The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-22
pOLYCLOT SAYANTS CLASH.
DEMAND FOR SPOKEN ENGLISH
At ANfRICANISTS CONGRESS.
French 10 the societ>s Onrciai Language
hot English il General, tsed--On.
siaught Made on "Amerind" for Amer.
lean Indian Great Antiquity OF <urr
MINER speaking Reporting Established


MINER speaking Reporting Established
Anomalous, vet not strange in view oi
the origin Of the society, "a- "a dis 'losurc
at the session of the Amercani-j- in the
American Museum OF Natural History
yesterday, revealing that the Official lang
age OF the Amoricanists Is French Some
time, no doubt. It will be English--"your
grand language Ms one Of the Fronchne
who spoke In English later in the session
called it.
The disclosure came early in tie meeting.
Immediately after the chairman Of the day
Juan B Ambro-etti, president for
Argentina. had deliver d liz opening ad-
dress and ha read paper, both In French.
DIR. Max thic. a delegate from the Uni
versity of California, with a Teutonic
physiognomy. accent and cognomcn alike
unmistaksble. had begun Il rapid-ire
comment on M:. Anbro."'tis paper
when Canadian delegate vi h a crown Of
glory and whiskers % match. ,'.o-e and In
t-rrupted him 10 ak that Mr. ATbrosct,'s
paper be translated.
The Canadian. who nianlie-tly was no
sou OF Quebec, rot'st"d against listening
10 comment ou q subject If whichhe knew
nothing,
y rise" said he. TO ask if all this is not
wholly ont of order. aud,o request for The
benefit of the ignorant hore OF whom | AN
one, that Mr.. AIubrosrt : remark, be
translated TO Us"
Dr. THE courteously waited for ruling,
matter of some cn' a'rt,>mcut, a. MI.
Ambr1-.t'i couId scar"ly d. expected ;o re-
ply for tha Canadians benefit in The Ian
guage which the ohJector had iu-, declared
he could not understand Dr. Won den
Srsinop of Berlin however rose 10 III, oc.
c,sio, and said in tin, dirccte.t # English
Plat the Canadian rcaro.i could not Inc
complied with A.. French was the official Inn.
siage o. the Congress.
50 MANY members Of the congress and
others Interested in tho subjects before
the .Americanis,s have attended the sessions,
that. beginning this morning. the meet
ings will be held no longer in the library
Of the museum but downstairs in IN" large
lecture hall
s1oeu AROUSED By ".MLRrND
An en!iveniug incident uf Yesterday
afternoon followed tho u-e bv DIR. J. D.
Mcclure of the American Archaeological
Association of the word Amerind TO describe
the American Indian Tie word wa pro-
po-ed hv one Of the scientific bodies some
tnhe ngo' ou' ma M wa" '''"' ''i''"S
among linguistic cfanks
DR. Franz Boas expressed surprise that
.o sober n student and conscientious an
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'h'hiuPo'"eE' a. ~ VI, IA" '"o'''" '''N'
Use OF ii term that could sustain no more
pride Of lineage. and while a litter went
around the assembage Of dignifed savant ,
there at once uprose H. several places your z
ana ardent oefenders vi ms "i -hahd
pathological scion.
The supporters Of DR.. Boas 90, the Hoor
;mnedia,eiv af,er Dr Mcclure had endeav.
,s -
0ieo 70 oeieno hiihseH oy SAYING 'ha' th'
,se OF the word was second thought with
him, as he had first written Indians. Prof
Starr of Chicago and DIR. Holland of Pitts
,,,r,, ,a;ood ,.. ha,in r-o,as,s or,oi,., ,ho
n. a.. r ,,I #, 4,
word. Prof, Putnam OF Harvard said he
would not even epei + il, but hoped that il
rnigh, presently he laid n vi,hered leaf
,h. ,ra,.o of l.. au,hors
va '"e s,"'' VI -
Championed the word to preserve the con-