Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
ORGANIZATIONS PLAN
TO MEET IN THIS CITY
Three of Those Representing
HumanistiC Studies Gather
Here This Month.

Meetings of three of the organizations
in the country representing humanistic
studies, the American Pathological Asso-
citation. the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Society of Biblical Liter
ature and Exegesis, will be held concur
rently in Washington in the new building
of the National Museum Friday, Satur-
day. Monday and Tuesday. December -.
%, 30 and 81, 1912. The Washington So
ciety of the Archaeological Institute will
be the host, with the cooperation of the
Smithsonian Institution and local univer-
sites. The Raleigh Hotel will be the
headquarters.
The morning and afternoon sessions will
be devoted chiefly to scientific papers pre-
scented by members of the societies. At
the Saturday morning session the papers
Will be distributed in four sections. des.g-
philology, medieval and renaissance
studies and prehistoric and American
archaeology.
There will be various social functions
in honor of the visiting members. Mrs
Boardman and Miss Boardman give a
tea Friday afternoon. There will be a
smoker at the University Club Friday
night and general reception will be
held al the PanAmerican Union Building
Saturday evening. The president of
Georgetown University mas EXTENDED IN
vitations to visit and inspect the material
of the Riggs Memorial Library Sunday
afternoon. The ladies of the reception
committee will give a tea at Octagon
House for members and visitors Monday
afternoon. Sunday evening Rev. DR.. John
p Peters of st. Michaels Church. New
York city, who gained an international
reputation by conducting the University
of Pennsylvania excavations at Nippur
will give an illustrated lecture. entitled
the First Congregational Church, to
which the public is cordially invited
Completes It's Tenth Year.
The Washington Society has just COM
pleted its tenth year of activities. 1t is
now second in point of members and
first in efficiency and enthusiasm among
the fortyfour societies of the institute
The arrangements for the entertainment
of the visiting members of the three Or
CARNATIONS are in charge Of a committee
appointed by Charles Henry Butler, presi-
dent of the Washington Society, as fol-
lows:
Adds Il. Browne, chairman: Mitchell
Carroll, secretary; Thomas H. Anderson,
Charles ]. Bell, William H. Baldwin,
w. w Bishop, Henry F. Blount, Miss
Mabel 7. BOardman, George NJ Boiling.
Mrs w. c. Borden Edison Bradley. H. X
Bush Brown, Charles Henry Butler
George Rowland Chase, Thomas NJ. Chat
ard, F. Ward Denys, Rev. Alphonsus
John Donlon, Edward w. Dom, G. S
Duncan, John Joy Edison, John w. Foster,
w. NJ. Gilber-, John 7. Granger, Earl l.
Gregg. Charles Noble Gregory, Gilbert H.
| eros venor. John Hays Hammond, John Il.
Henderson, Mrs. Samuel Hill. Mrs. Rob-
ert Hinckley, Joseph Hoppin, Will
liam III Homes. j. Franklin Jane
son. Ales Hrdlicka, Mrs. julian
James. Hennen Jennings, Miss Bessie
j. l>ibby, Mrs. Mart a. kna. p,
John b. Larner Colin II. Livingston. II.
Il. F. Macfarland, Franklin MacVeagh,
A. j. Parsons Herbert Putnam Mrs
Wallace Radcliffe, r. j. Ramage, Charles
w. Richardson. w. f. Stafford, Mrs.
James Brown Scott, Rev. Thomas j. Sha-
han, Rev. Henry j. Shandelle, Mss Mary
A Sharpe, George William Smith, Al
pheus II. Snow, Charles III. Stockton,
Robert NJ. Thompson, George o. To ten,
jr. Herbert Wadsworth, Mrs. Barbour
Walker. B. II. Warner. Henry White,
Mrs. Robert S. Woodward, S. w. Wood
ward and A. S. Worthington.
The following subcommittee have been
organized: Reception committee Henry
White, chairman; committee on arrange
ments. William II. Holiness. chairman:
committee on publications and publicity,
Earl l.. Gregg, chairman; luncheon COM
mittee, Adds e. Browne, chairman;
ladies' committee, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe,
chairman.