The Washington herald., 1911-12-27

ton to make recommendations, but to
gather from an interchange OF ideas
what has been going on scientifically
in all parts of America during the last
year. There are a few subjects, however,
upon which the members of the general
committee will take a decided stand.
For Health Department..
First among these, it is said, is the
proposition of establishing in the execu-
tive of the government a department
of health, under the supervision of a
secretary of health. This department, It
has been argued. has come to be a vital
necessity. 1t will fill the gap now left
open by the limitations of the bacteriol-
and the health officials of State and
municipality.
In other words, 1t will take up the
question of better health apart from mat
ters of food and adulteration and the
like. This department, its advocates
argue, will find it's work in sending to
the public such scientific discoveries as
are of value in the fight against disease.
1t will advise. and, in cases of dire disas-
ter through contagion, wiR assume con-
troll of the situation.
Engineers VIII Meet.
Among the first of the meetings to-
day will be that of the branch of me-
chanical science and engineering at the
Georgetown Law School, where three
addresses directly bearing on mine dis
asters, their cause. and their cure will
he read by Director J. A. Holmes. of
The Bureau of Mines: Prof. r. A Fer
nald, and o. p. Hood.
DR.. Holmes address on The work OF
the Bureau of Mines with special rela-
tion to safety in mines. quarrying. and
metallurgical operations" will have espe-
ctal interest because of his recent return
from a serious disaster in Tennessee.
AT the same hour other branches and
affiliated societies will meet
Following is the programme of the vari-
Gus meetings:
American Anthropoogical Association Meets to
day. Thursday. Friday, and Saturday in Public
Library. One afternoon to lie devoted to discussion
Of topic "EnvirOnment and culture Joint meet
ing with American Folklore Society tomorrow. Sec
rotary. DR.. George Grant MacCurdy. Yale Unirer-
sity Museum New Haven. Conn.
Astronomical and Astrophyscal Society Of America
Meets to-day, Thursday. and Friday in Carnegie
Institution. Secretary Prof. William j. Hussey.
Ann Arbor. Mich.
Society of American Bacteriologists- Meets to-day.
THURSDAY, and Friday in Cosmos Club. Joint meet
inRs with Section X and American PhytOUathologi-
cal Society. Secretary. DIR. Charles +. Marshall,
East Lansing, Mich.
American Society Of Biological Che1nists-Meets IN
Baltimore from to-day to Friday Joint session
TO be held in Mckinley Manual Training School,
Washington with the Biological Section, American
Chemical Society. on Friday afternoon. Secretary,
Prot. A. n. Richards. Philadelphia, Pa.
Botanical Society Of AmericA-MeetS to-day, Thurs
day. and Friday in Business High School. Joint
session with Section q and American PhytOpatho-
logical Society Friday. Secretary DR.. George I.
Moore st. LoIlis, Mo.
American Chemical SOc1ety-Meets to-day Thurs
day. Friday. and Saturday in Mckinley Manual
Training School. Biological Section meets in joint
session with American Society Il Biological Chemists
OIL Friday afternoon. Secretary, Prof Charles l..
Parsons. Durham, " H.
American Civic Alliance-Meets on Friday in New
Raleigh. Secretary, Gerald Van Casteel. New York.
American Economic Assodation-Meets to-day.
Thursday. Friday. and Saturday in New Raleigh.
Secretary. Prof. T. v. Carver. Cambridge, Mass.
American Association of Economic Entomolo9ists
Meets to-day. Thursday. and Friday in New Ma
tional Museum. Joint session with Chronological
Society Of American at l p. m. Secretary. A. F.
Burgess, Melrose Highlands. Mass
Chronological Society Of America-Meets to-day
in the New National Museum. Secretary, DR. Alex.
ID. Mac'iillivray. Champaign, ILL.,
American Fem SOciety-Meets in Business High
School Dates not yet announced. Secretary, Prof.
L. s. Hopkins rittsburg. Pa
American Folk Lore Society-Meets Thursday in
Public Library. Joint meeting with American An
thropoogical Association. Secretary, DIR. Charles
Peabody. Cambridge. Mass
Association Of American .Geographers-Mcets
THURSDAY Friday and Saturday in Hubbard Me
mortal Hall. Secretary. Prof. Albert p. Brigham,
Hamilton y. Y.
Cieologicsl Society Of Amcrica-Meets today,
Thursday, Friday. and Saturday in New National
Museum. Secretary DR.. f. o. HoTey, New York,
y Y
American Federation Of Teacher Of Mathematical
and Natural Scicnces-Meets to-day. Thursday and
Friday in Georgetown Law School Building. Joint
sessions will he held with Section l.. Secretary.
Prof. Eugene r. Smith, Brooklyn, n. Y.
American Home Economics Association-MeetS
Thursday. Friday, and Saturday. Place Of meeting
to be announced. Secretary. DR.. Benjamin X. An
drpws. New York n Y
Society for Horticultural science-Meets Friday
at Business High School. Secretary. c. +. Close
College Park, Md.
American Association for Labor Legislation
Meets Thursday in New Raleigh. Secretary. DIR.
John p. Andrews New York
American MicrnScOpical SOCiety-Business session
only at New Ebbitt House. Secretary, DR.. T. ".
Decatur. ILL.,
American Nature Study Society-Nfcets to-day and
Thursday in Business High School. President and
acting secretary DR.. Benjamin VI. Davis, Oxford,
Ohio
archaeological Society of America-Meets Thurs
day. Friday. and Saturday in New National Mu-
scum. Secretary. r. s Bassler. Washington. d. c.
American Physical SoCiety-Meets with Section r
At the United States Bureau of Standards Secre-
tary. Prof Ernest Merritt, Ithaca, n. Y.
American Physiological Society-Meets Friday in
George Washington Medical School. Joint session
with Section X Secretary, Or. A. ]. Carlson Chi
rago. III.
American Phytnpathological socicty-Meets at
Joint sessions with Section G and Botanical So
'iety Of America to-day and Thursday. Secretary,
Or. G. L. Shear. L. s. Department Agriculture.
American Psychological AsSociation-Meets to-day.
Thursday and Friday in George Washington Medi-
,a School Joint meeting with Section L on Fri
iay. Secretary Prof. W. V. Bingham, Hanover,
y H
Sigma Xl-Annual meeting in afiliation with
4. A. A. s. on Friday.
American Sociological AsSociation-Will meet in
New Raleigh on dates to he announced. Secre-
.ary. Prof. A. A. TennCy. New York y. Y.
American Statistical Association-Will meet in
New Raleigh on dates 10 he announced Joint
meeting with American Economic Association on
Thursday at p. m. Secretary, Prof. c. W. Doten.
Boston. Mass.
Sullivan Moss Society-Meets on Thursday in
Business High School. Secretary. Mrs. Annie Nor
i'll Smith Brooklyn, y. Y. Acting secretary. W.
R. Maxon, L. s. National Museum.
Southern Society for Philosophy and PsycholoSy-
Meets Friday and Saturday IN George Washington
Medical School Joint meeting with American Psy
biological Association on date tn be announced.
Secretary. Or. r. NJ. Ogden. Knoxville Tenn.