The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-16
DR.. CHAMBERL|h
HERE FEW HOURS
Noted Scientist and Educator
Passes Through En- Route
to the Orient.

Dr. Thomas c. Chamberlin. one of
the. two commissioners representing the
University of Chicago to visit the
Orient for the work of investigating
the status of education in Japan,
China and India, and who is also vice
president of the American Society for
the Advancement of Science, spent a
few hours in Honolulu yesterday, pass
ing through. in company with his son,
as passenger on the Siberia. DIR.
Chamberlin was entertained while here
by Frank c. Atherton, at whose home
in Manoa he lunehed, and by number
of other prominent citizens. He spent
his time in the city in visiting as many
of the sights as possible, including the
Kamehameha Schools, the Bishop Mu-
scum, the Pail, Oahu College and the
Mid-Pacifc Institute.
"The question of the Association
holding its summer session here in 1910
has been settled so far as it could be
settled at the session held at Balti-
more,'' said the Doctor yesterday.
fOf course, ii. Is a long time to plan
ahead and a great deal will depend
on what can be done in the way of
arrangements for transportation. The
matter win be definitely settled at the
session to be held next winter at Bos-
ton. There will be no. summer session
this year, from the fact that the Brit
ish Association for the Advancement of
Science viii meet this summer in Win
nipeg, Manitoba, and our members
have been asked to attend as guests.
[ am certain that the members will
want 70 come here if it is possible, al
though we have never yet held SEES
sion west of Denver We find that
there is always larger attendance of
members when the sessions are held in
the East. although the fact that we
are coming to Hawaii may induce a
large number to attend,
81 Your volcanoes are certain to at
tract great number of the members
of the Geological Society, one of the
twenty-five allied societies Of the main
association. The Volcano of Kilauea
and the other one on Mauna Loa-we
never FRY to say the name of it-are
regarded as such available examples of
active volcanoes that many will doubt
less come just on their account.
tFThe Association for the Advance
ment Of Science has a membership of
about 1900 to draw from, in addition
to the twenty-five allied societies, each
dealing with some one phase of science.
The Association is rather heteroge-
neous and without any well-defned or
ganization, but plans are now under
way to bring the various associations
and societies closer together and make
one unit of the whole. Now, for in
stance. each of twenty-five societies
held sessions at Baltimore during our
session, sometimes with us, sometimes
by themselves.
81 am now on my way to the Orient
for the University of Chicago. to work
with Mr. Ernest Dewitt Burton, also
of the university, in an investigation
of the question of education there
Mr.. Burton left Chicago some months
ago. going by way of England in order
that he might interview some persons
there familiar with the educational sv>-
TEN in India He also visited india
and is now waiting for me in the south
of China. We wish TO become thor
oughly familiar with Oriental eduea
tion in all its phases, because it is
time that the edueationalists Of the
world We're getting together