The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-25

PAUL s REINSCH.
Professor OF the University of Wisconsin.
who mad" notable address on colonial
administration at the Congress OF Arts
and Sciences yesterday.
bert Of tie University OF Chicago presid-
ed and the trst speaker Introduced was
Professor -idoii Harnack OF the Universe
: y oi Berlin. who spoke on the Relations
oi Church HisTC-y to Universal History
lie SJ'd u i a great error TO speak of two
or more sorts "f history There IL only
| one kind Church history is only part
of universal history
Ii" vaS followed by Professor Jean Re
! vale ~ th- faculty nt Protestant Theolo-
~ faris- v Ic Spok" on The Progress
That Ha. Ben Made in Ecclesiastical
Eist"ry- fie tEacet the story of eccleSias-
teal historians. who they were and their
contrib stions. & the pfeSent-Gay- At the
conclusion OF the discussion - the history
of tle Christian church Professor Hubert
introduced Professor Benjamin W. Bacon
OF Yale University. who delivered an ad-
dress on TIE Relations Of New Testa-
meut Sciences u Kindred Sciences"
He opened b. stating that when the
chair ~ New Testament science in our
principal New England universities were
founded the discipline was entitled New
Testament Criticism ami lnterpre tatior.
~ th7t tim. criticism meant scarcely
more than the establishment OF the exact
text OF the twenry-Seven caronical books
. INTERPRETATIONS meant the grammatical
rendering ot the strict verbal sense This.
he said. was "A fnality-
In closiu1 h. said that What vertical
tiuu by actual observation IS to the as
tTououer. the insight OF Jesus Is to the
religious hsritase of his people. He sees
Cod in nature. in history. in man. and
therefore knows Our highest knowledge
Cf the Father iS that which tine Son has
. wiisd 10 reveal This is the distinctive
element of the GoSrei. the nucleus from
which OJ'r New Testament science must
rauiify in all its relations with kindred
Scierces.
Tire comparative and eenstic psychology
meeting was presided over by Professor
Edmund &. Stanford Of Clark University.
Worcester Mass. and Doctor r. NJ YER
tary. The first paper was read by Principal
&. Lloyd Morgan Of the University COL
Relations OF Comparative and Genstic
Psychology Present Problems in Psy
cholo=y' wa: the subject Of the SECOND pa
Per. prepared b. Professor Mary W, Cali
kin. Of Wellesley College. Wellesley.
Mas. NJ. .. l. Herrick of Socorrc.
Mexico. and Doctor Watson o. the Univer-
and Doctor w n Davis OF I1ehigh Uni
versity delivered short address.
LIFE CYCLE OF BACTERIA
In the section on hacterioloey. held in
the lecture hail Of the Palace Of Educa-
ton. Professor Theohald Smith of Har.
ward University discussed the life cycles
OF BACTERIA their toxic action and the an
titoxic reaction on the part OF the human
body. and he also presented some OF the
future Neurological problems that are
arising for solution. Professor Edwin q.
Jordan Of the University of Chicago adj
dressed III. audience ON Some of the
Relations Of RactsriolCgy. Professor
Harold - Ernst Of Harvard University
acted ~ chairman.
The meeting of the section Of Romance
languages was presided o-er by Professor
slcee Fortier of the Tulane University.
New Orleans. and Professor NJ Levi OF
the University OF Michigan acted as sec
retary- The first PAPER entitled The
Science Of romance PhiloIogy.' was de-
live:ed il French by Professor Paul
Meyer % The College de France Of Paris.
University WAS the second speaker. and
his subject was The Present Problems of
Romance Pathology.
Cancer of the womb was the chief point
discussed In the section of gyrecology.
held in the Transportation Convention
Hal.
About l15 skilled medical experts COM
posed the audience. The leader in the
discussion was Doctor John NJ Samson
of Baltimore. Nd After reviewing the
mode of development of cancer of the
womb he dwell on the symptoms as they
appeared in the beginning stage Of the
disease. and as they gradually developed
until finally the disease was hopelessly
incJrable. Doctor Samson empha,ically
asserted that cancer OF the womb could
BE- cured IL the disease were taken in time.
before il had reached an advanced stage
Several prominent ST. Louis gynecoicgists
took part in the discussion. among them
Doctors GilIhorn. Ehrenfesr and Taussig.
cago Rush Medical College read COM
prehensive treatise on The Scientific
Principles OF Gynecolcey. Professor How
ard i. Kelly. the distinguished syne-
ccloci>t Of Johns Hopkins University, oc.
crpicd the chair
ANALYTICAL. GEOMETRY.
In the section Of geometry Sir. CASTOR
Darhoux. perpetual secretary of the
Academy of Science. of Paris. read a pa
per on the developments Of modern ge-
ometry. placing stress on the accomplish
ments of the analytical branch Of the sub
ject. Mr.. Darbouz advocated what he
called a novel plan of injecting imsgina-
iicn into the study of this practical SCI
erce Imagination. he said. was neces-
ssry to the study snd the understanding
OF the general and fundamental princi-
The section OF constitutional law met
ia the Assembly Room Of the Palace OF
Mines and MetaiiurSy- Professor Henry
st. Gecree Tucker. cf the George WASH
in:ton University. pres;ied- Signcr At
tillio Bruuiaiti Councillor Of State. Rome,
addressed the Audience on Present Prob-
lens IN Constitutional Law
Professor ". I.aenaute OF Paris spoke on
..Th., Separation - the Judiciary from
Politics. and the essay of Professor
Iahn W Hurzcs~ % Columbia [ University.
read by a substitute. advOcsted the proper
provision for the amending power to tne
Constitution; that the people should De
propor,ionately repIsstnted in s,. tne Ssna.e.
,;,es md that he believed the different
l..penJcncies OF the United States would
.yentitaIIy become Jependencies equal or
.v.a exceeding the individual States of the
United States in their liberties He de-
clared that thus far In the word MS
tory the protection cf the in.ii'iduai rish.s
w:,ss better il. the United States than IN
ar.- other country.