The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-28
Every Branch of Art and Science
to Be Considered at
the Fair.
LEARNED MEN TO LECTURE.
Twenty-Six Departments of Uni
versal knowledge Divided
Into Isl Sections for
Discussion.

cussed by the Congress of Arts and Science
at the Worlds Fair, has been adopted by
the Administrative Board and was an
nounced yesterday by Howard ]. Rogers
Director of Congresses.
On Monday. September 10. 1904, at II
O'clock the first congress, the greatest OF
its kind in the history of the world, will
be assembled in the Hall of Congresses
After the opening exercises the president
of the Congress is expected to make an ad-
dress on the relation Of the Congress to
scientific progress
After this general meeting the Congress
will resolve itself into seven divisions. on
each of which an address will be delivered
on the general subject of that division.
The programme provides twenty-six de-
partments, comprising total of 131 sec
tions.
Division A, that of Normative Science,
comprises. in department l. philosophy
treated from the standpoint of metaphysics
philosophy of religion, logic. methodology
Of science, ethics, philosophy of law and
aesthetics. Department of the same d.
vision will treat the general topic of math-
ematics from It's algebraic and analytic,
geometrical and applied aspects.
Historical Science comprises ten depart
ments. In politics, department 8. the his
tories of Asia, Greece and Rome. med
iaeval Europe, modern Europe and Amer
lca Will make up the subjects for the de-
livery of papers and discussion by the sa-
wants, then assembled.
:. The history of Roman and common
law occupy department 4. The history OF
economic institutions and economic theory
fill department 5. In the department OF
language, comparative language, the Sem
Ty,1n Trav ,;nY, 1oy
Greek. Latin. English, romance language,
and Germanic languages are the topics.
LITERARY BRANCH.
Literature is divided into a study of ORR
entail, classical. romance, Germanic, Eng
lish and Slavic literatures.
The history of education and educational
theory make a department by themselves.
Art is divided into the classical. the his
tory of modern architecture and the history
of modern painting and sculpture.
Religion will be considered in it's varying
forms. including: Buddhism and Brah-
minism. Judaism. Mohammedism. Old Tes-
lament. New Testament, history of the
Christian church and systematic theology.
Division c will treat of physical science.
Under the head of physics matter. ether.
physics of the electron, will lead the divi-
sion. Inorganic. organic. physical and ply
siological chemistry occupies another de-
partment of the same division. Then comes
uItieT tlle SSine general ne1Ql1lS y,
which is to be considered as astrometry and
astrophysIcs.
The sciences of the earth. in the same
class, will provide papers on geology, geo.
ography, geography. meteorology, geodesy
and paleontology. Under the general head
of biology. the study will extend through
plant morphology. plant physiology, geology,
bacterfology. animal morpholOgy embryol-
ogy comparative anatomy. human anatomy.
physiology. neurology. pathology and physi-
cal anthropoogy.
Division d, mental science, is divided into
sections of general psychology and soci-
ology. General, experimental, comparative
to be considered. Sociology is divided into
ethnology, social structure, social psychol-
ogy and social technology.
UTILITARIAN, SCIENCES.
Division E will treat Of utilitarian science,
and is divided into preventive medicine, in
ternal medicine. therapeutics. surgery,
psychiatry gynecology, obstretics, opthal-
mology and otology and laryngology.
In technology. another department., me-
chanical engineering. electrical engineering,
science, naval science and agriculture will
be treated.
Practical economics include manufactures
transportation. commerce and exchange
money and banking credit and the credit
system. insurance and Industrial organiza-
tion. Practical politics will be considered
lloiu tHe StaIlupolntS OIL diplomacy, national
administration. municipal administration,
colonial administration and party organiza-
tion.
Jurisprudence will cover international
law, constitutional law, criminal law and
private law. Practical social science in
cludes the consideration of the family, the
rural community, the urban community, the
industrial group, the dependent group and
the criminal group.
Under the general head Of social culture.
the school, the university, the library, ar
chitecture, painting and sculpture. bellies
letters and music, religious education,
training for religious service. missions and
the influence of religion on civilization, are
the TOPICS for review