Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Courtesies Extended.

Tuesday afternoon, from 4 to 8. the
Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac
Veagh will hold a reception at their home
on 18th street, to which have been invited
the members Of the American Economic
Association, the American Statistical As
ISOLATION, the American Sociological So
ciety and the American Association for
Labor Legislation. There will be other
social entertainments open to the men,
bers. including a special reception to the
ladies at the White House Friday after
noon.
One meeting of particular interest to
Neutrality-suspicious. IS that of the section on
mechanical science and engineering. to
be held at the Georgetown Law School.
commencing at 10 IN, December %. This
meeting will be devoted to the interests
Holes in the Air." by w. j. Humphreys:
Endowment Organization and Equip
ment Of Aerodynamic Laboratories" by
DR.. Albert +. Zahm. and on "Aeronaut1cal
the afternoon Of the same day there will
be an address on aerial Engineering,
by A. Lawrence Rotch. retiring vice presi-
dent of the section. and better known
of the famous Blue Hill observatory in
Massachusetts,.
Social and Economic Branch.
The section on social and economic
science will hold its meetings at the
Raleigh. beginning at pm. Wednesday.
when there will be joint session of the
American Economic Association and the
American Sociological Society. At this
meeting Prof Frank II. Giddings, presi-
dent of the American Sociological Society.
will deliver an address on Quality Of
Civilization" The following morning at
1890 Secretary Of the Treasury Mac
Veagh will preside, and there will be an
address by Henry c. Emery, chairman Of
the tariff commission. John Mitchell, the
ex-president of the United Mine Workers
of America, will address later meeting
on Accidents in Coal Mines" and there
will be another paper of general interest
on "Occupational Diseases in the Mining
| Industry by F. c. Hotchkiss of the pub
lie health and marine hospital service.
The director Of the bureau Of mines. ]. A.
Holmes. will speak also on the work Of
that bureau.
Papers on Chemistry.
| The American Chemical Society win be
| represented by a number Of different In
| terests. including the biological. fertilizer.
| pharmaceutical and organic divisions.
| There will be meetings on chemical edY-
cation, physical and inorganic chemistry,
and a pepper will be read by ]. Howard
1 hdttueWS Oh Lie AppIiCdtlOu Oh SoiOt
Photography to the Teaching Of Physica:
| Chemistry" The division Of agricultural
and food chemistry will hear a number
| of interesting papers covering q multi
| tude OF interests. from the pollution OF
the Ohio river, which will be discussed
| by the chairman. H. e. Barnard, to the
forms OF phosphorus present in cotton
/ seed meal. by ]. B. Rather. There will
| work devoted to tho science of india
rubber chemistry. This merely gives an
| idea Of the highly specialized branches
into which the work of the association
IS divided.
1 There will be a number of other Sec
items, inclucin. the American Association
of Official Horticultural inspectors, the
American Breeders Association. inciud-
| ing sections on plant breeding and GU
i .enics. The botanical section will include
/ the Botanical Society OF America. There
i will be . number OF papers read, the ma
tority OF Thorn Of technical. but some Of
decided general interest