Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-31

BY invitation of the Chilean govern
ment the Pan-American Scientific con-
gress will hold its meeting the last
of December, this year, at Santiago
whittier delegates from all nations IN
the Americas are now making prep
arations to 60. The United States mas
appropriated $4,000 to defray the ex'
penses of its delegates and the choice
of men from the United States con-
sists of Prof Archibald Cary Coolidge
Of the Harvard historical department.
Prof. Hiram Bingham, now OF the aie
historical department, but for the last
five years curator Of South American
history and literature at the Cam
bridge university; Prof. Leo s. Rowe
of the University Of Pennsylvania, a
well.known authority on Latin Ameri'
ca; Prof Paul s. Reinsch OF the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, delegate to
the third -Pan-American congress In
1906, and well known for his writings
on political science and colonial gov
eminent; Col. William C. Gorgas OF
the United States army. CHIEF
sanitary officer of the lsthmian
canal commission; William II.
Holmes, chief Of the bureau OF
American ethnology at the
Smithsonian institution, Washington;
Prof. Bernard Moses Of the historical
and political science department OF the
University of California; George M.
Rommel of the bureau Of animal indus
try of the department OF agriculture;
Prof. William NJ. Shepherd OF Column
bia university, close student OF
South American affairs, and Prof. VII.
liam B. Smith of the philosophical de-
,artment of Tulane university, Louisi-
ana. who is almost as well known as
mathematician and New Testament
critic as a philosopher. Prof. Rowe
is chairman and Prof. Reinsch vice.
chairman of the delegation.
Though the coming congress Is the
first scientific gathering to include all
the countries of the western hemis-
phepe, 1t will be the fourth congress
of the kind for the Latin'American
countries. The first was held at
Duenos Ayres in 1898, the second at
Montevideo, Uruguay, In 1901. and the
third at Rio de Janeiro In 1905. It Is
owing to the predominant part as
sumed by the United States IN the
Pan-American conference of 1906. that
this country was invited to send rep
resentatives to the more specialized
congress.
The purpose of the scientific con-
gress at Santiago Is to bring togetner
advanced thinkers in all lines OF SCI.
entific research for the discussion OF
the numerous problems confronting
modern civilization, and particularly
of such as. through their calculation,
will tend to the social betterment ana
national prosperity Of the countries
represented.
Each congress has been broader In
purpose than Its predecessor and mas
had a larger representation. but 1t Is
dine TO the Chilean committee that
MANNED the coming meeting that the
United States was invited to send
delegates. ~,
The United States government.
through Secretary Of State Root, In
yited is universities to send represen-
tatiyes. Only six have responded. but
II is expected that the universities OF
Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Mihneso-
In. Texas and Wisconsin and George
washington, Johns Hopkins and
Princeton will name delegates.
The United States government &C
eepted the Chilean invitation to send