The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-24

same time trivial. and has often been
termed IN. religion ~ riddles. a the quss-
tons ar nut in the form Of serS-Iess rid
dies and the answer which 8 just as sem
seless. is always given. although they NAV
| D. oppressed in numerous WAYS.
The chief aim Of BrahmanisTn and Bud
! df.-m IS 20 solve the mystery OF the
| universe and being.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The section % English languages held
e meeting IL Congress Han .n. Professor
Charles " iayley Q: ;he University 0,
1tiiiG ,, presided The first speaker
- LlIoiessor otto JespeEson OF the
more at home IN the Danish Language
| than IN the one under discussion. Profes-
scr Jesi "rS"u maintained that English
: vas more worthy ot study than Latin or
GreeA or any o;ner living language. His
subject was Relations OF the Study OF
I English To CtE.r Studies" Professor
| teoFSe l. hltti.igc OF Harvard Tuiver-
I sity discussed Present Problems in the
| study OF English and devoted some time
ln 3 consideration Of pulling English
In the Section OF Es,hetics Professor
James II TUFTS OF the University OF
! chicago occupied the chair. The first
I speaker was Doctor Henry Rutgers Mar
shall OF New York. who discussed :Es-
! thstlcs in it Relation to Philosophy and
Psychology He Was followed by Pro-
lessor Max Desoir Of the University Of
Berlin Who read q paper entitled Pres
ent Problems in Esihetics''
QUESTIONS OF HEREDrrY.
The grave questions OF he.edity and :he
multiplication o; species were discussed
c; the meeting OF the section on embry-
ology- Professor Oscar Hertwis Of the
University Of Berlin. discussed 'FecunIa-
ton and Heredity." and Illustrated his pa
Per with large colOTed diagrams. Profess
sor Kari Huber OF the University OF Mich
igan had the room darkened for his lee
| ture on The Development ami Morpao!o-
gy Of the Kiwney Tubule." and illustrated
II with stsreOpticol views.
Honorable John ". Foster. ex-SscTe-ary
Of State. and the Honorabie David Ilyne
Hil. Minister OF the United States to
Switzerland. were the speakers at the
diplomatic section
Ten years ago we spoke OF matte P.
existing alone. five years ago II was mat
ter and ether electrons: now We believe
tIons- With these words the chairman.
Professor Henry Crew OF Northwestern
University. opened the sectional meeting
on the physics o; ether. A-rsr his IN
trOcUcJoTy address b. introduced tTo,es-
sor Dswiu Il. Brace. OF the University Of
Nebraska whose paper was a cereal dis
" the physics Of ether.
The department OF anthropolocy held
an adjourned meeting in Hall 10. in the
Palace OF Agriculture. At ) O'Clock presid-
ed over by Professor Frederic W. Putnam
OF Harvard University. who introduced
Doctor WI MCGEE. president OF the
Washington. II. G. He presented a paper
on The Origin and Science Of the Devei-
opment OF Man This meeting was sched-
u!ei for Battle Abbey. Tuesday afternoon
but. owing 10 the fac; that the hall was
otherwise engaged. was postponed.
At the conclusion Of Doctor McCiee's ad-
dress. Chairman Putnam introduced Doc
tor Edward {. Spiizita Of New York city.
chairman of the section of scrnatology
who in turn introduced Professor L.
Nanouvrier o. the School OF AnthropoloSy
. nr9Ca-rad n n ~ hal De-
iation OF Somatology to other Sciences"
and was followed by Doctor George A
on The Problems OF SO-latOloEy."
RESTRICTION OF BOYCOTT.
That the restriction OF boycott is with
in the power OF the law was the stand
taken by Dean William Draper Lewis Of
the University Of Pennsylvania, who spoke
before the section OF private laws on the
subject The Closed Market. the Union
shop and the Common Law
The act OF selling ones labor or ones
goods does not differ essentially from any
other act. was the contention made by
Dean Lewis. There = not less right TO
sell labor or goods than to chop a tree.
Legality OF the act OF tree-chopping de-
penGS on tn. secondary circumslance-so
with the sale The State cannot recognize
the existence In the individual OF inherent
right TO irJure his feilow-nan.'
The PRINCIPAL addresses were made by
Professor Ernst Freud. University OF Chi
of New York. Tsn-minute addresses Were
made by r. y. Judscn of 81. Louis: Judge
William II Thomas. Montgomery. Ala:
Professor Samuel Willistou. Howard Uni
versity. Professor James /. AmeS dean
OF tn. Harvard Law School. acted as
chairman. and Dean Lewis OF the Unit
versity OF Pennsylvania as secretary.
Acknowledging the potency Of the press
In the matter OF dissemination OF religious
Thought the Reverend James F. Buckley.
editor Of the Christian Advocate. New
York. spoke at the meeting OF the section
On religious agencies on the subject Of
the press in relation to the subject under
consideration. The Reverend Washington
GLADDEN. of Columbus. u. spoke upon Re |
ligious Agencies in General wnile ten
erend Ira Landreth. LII. -. IN Religious |
Educational Associations" and the Rev |
erend Sidney Strong. D. d, OF Chicago. !
on the general subject President Edgar |
g. Mullins OF the Southern Baptist The |
illogical Seminary OF Louisville Ky. acted |
as chairman
medicine Professor T. Clifford Alibutt. F. |
Il s. Of the University of Cambridge. |
spoke upon the Relation Of Medicine 10 |
Surgery" Professor William : Thayer OF |
Johns Hopkins University presented pa
per. entitled The Development Of Medi- !
cal Science During the Past Century"
Paul Courmont OF Lyons France. Profess
SCR Noyy Of the University OF Michigan /
and Professor Sewcn % Denver Colo
Professor Frederick g Shattuck OF Harv-
Cabot of Boston as secretary
PLEA FOR SMALL COLLEGES
Miss Carey Thomas. president OF Bryn
Maw- College. n, the meeting Of the SOL
lege section I'm the AnthropoloEy building
made an address to a large audience COM
posed. IL it could be judged by the ap
pIaIise the speakers received. Of those who
believed in the small college as against the
university. Miss Thomas said IN part:
The college Is soreiy beset. aud has
more TO fear from the Juiasiike kisses of
its friends in higher places than from
the cries OF the masses The school must
not take away the first year. nor the UNI
versity the last year or two The col
lese course of the future will remain four
years long. and will not be freely elective
1t viii also be cO-eiucitiunal-
She proposed an association OF colleges
for the collection of college statistics
President William Dewitt HYDE or
Rowdo!n College also .poae. Il
At the session Of the section of general
held in the Busch building,
Professor Harold Haefflinc OF the Uniyer-
sity of Copenhagen discussed the relation
OF psychology TO the other sciences. and
Professor James Ward Of the University
OF Cambridge read a paper on the Pres
cnt Problems of Psychology and Its
Scope