The Washington herald., 1907-08-30
Cosmos Club to Entertain
Distinguished Scientists.
WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK
They Are to Inspect Government
Laboratories, See Geological Gar
dens and Smithsonian Institution
Wives and Daughters 10 sc shown
Principal Sights of the City.

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more than one hundred of the worlds
most distinguished scientists and savants.
delegates TO the seventh International
Geological Congress, held in Boston this
week. The prominent foreigners, after
having finished their work IN connection
with the congress, viii journey TO this
city, WHO'RE they win be entertained as
special guests Of honor by the Cosmos
! Club.
Dr.. L. o. Howard. es chairman Of the
committes Of arrangements, has matters
well IN hand, and the stay Of the dis
tinguished visitors while under the aegis
Of the Cosmos Club viii be made as In
teresting and agreeable as possible to the
delegates. this being their first visit TO the
capital OF the United States
The programme-which, however, IS
subject to changes-has been mapped out
as follows: The guests win arrive in
this city Tuesday evening Of next week
ar 5:2l from Philadelphia, where they will
stop of for a short stay. They viii be
met at the depot II Washington by the
Cosmos Club reception committee and es-
corted to their respective hotels. Many
Of the visitors will be guests Of members
OF the club.
A smoker on Tuesday evening at the
Cosmos Club viii introduce the Europeans
TO their Washington hosts in an informal
manner.
Wilson To Welcome Them.
The delegates viii be welcomed to the
United States IN a short address to be de-
uVered by Secretary Wilson, OF The De-
partment OF Agriculture. on Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock, at the Cosmos Club.
Commissioner West. representing the Dis
trlct of Columbia, viii tender the city's
freedom 20 the guests. DIT. Won Graaf, Of
Gratz, Austria, will reply on behalf OF
the visitors. DR.. Won Graaf IS the newly
elected president Of the next Interna-
tonal Geological Congress, to be held at
Gratz.
The entertainment for Wednesday IN
cludes a tour through the Geological
Park on special cars. 4 complimentary
luncheon viii be served at the clubhouse
at 1 o'clock. and at 2:S0 the scientists will
visit the various laboratories of the gov
ernment
The women Of the visiting party VIII be
IN charge Of the Cosmos Club ladies
committee. and viii DO shown the Capitol
and the Mall. while the men inspect the
scientific departments Of the government.
A special VISIT TO the Library of Con-
gress has been planned for Wednesday
evening.
Thursday morning the men Will con
tiuue their tour Of the laboratories and
Scientific stations, and the ladies VIII meet
&C the Arlington Hotel and so thence TO
the White House and other nearby places
Of interest. a visit to Mount Vernon at
. o'clock IN the afternoon viii add TO the
attractveness Of the programme.
Thursday evening the guests viii be re-
ceived by the club reception committee at
the National Museum, 10 be followed by
an informal reception az the Smithsonian
Institution.
Friday morning win again find the visi-
tors at the Laboratories. while the women
VIII continue their sightseeing tour Of the
city At ] o'clock the foreigners wiz
leave for New York and Niagara Falls,
after which they will return home.
Those Who VIII Be Here.
The following named ere among the dis
hngulshed visitors: DR.. Won Graaf, Gratz.
Austria: Dr. Ghesa Hervath, Budapest.
Hungary; Dr. Hubrecht. Amsterdam.
Holland: Prof Won der Wey. Amster-
dam; Prof. A. SEVERN, Brussels; Baron
de Guerne, Paris; Prof. Raphael Blanch-
ard, Paris; Prof. Braun and DR.. Hey
mans, Berlin, Germany DE- ". Z. Hoyle,
Manchester. England; A. c. Harner,
Cambridge, England; Prof. 6. Watase,
Tokyo; Prof. Metalnikoff, St. Petersburg,
Russia; Dr. NedrigalioF. Kharkof, Rus
STA
Following are some Of the members Of
the honorary reception committee: Alex
anderGraham Bell, Clifford Pinchot, Charles
]. Bell, Henry F. Blount. John JOY Edison,
5. W woodward, r. s. Woodward, presi-
dent Of the Carnegie Institution; President
Needhan, Of George Washington Uni-
versity: President BueI. of Georgetown
University; Charles c. Glover, and others
The womon's committee Of the Cosmos
Club consist OF Mes6ames J, D, Patten
Frank Baker, c. W. Stiles. B. H Ran
som. J. n. Rose, W. I. Adams, Cyrus
Adler, I. Stejneger, II. +. Blount, Gardi-
ner Hubbard, Miss Patten, and others.
Among those members Of the Cosmos
Club who are actively engaged In the
completion Of arrangements ere: Dr.
Richard RathbUn, acting secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution Dr.. Frank Bzes..
director Of the National Geological Ps.Yx.
DR.. Cyrus Adler, assistant secretarf Of
the Smithsonian Institution; DR.. H,%kn NJ.
Smith, deputy commissioner Of fI1eries.
Dr.. Barton ". Evermenn DR.. 3. II. Ran
som. Q. J.. Mahlatt DR. X Efsba- IT
c. Oberholtzer, H. ". Henshaw. z A.
Schwartz, DR.. Leonhard Stejneger. Dr.
IL C. Lyon, National Museum; Dr. q
w. stiles, Publh Health and Marine Hos
pital Service; T. ". Vaughan, of the
Geological Survey, and many Others.
Order FrIo-,o,.. s.