Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-25
SCIENTISTS OF AMERICA
IN new YORK THIS week
Estimated That Between 5000 and
10000 Men and Women Will
Make Up Convention.
PROGRAM is VERY FORMIDABLE
Hundreds OF Papers to DO Resd on
Results OF Scientific Effort Of Past
iear-Every University In United
States VIII BE Represented.

NEW YORK, December e<.-scien-.
lists will gather here during this week.
between Christmas and New Years, In
greater numbers than ever seen be-
fore, according to al announcement
OF the annual meeting Of the American
Association for tho Advancement OF
Science. and coincident meetings OF
forty-seven other scientific societies
Every university in tho United States
will DO represented" says tho an
nouncement, and with few exceptions
every scientific man OF prominence will
be present. 1t is estimated that be-
tween 5000 and 10000 scientific men
and women, representing every branch
ton"
The program Is 80 formidable that
it takes a book half an inch thick
TO list all OF the papers that will be
read on the results OF scientific ef-
fort during the past year. The titles
range from Fossil Insects" to En-:
cheney In War" The discussions will
be both abstruse aud popular, ana the
public is invited to attend. Meetings
will DO held in Columbia University,
City College, and tho American Mu-
seum OF Natural History. AZ we'll a.
some other places yet to be dssiE-
mated
In announcing this Science wesk'
the association calls attention to the
fact that contemporary history has
made evident to all the dominant place
OF science in modern life. New FORK
City may now become the worlds
financial center: 1t IL even more inn
portant to US as q nation that the New
York meeting OF tho association shall
signallse the period at which our eoun-
try becomes tho moat fruitful center
OF scientific research"
The scientists Will divide into groups.
attending such meetings as Interest
them. but there will DO a few meet
ings which all will attend. One such
will be on the night OF Tuesday. De-
cember 2s. at the American Museum Of
Natural History. where DR.. w. w.
Campbell. director Of the Lick AstEpo.
nomical Observatory will address the
members on THE Nebulae." which is
popularity known as The Milky Way"
Those interested In geography will
hear Professor Mark Jefferson. Of the
Michigan State Normal College, talk
on the Geographic Provinces OF the
United States" Fossil Insects" will
be the title of a paper BY Professor. y.
A. Cockerel to be read before the I'm
Genealogical Society OF America.
A symposium on Biology and 'Natur-
al Existence" with papers by ProfeS-
sors Stewart Payton. w. ]. spiiin1an.
Bernard L. Kellogg. jacques Loeb, and
Edwin G. Conklin will be hold by the
American Society OF Naturalists. ~
The American Genetic Association
will hear IT'S president. David Fair
child. OF the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. speak on 1.-THE
Importance OF Photographs In Pre-
senting Eusenic Discoveries"
The American Psychological Asso-
citation celebrates tho twenty-hfth an
niversary OF its foundation during the
week.
DR.. George F. Kunx. OF New York.
will deliver an address on Scientific
Efficiency and Industrial Museums Our
Safeguards in Peace and War"
The Automobile Club OF America,
the National Highways Association.
tho National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce. the Society for tho Promo
tion OF Engineering Education will
all hold joint sessions during the
week.
Dean Eugene Davenport. OF the Uni
versity OF Illinois, will speak on the
outlook for Agricultural Science"