The Washington times., 1902-12-26
SCIENTISTS TO MEET
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
American Association Has
Notable Membership.
SESSIONS BEGIN MONDAY
Members All Over the Land to Discuss
Problems and Tell Of Ad-
vanCement

At neon tomorrow in the rooms OF the
Cosmos Club viii be held a meeting Of
the executive committee OF the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement oc
Science. marking the beginning Of what
promises 90 be one Of the most notable
conventions held in Washington in many
years. The convention proper viii not
open until Monday. bus Viii continue it's
sessions to and including January g.
The fame Of this association extends
over the breadth Of the lana and its
: membership numbers men who arc dis
tinguished in ali countries for their sci
entihc researches along every concciv-
able line. Practically al branches Of
science is included i'm the ten sections
making up The association. as follows:
Mathematics al astronomy. physics.
chemistry. mechanical science and on
gineering. geology and geography. zoolo-
~. botany anthropOlogy social and
economic science, and physiology and
experimental medicine
Collateral Bodies.
Twenty-Five scientific bodies the OIL
spring OF the greatest Of the scientific
associations. will meet IN conjunction
with the parent Organization. They are.
The American Anthropolopical Associa-
tion. American Chemical Society. Amer
icsn Folklore Society. American Micro
scopicai society American Morpho-
logical Society American Philosophical
Association, American Physical Society.
American Physiological Society. Ampri-
can Psychological association. AmvrI-
can Society Of Naturalsts. Associo tion
Of American Anstomists. Association Of
Economic EntomoIogists. Astronomical
and Astrophysical Society of America.
Botanical Society of America. Botanists
Of the Central and Western states. Geo
logical Society OF America. the National
Geographic Society. Naturalists OF the
Central States. Society Of American Bac-
teriologists Society fer Plant Morphol-
ogy and Physiology. SDciety for the Pro
motion Of Agricultural Science. Zoolo-
gists OF the Central aud Western states.
Origin of Association.
The American Assoc iation FOR the Ad-
vsncement Of Science is the outgrowth
81 the Association Of American Geol-
ogists. which was organized in 1870. in
Philadelphia, with Edward Hitchcock.
president OF Amherst College. as chair
man. Twenty-Five members were en-
rolled az the beginning. which had in
cr- ased 10 seventy-seYen when. two
years later. the name was changed to
the Association OF American Biologists
and Naturalists. The frst meeting Of
the society under its present name was
held al Philadelphia In Is8S There we're
then l6l members. only about two-thirds
OF the number Washington alone can
now boast OF the total present men,
bership Of S.474. Washington has Z per
cent. or 243.
But few meetings OF the association
have been held at the National Capital.
and on that account the members are
looking forward 20 the approaching ses-
sions with great interest. The arth
meeting Of the society bes-re the
change TO the present name was held
~NtN AtA ANANs NANuaU LLt ILEaEuL or
ganization first met in Washington in
1851. That was the eighth annual ses-
sion There were no meetings ID the
civil var period The rext 20 be held
in Washington was the fortieth annual.
which met here August u. 1881. when
the association had membership Of
1.05i- This was the last Of the local
meetings. 1t IS expected the Gfty-sec-
ond meeting. 20 convene tomorrow. win
attract the greatest enrolment OF the
membership in the history OF The asso-.
citation
The executive committee meeting will
BE- held a. the Cosmos Club az noon to-
morrow. The opening session OF the as
sociati0n will be held az the Lafayette
Theater al 10 a. M. Monday The gen
cral daily sessions viii be held az 10 q.
10. in the main lecture room OF the Co
iumbisn University. and the different
sections, together with The amIa,ed
bodies. viii meet in the various lecture
rooms OF the Colombian University.