The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-17
One of the Most Distinguished
Of Gatherings Billed
For New York.
PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND
AND WITH GOVERNOR HUGHES,
MAYOR MCCLELLAN AND OTHER
PROMINENT MEN WILL VEL
COME THE DELEGATES.
(American News Service)

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New York, Dec. 17.-One of the
largest and most representative gath
ering of distinguished educators and
economists ever assembled in this
country, will meet here from Deem
her q to 81 on the occasion of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the Amer
lean Historical and American Econo
mic associations.
In connection with the sessions OF
these associations, seven allied or
CARNATIONS including the American
Political Science association, the Am
erican Statistical association, the
American Sociological society, the
American Association for Labor Leg
islation, the American Social Science
association, the photographed Soci.
ETY. of America and the American So
ciety of Church History will hold their
annual meetings, and several joint
sessions of all the organizations will
also be held. Addresses on political
historical and economic problems will
be made by we'll known authorities
and more than a hundred topics will
| be discussed.
To be Thirty Sessions.
During the four days convention.
more than thirty sessions will be held
by the several organizations, the prin-
cipal meeting places being the Wal
dorf Astoria, Carnegie Hall and Co
lumbia university.
The most important meeting of the
convention will be the citizens meet
ing at Carnegie Hall on Monday night
where all the 5000 visitors will be Of
ficially welcomed to the city by Presi-
dent Taft, Governor Hughes, Mayor
Mcclellan and other public officials.
Several foreign scholars will also be
James Bryce, British Ambassador to
the United States; Henry Higgs, rep
resenting the Royal Economic society
of England and Signor Pantaleoni,
representing the economists of Italy.
On Tuesday, December %, meetings
will be held by the various associa-
lions at Columbia University and the
New York Historical building. A
luncheon will be rendered by Column
bia University to members of all the
associations and in the afternoon a
reception will be given. The features
of Tuesday evening will be a review
of the work of the historical societies
of leading European nations and an
anniversary meeting of the American
Economic association.
Reception to Foreigners.
On Wednesday. December 20, meet
ings will center at the Waldorf-As-
toria. Meetings of the American His
tOrical association and American Eco
nomic association will be held in the
morning, followed by a breakfast and
reception to foreign guests. In the
evening a reception and entertain
ment with historical tableaux will be
given by the ladies' reception commit
tee.
On Thursday. December 30, import
ant meetings of all the societies will
be held at Columbia University, the
association, the Chambers
OF Commerce, the Metropolitan Life
and the Waldorf
On Thursday evening a reception
will be given in honor of the Ameri-
can Historical association and Ameri-
can Economic association by Mr. and
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt at their
residence, $50 Fifth avenue
On Friday, December 81. further
meetings will be held at Columbia
and the Waldorf Astoria. |
and special train will take the rep !
of the societies to West |
Point.
Some Of the Speakers.
Among the men who will give adj
dresses are President Davis R. Dewey,
American Economic association; Pres
dent Albert Bushnell Hart. American
Historical association; President A.
Lawrence Lowell, American Political
Science association; President Henry
". Farnam, American Association for
Labor Legislation; President w. G. |
Summer. American Sociological soci-
ety: acting President S. n. D. North.
American Statistical association:
President John H. Finley, American
Social Science associations: G. w. |
Prothero. London; Edward Meyer,
L.
Holland: Camille En-
art, Paris; E. Dana Durand, director
If census; Franklin H. Giddings, Co
umbia University: w. S. Ferguson,
Harvard University: Albert G. KEEL |
er. Yale University: Julian P. Bretz,
Cornell University: A. c. Rowland. |
University of Pennsylvania; Albion |
". Small, University of Chicago: |
Charles A. Ellwood, University of Mis- |
souri,; r. F. Scholz, University of Cali
fornia: Frederic L. Paxon, University |
If Michigan; Charles NJ. Andrews, |
Johns Hopkins University: H. E. |
Bourne. Western Reserve University: |
Frank Haywood Holder, University |
IF Kansas; Edward S. Meany. Uni
Fersity of Washington: Waldo G. Lee
and. Carnegie Institution; Paul Die
;ernd, Library Of Congress and Hon. |
". L. Mackenzie, Canadian Minister |
IF Labor