Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-11
SCIENTISTS TO MEET
FIFTY SECOND ANNUAL GATHER
ING OF NATIONAL BODY.
More Than 1 500 Members Expected
Distinguished Foreigners In
vited to Participate.

The American Association for the Ad
vancement OF Science has arranged to hold
it's fffty-sscond annual meeting in WASH
ington from December 81 to January 3. in
elusive. 1t is confidently expected by the
members of the association that this COM
ing meeting will be the largest ever held In
the history of the association. More than
800 members from this country will be in
attendance and a number Of distinguished
foreign scientists have been invited to par
ticipate in the convention. The member
ship in the United States includes sciep-
lists from every state in the Union. and
the annual meeting is looked forward to
with an unusual degree of interest by those
concerned with the affairs of the associa-
ton. The convention will be presided over
by DR.. Ira Remsen, president OF johns
Hopkins University. and president or the
A. A. A. S.
According to the usual custom of the as
Socia ton the arrangements for each con-
vention are left in the hands of the local
organization in whose city the meeting is
held. The Washington Academy of Sciences
at previous meeting intrusted the lorna
ton of the Washington committee IN charge
of arrangements for the convention to Dr
Charles d. Walcott, president Of that or
ganization. Two preliminary meetings have
been held recently, with the result that Dr.
Walcott was made the president or the
president. and DR.. Marcus Benjamin was
appointed local secretary for the meeting.
Chairmen Of Committees.
The chairmen of the various committees
have been chosen as follows: Finance DIR.
David T. Day of the United States geologi-
cal survey; transportation, Mr.. Gilbert H.
Grosvenor, secretary Of the Geographic So
ciety; meeting places and equipment, Prof.
c. E. Munroe of Columbian University; re-
ception and entertainment. DR.. w. j. Nc
Gee; hotels and boarding houses, Mr..
George Nj. Kober: press and printing. DE-
Marcus Benjamin. These gentlemen, to-
gether with DR.. L. o. Howard. permanent
secretary of the association, comprise the
local executive committee.
The honorary vice presidents for the
meeting have been selected by the chair
man of the local committee as follows:
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the
United States Supreme Court, Elihu Root.
Secretary of War f. A. Hit chcock. Secre-
tary of the Interior; James Wilson, Sec
rotary of the Interior; w. T. Harris, COM
missioner of education: S. P. Langley, sec
rotary of the Smithsonian Institution; Her
bert Putnam. librarian of Congress; Henry
b. F. Macfarland. president board of Dis
trict Commissioners: Rev. Jerome F.
Daugherty, president Georgetown Universe
ty; c. W. Needham, president Columbian
University; Bishop Thomas J. Conaty, pres
ident Catholic University; Michael J.
keane. president Carroll Institute: D. c..
Gilman, president Carnegie Institution; e.
NJ Gallaudet, president Gallaudet College;
MIR. b. H. Warner. S. II. Kaufman, presi-
dent Evening Star Company; s. w. Wood
ward. president Y. NJ. c. A; John Joy Ed
son, president Washington Loan and Trust
Company; Charles J. Bell, president Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company; c. c.
Glover, president Riggs National Bank: AL
eXander Graham Bell. Mrs. Gardiner G.
Hubbard, Thomas F. Walsh, George West
fnghouse, Fl. c. Perkins, Herbert Wads-
worth