New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-27

seem iuAI tleSe great journeys Dele the Opin-
| Gays II the explorers are numbered, and that in
rather than with exploration.
Among the explorations which are in progress
may mention the following Colonel KoZlof :
GX ,I to Mongoa which has already visited
Of the HoanE Uo and other parts ~ tNo1S0i,s
Lieutenant Boyd Alexander is exploring in West
Africa. The Duke OF the Abruzzi is investigating
part OF the mountainous region across our Indian
frontier; Dr Longstaff is exploring another part
OF mat mountain system Commander r. Z. Peary.
u s A. and Captain l. Mkkesen are leading
gions and r. Charcot is exploring in the Antarctic
circle. Lastly. an important British expedition
Of New Guinea. of the largest still unexplored
Land areas There are other expeditions. either in
progress or projected, too numerous TO mention.
Professor II. L Armstrong. 2. r. s president
Of the chemical section. declared his faith in the
progress OF chemistry toward solving the problems
OF life ard eek. lie found fault with present
ditions Of society which, he said placed hin
drance In the way Of the UNIT He said.
Those who presumably are the httest are failing
10 contribute In proper proportion 10 the perpetu
The most dsquieting feature Of the times is the
revolt OF women against their womanhood and
their claim 70 be on an equality with and
be no question of equality raised: when COM
S SG - i9 f oTtW'en eonpenentary factors
struggle ariFe-and 1t is 70 be feared that It is
coming upon us-there can he Int one issue
Woman must fail and IN falling must carry man
70 destruction.
on agriculture. said in part;
one caution feel It my duty 70 give. 81 q prac-
e Iesl raJner man scentlhc asricuturst what;
sd,,n@,s ~ 1850 ,agi "a ~ rhS Nas o. , ~,
our advisers overlook the paramount consideration
FOR the extensive farming OF a yoGnS country Il is
5boye all reqqisite 20 remember that expensive
intensive husbandry Of old settled regions Hope
fully as we may wait on the chemists help I con
hdently 10 the bot1nist. under whose sgis Of pro
decision OF the authorities
Sir ". n. White X. g r.. r s. president
Of the engineering section. discussed the subject
OF transportation. and civil ana other branches Of
engineering from ,he particular standpoint 81
Canada and the British colonies The great proc
lem to-day IN Canada he said. is that OF providing
cheap transportation Of her agricultural mineral
and forest products from the interior TO the seas
and so to the markets of the world.
Speaking Of th3 Niagara Falls power develop
ment. Sir ". H. White said:
American capitrI and enterprise have had much
10 DO with these undertakings. they have with
many other important Canadian enterprises. but it
nay be hoped that British capital will keep it's
lead and be freely employed in the development
and utilization Of all the resources Of the Domin-
ION
Professor s J. Chapman. president Of the Eco
nomic Science and Statistics Section. said that
his topic was THE Value Of Leisure: the Bearing
Of Industrial Development II. and its Effective
ness I'm Shaping Economic Arrangements lie
said in part
The increasing nervous strain OF industrial work.
whether y results from the progressive specialize
ton OF labor or not. would account sufficiently for
ue curious circumstance that there Is apparently
no nnaiity about any solution of the ever recur-
ring problem Of the normal working day The
In,ost Important aspect Of the question OF the
length of the working day consists I'm It's relation
To the most intimate constituents OF progress. Let
us call progress i'm this culture-a term per-
haps the best OF the single terms available 10 con
so designed that culture has the whole pro-
portionately important place in tho most print
The Reconsideration Of economic life is in itself
All TO the good. but the community must lose
thing OF culture unless corresponding with this
iniensificaton there is expansion Of leisure and
culture
The properties Of radium were discussed nv Pro
fessor J. n. Poyntng. and in the engineering see
ton Sir John Thorneycroft read paper on hydro
planes
pressive of the loss science death of Simon
Newcomb the astronomer.
In the zoology section Professor Goldrick OF
Oxford reviewing various theories to account for
the origin of vertebrates favored origin from print
tive. wOrmlike forms. rather than from the more
highly specialized FORMS such the llmuIus king
crab. has been suggested by scientists such as
Dr. Patten in the United States. md Or. Gaskell
in England
Professor BouIenger. OF Cambridge dealt with
certain curious fat bodies found i'm the skin of a
large number OF European and American toads
paper by Professor Steel Maitland. member OF
laws IN England. read. Its feature was the
declaration that pauperism arises mainly from that
class known casual workers.
In the anthrOpoiogcal section the presidents adj
dress read by Professor Myers The paper
was a refutatiOn OF the current belief that. OF all
sciences. anthropoogy is least susceptible or APP
pIieation 20 the practical affairs OF life.
Sir William Whites address on engineering
brought forth a hearty compliment from Lord
Strathcona who said he had crossed the Atlantic
seventy-one years ago I'm ship which took forty
two days 20 make the voyage.
Professor Hardy. speaking I'm the physiology
ton brought out the fact that one Of the oldest
varieties OF fish I'm the world is found only I'm a
lake in Siberia and I'm Lake Superior. He wished
90 see a special study made OF the species.
DR. William Saunders. of ottawa. spoke I'm the
agricultural section OF experiments made In grow
ing wheat in the Peace River country. thousand
miles north OF the United States boundary. with
eminently satisfactory results.
Professor II. r. Gray. speaking The Educa-
tionaI Factors OF Imperialism" criticised. as In
adequate the present English educational system
While not advocating especially utilitarian edu
cation he thought the present system does not fit
students for Hfes practical problems.
garden party az Lower Fort Garry and an illus
trated popular lecture by A. Z. II. Tuition. T. r. S.
In the evening ended the days proceedings.