
ming at $50 o'clock papers are expected
from Mr.. George X. Stetson of Washing
ton. D. c.; Prof. Kelly Miller of Harvard
University, and George r. Glenn, commits
sioner of education, Atlanta, Ga. 1t is eX-
pected that Mr.. Booker r. Washington of
Tuskegee Institute Dr. L. NJ. N. Curry and
William I. Harris, United States commits
sioner of education of Washington, will
participate in the discussion to follow the
reading of papers.
At the evening session the general topic
for discussion will be THE Future of the
Library Movement in the United States in
the Light Of Andrew Carnege's Recent
Gifts The discussion will be opened by
Mr. Melville Dewey, state librarian of New
York, and Mr.. Herbert Putnam. the libra
rian OF Congress, will also participate.
Report on Nominations.
Friday morning the report of the nomi-
mating committee will be received and
other business will be transacted. after
which the session will be devoted to the
work of the department of social economy.
The opening address will be delivered by
the chairman of the department, F. B.
Sanborn Of Concord, Mass. whose subject
will be "Home-building and Handwriting
by the Industrious Glasses In the United
States" Mrs. Ora Langhorne of Lexing-
ton, Va, secretary of the department, will
submit report on Domestic Service in
Virginia and Carolina" and Misses Eliza
beth Daingerfield ana Henderson Danger
field of Lexington, KY, will submit jointly
paper on Settlement and Educational
Work Among the Mountaineers of Eastern
Kentucky"
Prince Kropotkine, the Russian publicist,
is expected to lead In discussion of the
papers.
In the evening an address will be deliv-
cred by z. R. Brockway of Elmira, N. Y,
on The Best Treatment of Criminals,
Whether Felons or Misdemeanants."
Should Mr.. Brockway be detained in Ell
mira, his address will be read by Gen. H.
c. Boies of Scranton, Pa, who will lead in
it's discussion. followed by Prof. Wayland
of Yale University Eugene Smith of the
New York bar, F. B. Sanborn and others.
List of Vice Presidents.
The headquarters Of the association will
be at the Hotel Gordon. Several amend
ments to the constitution have been pro-
posed, and will be acted upon at the COM
ing meeting. The vice presidents of the
association are: S. E. Baldwin, LID, New
Haven. Conn; Francis Wayland. LID,
New Haven. Conn: Daniel C. Gilman.
LID. Baltimore, Nd; William T. Harris.
LID, Washington. D. c.; Carroll D.
Wright, LID, Washington, D. c.; J. B.
Angel, LID, Ann Arbor, Mich; Andrew
D. White, LID, Berlin, Germany; John
Eaton, Washington, D. G.; Lucy Hall
Browne, M. D., Brooklyn, NY: Mrs Caro-
line H. Dali, Washington, D. c.; Charles
A. Peabody, LID, New York city: Josiah
Quincy. Boston, Mass; Grace Peckham
Murray. NJ. D.. New York city; H. Hol-
brook Curtis. NJ D., New York city: Rev.
Prof George L. Raymond, Lid. Wash-s
ington, D. c.: Mrs. Virginia B. McKelway.
Brooklyn. N. Y; Mr.. Robert H. Russell,
New York city.
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