Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10
SECTIONAL MEETINGS
Geographic Congress Dis
cusses Results of Research.
RECEPTION TONIGHT
MEMBERS TO GO FROM HERE TO
PHILADELPHIA
Papers Read Rejecting Highest At
tainments of Geographers in This
and Other Countries.


Sectional meetings occupied the entire at
tention of the eighth international geo
graphic congress today. Meetings were
held at 10 o'clock this morning and again
at o'clock this afternoon for the purpose
of listening to and discussing papers deal
ing with various branches of geographic
research and attainment Five sections
are meeting in Washington. Others will
meet during the stay of the congress IN
Philadelphia New York, Chicago and st.
Louis.
The sections which are holding meetings
In this city are: "Physiography of the
Land" with William M. Davis of Harvard
University, chairman. and Bailey Wills
secretary; autobiography" A. Heilprin'
chairman. and ]. w. Harsheberger, secre-
tary; Glaciers" H. F. Reid. chairman
and R. S. Tarr, secretary; "Geodesy ana
Geographical Technology" J. F. Hayford.
chairman, and e. +. Hayden. secretary;
"Meterology and Terrestrial Magnetism
r. Dec. Ward. chairman and e. w. Lit
tlehales, secretary.
Preparations are being made this alter
noon for the departure OF the congress
from Washington tomorrow evening at
O'Clock. This evening at the New WI
lard Hotel the congress VIII be teIuereo d
reception by Commander Robert +. Peary
president of the congress, assisted by M,s
Peary Tomorrow morning there Will De
all excursion down the Potomac river. IL
time permits stops may be made at mount
VerEcn and Indian Head
From here the congress proceeds as d
b,,dy to Philadelphia where it will remain
over Monday. Next Tuesday morning the
New York sessions begin. The preliminary
program for the New York meeting has
been received in this city and contains
int features. A NUMBER OF
entertainments have been planned for the
visiting members and delegates IN aau'
ton to the excursion features ana i1eiu
DAYS already announced. There VIII De
trip up the Hudson river. with stops at
tile Highlands and at West Point, where
a cadet drill will be witnessed.
Field Meeting at Niagara Falls.
Upon leaving New York city the congress
will go to Niagara Falls for field meet
ing. The geographic formation of the falls
will be studied and lecture delivered on
the subject by Mr.. G. X. Gilbert of the
United States geological survey of this
city Next the congress goes to Chicago
for three days, and thence to ST. Louis,
where the business sessions and sectional
meetings will be concluded. The delegates
and members will then take special train
for an extended trip through the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado and through Mexf-
CO. In the latter country a reception will
DiaZ Upon the return of the congress to
Washington about October IL, reception
will be given at the White House by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. who Is the honorary preSi-
dent of the body
The members of the congress are enthu-
siastic over the manner of their reception
and entertainment in Washington. This
is the first time the geographerS of the
world have met in North America, and a
great impetus will be given to the study
Of the science. it is believed, as result
of the present sessions.
A complete list of the papers, either read
or officially presented at the various sec
tional meetings held in this city yesterday
afternoon and today, has been prepared.
These papers reflect the highest attachments
of the geographers of this and other coun-
tries. 1t is a matter of much qualification
to the local scientists to know that a large
percentage Of the most interesting papers
prepared for the congress are the work OF
Washington men, many of whom are con-
nected with the bureaus of the govern
ment.
Photography Of the Land.
In section A, "Physiography of the Land"
the papers presented were:
Glacial erosion in the Finger Lake Region
of New York. by NJ. r. Campbell. Washing
ton, d. C. Gorges and waterfalls of central
New York dllustratedD. by Prof r. s. Tarr.
Ithaca, N. Y. Die Entstehung der Alpen-
seen. by Prof A Penck, Vienna, Austria.
Sur lie Relief des Karpathes Meridionales,
by Prof. Emanuel de Martonne. Rennes.
France. Photography of the Archean
Areas of Canada. by Prof. A. W. G. Wilson.
Montreal. Canada. Photographed Sketch
of the Adirondack Region. by Prof. J. F.
kempt. New York city. Island Tying. by F.
P. CULVER. Phi. D., Southboro, Mass. To-
biography of the Dune Areas from Cape
Henry to the Isle of Palms, by Prof Collier
Cobb. Chapel Hill. N. c. The Sculpture of
Massive Rocks illustrated. by DR.. G. X.
Gilbert Washington. p. c. Classification of
nfoin nv prnf
town, Conn. Physical History Of the Wind
ward Islands as Illustrated by the larger
Story of Pelee. by Robert 7. Hill, Wash
inston. d. C. Photographic Aspects of
China, by Bailey Willis, Washington, D. c..
The Submarine Canon Of the Hudson River.
| by DR.. ]. W. Spencer Washington, D. c.
The Complications Ct the Geographical
Cycle, by Prof w. AZ Davis. Cambridge
suess' Theories. by Prof w. M. Davis,
Cambridge, Mass. Scientific Explorations
Of Caves. by Prof E. A Martell tabsent.
of the World, by DR.. A. ]. Herbertson Cab
senO. Oxford. England. Grundzuge des
Gebirgsbaus Won Mittelamerika. by DR. K
Sapper (absenp. Tubingen. wurtemberg,
Germany. The Geography of Alaska, with a
Sketch of Its Geomorphology, by A. II.
Brooks Washington. D. c. The Lineaments
of the Atlantic Border Region, by Dr. Will
lam H. Hobbs. Madison. Wis. Physiogra-
sent). c. E. Stent. California.
Papers on photography.
The papers presented in section F, Bio
geography" were:
The Establishment of Game Refugees In
the United States Forest Reserves. by A.
Sampson, Haverford. Pa. Repartition Geo.
graphiaues des Animaux. by G. aGrandi-
der. Paris. France. Die Methode der pfian
zengeographischen photographic, erlautert
an der Flora Won Sachsen; Nomenklatur
pnanzengeogr; Formationen by Dr. Oskar
Drude, Dresden, Germany Origin OF the
Deep Sea Faunas, by Dr. A. E. Ortmann.
Pittsburg. Pa. Method of Determining the
Age OF the Different Floristic Elements in
the Eastern United States. by Prof. ]. w.
Harshberger. Philadelphia. Pa, Origin of
Fresh-water Faunas. by Dr. T. N. Gil
washington, ID. c. The Dispersal Centers
or North American Biota, by Charles g.
auams' Ann ArDor. Mich. Cuban Land