Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
COMMITTEES ALSO MEET
Two Bodies Will Assemble at New
National Museum Tonight.
RECEPTION AT HIRST LIBRARY
Visitors Show Especial Interest in
Old Books in the Riggs Me-
mortal Collection.

| Despite the heavy dOwnpour of rain.
Psychologists, philologists and bbliolo-
gists who are attending the joint con-
vention of their respective associations
made their way to the New National
Museum this morning to listen to the
reading of papers of great interest to
| them.
Only the phililogical and archeolo-
gical bodies were in session this morn
ing. The program of the former branch
follows:
| Horace, Epistle II, 1.139 f.: Livy
| VII, ." Charles Knapp, Columbia Uni
versity: Greek Mummy Labels in the
Metropolitan Museum. New York. Cead
by tite). Hamilton Ford Allen, Washing
| ton and jefferson College; "A Problem in
Latin Secondary Accent Tead by title).
| F. w. Shipley, Washington University;
THE Accusative of Exclamation in Epis-
tolary Latin Tread by title), Roy c.
| F'lickinger, Northwestern University:
The Personality of the Epicurean Gods"
(read by title), George Depue Hadsits.
| University of Pennsylvania; Notes on
Aeneid VII and VIII Tead by title).
Gertrude Hirst, Columbia University, and
| "A Criticism of Some Recent Views Of
the Bacchanals of Euripides'' Tread by
| title). Walter WOODBURY. Hyde, Univer-
| sity of Pennsylvania.
The following program was given be-
| fore the PSYCHOLOGISTS:
| Studies at Setia,'' Henry II. Arm
strong. Oberlin College: Excavations at
Halae.'' Miss Hetty Goldman. American
School at Athens; Loryma- Castle and
City: Investigations of 1872 Theodore
Leslie Shear, Columbia University; "A
Vase Fragment From Vari' W. w. Ba-
ker. Haverford College: THE Formation
of the Chalcidian League Allan B..
| West. Swarthmore College; "A Byzantine
Gold Treasure From Egypt Recently Ac-
quired by Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan"
| THE Present Stage of the Homeric Prob
| lem William X. Prentice. Princeton
University; IAN Unpublished Victor
| Statue" Tread by title). Walter WOODBURY.
This Afternoons Session.
The program for the afternoon session
| of the Pathological Association, which be-
gan at 2:3O o'clock, is as follows:
lamentations in the Greek Tragedians:
| Aesch. Ag. 2s2-2O4: Soph. FL. 21.145s, 1906
6s. Phil. 22-23. A. 49, 533. 7s2. 1880.
| 1153-54; Eur. Med. 1O6-1OS. 125-13O. Bacch.
671-79, Joseph E. Harry University of
Cincinnati; "Caesius Bassus and the Hell
lenization of Latin Saturnian Theory"
| versity of Virginia: on 1.-The Mood of the
swer." Ashton Waugh McWorter, Hamp-
dem Sidney College; THE Development Of
Copulative Verbs in the Indo-European
| Languages" Clarence Linton Meader.
University of Michigan; "Dssimilative
| writings for ii and i'll in Latin Roland
G. Kent, University of Pennsylvania:
Provisional Oaths Of Inscriptions Cread
| by title). Henry Martin, Wells College;
AN Erroneous Reversal of Terms Tread
| by title, Herbert Gushing Tolman, Van
derbilt University; THE Percentage and
Birthdate of the Latin UneiaT' Cread by
title), Henry B. Van Hoesen, Western
| Reserve University.
At 2:3O o'clock this afternoon the man.
| aging committee of the School of Ameri-
can Archaeology held a meeting. At 4
| o'clock the managing committee Of the
American School at Rome will meet, as
| will the council of the department Of
| Canada of the Archaeological Institute.
| There will be a joint session of the
| Pathological Association and the Archeo-
| logical Institute in the auditorium of the
| museum at O'Clock tonight, when the
following program of lectures will be pre-
| scented: american Excavations at Sar-
| des, 1912" Howard Crosby Butler, Prince
ton University: American Excavations
at Quirigua: 1872" Edgar L: Hewstt,
Province and Scope of Archaeology"
Francis w. Kelsey. University of Michi-
gan. the retiring president of the Archie
illogical Institute.
Visit Georgetown University.
At the invitation of the president Of
| Georgetown University the members of
the American Pathological Association.
the Archaeological Institute of America,
the Society of Biblical Literature and
| Exegesis and of the Washington Society
| of the Archaeological Institute attended
| reception in the Hirst library, on the
University campus, yesterday afternoon
and inspected the shelves Of the Riggs
Memorial Library.
Rev. A. J. Donlon, S. j., president of
the university, and Rev. A. J. Duarte
vice president. received the guests, as
sisted by DR.. G. NJ. Kober, dean Of the
medical school: DR.. William \. Cogan,
dean of the school of dentistry. and Hugh
j. Fegan secretary of the law school.
The visitors We're particularly inter-
ested in the old books contained in the
Riggs Memorial Library, where num-
Der of the ancient Bibles among the col
lection had been placed on view. Lunch
con was served in the Riggs Library.
Many of the delegates attended the
lecture last night Of Rev. John P. Peters
of ST. Michaers Church. New York, on
with Pick and Spade in Palestine" at
the First congregational Church.