Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
SCIENTISTS ADJOURN
CLOSING SESSION OF EXECUTIVE
CHARACTER TODAY.

The American Pathological Association
and the Archaeological Institute of Amer
lea practically finished their business yes
terday afternoon. This morning an execu-
tive session was held. after which the mem
bers left for their respective homes
The American Pathological Association
ana the Archaeological Institute of Amer
lea held their annual election at yesterday
afternoon session. The following officers
were elected: 7. ID. Seymour of Yale pres
ident: Charles Z. Bowditch G. f. Moore. +
Robinson, T. b. Tarbell and b. l. Wheel
er. vice presidents: f. w Kelsey. general
secretary; Michael Carroll OF George Wash
ington University. associate secretary for
the eastern states; +. w. Shipley, general
secretary for the middle states. IA n
talrclaugh. associate secretary for the Pa
cihc states; w. Sloane. treasurer: William
NJ Bates recorder; II. n. Fowler, jr, edi-
tor-ln-chief OF the Journal OF the Archae-
illogical Institute: T.. F. West chairman of
the managing committee of the Society OF
Rome; J. r. Wheeler, chairman of the
managing committee of the Society of
Athens: e. M Bowditch. chairman of the
American committee of the Archaeological
institute. and A. Marquand, chairman OF
the fellowship of medieval studies
The biological Associations officers elect
ed for the ensuing year were Francis +
Kelsey, president; E. b. Clapp and f. D.
Perry, vice presidents: r. @. Moore secre-
tary-treasurer: Charles f. Bennett and
Thomas Fftzhugh. Gonzales Lodge John
II. Roife and Paul ShOrey. members of the
executive committee. and w. E. Prentice
assistant secretary
Chicago was selected as the meeting place
Ior the next convention. which will be held
CHRISTMAS week in the present year. Be
fore adjourning the society passed reSoliI-
tons thanking local educators and institu-
tutions that had extended favors.
Presidents Address.
At go o'clock yesterday afternoon the
members went to the White House To pay
their respects to the President He greeted
the 10 visitors and addressed them briefly.
He said:
1T Is very real pleasure to greet YOU
here in the White House. / should be very
loath to accept the ideas that at the White
House men engaged especially in political
life were the only guests. / feel that It is
peculiarly the nations house and that the
nation gains permanently very largely ac-
cording to the quality of the work done by
just such associations as this. There isn't
any danger of the United States not making
sufficient material progress. That we can be
certain to do. What is to be guarded
against by our people. what our people have
to guard against in themselves. is that lest
in the desire for material progress we may
forget certain things of the soul and the
mind for the lack of which in a nation as in
an individual no material progress can
atone. 1t is fine thing to have a body of
scholars doing the work that you are doing
l hope to see more and more in our col
leges and universities the work Of produc-
tive scholarship: for instance. take in your
own line. the work that can only be done
by men and women trained I'm classical
studies, who. in addition to the book lore
take part in such actual work of eXplora-
ton and excavation this society has
taken part in, and which a result de-
velops here and there the man who leaves
to the generations that come after him a
work which represents permanent
QUESTION to the people of learning and to
the people who, without being able to claim
to be of learning. yet laymen appreciate
learning in others and its results
Il have been very much interested re
Gently in reading Victor Berard's work on
the Phoeniciana and the Odyssey; and this
association apart even from the actual work
1t does, indirectly accomplishes much more
by stimulating. encouraging and producing
the kind of scholarship which will here and
there produce the work of Victor Berard
in our country. | greet you and congratu-
late you on behalf of the United States for
the work you are doing for the United
States