The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
SCIENTISTS DISCUSS
BIG PROBLEMS TODAY
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tiquities Through International Co-opera-
ton will be the subject Of discussion be-
fore the anthropologicai section of the
congress.
An illustrated lecture on How the
Aeroplane May Effect Closer Alliance
Between the Countries of South America
and the United States" by A. Santos
DumonG Brazilian aeronaut and the first
person in the world to make a public
aeroplane night, will precede the after
noon session of the congress. The lee
ture will be given in the small ballroom
of the New Willard at 3 o'clock before
the subsection on transportation In ses-
sion with several subsections of the Sec
ton on engineering. This meeting will
be open to the public. DR.. Alexander
Bell and DR.. John Brashear, president of
the Society of Mechanical Engineers, win
preside jointly. DIR. Bell is chairman and
DR.. Brashear a member Of the Langley
gold medal commission. which body
Bryan to Deliver Address.
William Jennings Bryan, former secre-
tary Of State, will speak on Commercial
Education" at 2:3o o'clock in the Pan
American Union Building before the sub
section on commercial education of the
section on education.
Tonight, the delegates to the confer
ence will be the guests of the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science. in the Continental Memorial
Hall. Prof William Wallace Campbell.
director of Lick Observatory, in Califor-
mia, will deliver an illustrated lecture on
Tho Evolution of the StarsS DIR. Rob-
ert s. Woodward, president of the Carne-
gle Institution. of Washington, will pre-
side, and Director General John Barrett,
secretary general of the scientific con-
gress, will make an address Of welcome.
Illustrated lectures will be given at the
afternoon session of the section on con-
seryatfon of natural resources, at the
Raleigh, by Clinton D. Smith, on the
Resources of Brazil" and by C. J.
Blanchard, of the United States Reciama-
ton Service, on Securing Settlers for
Government Irrigation Ptpjects."
Chairmen Meet foday.
The chairmen of the visiting delega-
tions to the congress will meet this
morning with the executive committee
from the United States. The meeting
will be presided over by Ambassador
Suarez, of Chile, president Of the con-
sress, and will take the place of the
general meeting of the congress which
was to have been held Saturday but
postponed on account OF the New Year
festivities Only one other general ses-
sion of the congress will be held. This
will be the closing meeting of next Sat-
urday morning.
At the session today, the question of
resolutions which are to be presented to
the congress for approval will be dis
cussed, also all other matters pertaining
to the work and organization of the con-
gress. This meeting will be held in the
cabinet room Of the New willard.
On Wednesday night. the full Congress
win be addressed by President Wilson,
in the Hall of the Americas in the Pan
American Union Building. The program
viii include nothing except the address
Of the President and the Introductory
address by Ambassador Suarez, Of Chile,
who will preside.
Important papers will be presented be-
fore the section on anthropology, in
session at the New National Museum.
this afternoon at o'clock. Among those
who will read papers are several we'll
known Latin-American anthropologists
including DR.. Jose Ingenieros, of Argen-
tina; DR.. Julio C. Tello. of Peru; DR..
A. c. Simoens ds Silva, of Brazil, and
Gen. Carlos Cuerva Marquee, Of Colom-
bia-