New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-27

large enough 60 furnish more than
u'hcicn, material TO produce an the
,ade objects that have ever been found
no Europe
In an address on Scientific Efficiency
and Industrial Museums Our Safe
guards IN Peace and War" delivered
before the section devoted TO social
and economic science in the School OF
Mines, Columbia University, Dr. Kun
cmphatized the need for the individual
training Of the youth Of the land TO
the point Of highest efficiency for either
peace or war. He advocated the double
tracking Of the country's trunk lines OF
railway and the use or museums as a
factor m education, saying:
Tunnels in War Time
There is no reason why there should
not be cooperation between the great
railroads entering a city like New York
"The value Of being able 20 send 81
body Of men from Conev Island or
Rockswsy or Long Beach 70 the upper
end Of Manhattan Island or 90 the Jer-
soy meadows on the other side in TWEEN
~ minutes time would be incalculablc.
II men, munitions and supplies could
be conveyed under the river they could
be sent from one place 20 another with
out any one being aware or what WAS
being done. This would prove or in
Cstlmsble value In time OF war.
who can count the value or being
able TO transport 10000 mon TO three
or four points on the shore within one
or two hours time? A bridge could
be destroyed, or a. least badly injured,
by aerial bombs. There Is no other
method OF transportation. except by
means Of boats, and these latter could
be easily destroyed, and besides, would
be visible TO the enemy
ON case Of local uprisings, riots.
etc. the tunnels could be used To- the
greatest advantage The entire West
Shore between Neehswkcu and Nyack
has not a single railroad station
The entire population of the United
States should be card cstalocucd. and
tho men class fed according 10 their
various abilities or adaptation under
the letters A, y, 4. d. etc, showing
their fitness for these various yoca-
tons, according 20 a percentage Up 20
100. An examination OF these men
should be made two, three or four
times year.
rges Work for Soldiers
"I' the men who enlist iu our army.
he said another part, were kept
al some definite vocations such as the
building OF roads. bridges, ditches,
ouarrying. or I'm various labors that
are neCessitated in the development OF
such an undertaking as the Panama
Canal, al the end OF we years We
would have good mechanics, good acrl-
culturists and good soldiers
Two delegates from Germany and
ono from England signed the register
cards az Earl Hall, Columbia Unver-
sitv. One Of tho foreign visitors is
Frau Professor Leonora Selenka, a
Berlin woman. who has devoted much
time and money in the last few years
10 the study Of the Missing Link,
the man-ape whose skeleton vas dis
covered some years ago in Java. Pro-
lessor Naldeyer, of Munich, is the
other German delegate. O. +. 4. Fard
burg, civil engineer, Is he only tng-
hsh representative.
Hotels were crowded with the arriv'
ing scientists. and the headquarters OF
the various sections and societies were
the scenes OF many committee meet
ings. The naturalists selected the Hote
Manhattan for their headquarters, The
biologists the Aston. the botanists th'
McAlpin, the entomoiogists the Endi
colt, the anatomists and psychologists
the Martinique.
Preceding last nights reception, g
large number Of the visiting scientists
attended q lecture on "The Nebule,'
delivered in the lecture room Of the
American Museum by the retiring
president Of the Association for the
Advancement Of Science. DR.. William
W. Campbell. Of the Lick Observatory
Mt. Hamilton. Cal DR.. Campbell lib
orally illustrated his lecture with slides
showing the heavens as photographed
Through pOWerful telescones.