The sun., 1916-12-27
Many More Expected To-day at
First Formal Quadrennial
Gathering.
g. f. KUNZ ON TRAINING
Would Have Workers Drilled
and Army q School Of
Productive Effort.

0estlng OF the American Association for
sns Advancement OF Science ana af1ii-
asel national societies. the assembling
hess Of % nan scientists was really the
art Of the greater convocation meet
inoD that are to be held once in every
sovs years.
Mere than $500 scientists registered
n he courss Of the day At Earl Hall.
coeuptia University. and a great many
mers are expected TO appear to-day when
~ convention begins In earnest. Among
0Aooo who attended the preliminary
meetinss yesterday and the general
eSsaing session In the American Museum
q Naturai History last evening were
~ delegates from Germany IND one
fro0 England. One OF the foreign Wis
ltsss was Prof. Leonore seienka Of Ber-
~ Who hes devoted much OF her time
N ~ study OF the missing link" Prof.
Wai1sysr Of Munich was the other Ger
men delegate and O. r. A. Tandburg.
. dvl engineer. registered from Eng
Asl
WslesasA ~ Robert AAansss.
1Asss ere forty.eight distinct organ.
lntleas which will hold sessions this
Wook under the auspices Of the Amerl-
CO Association for the Advancement Of
0oeooco AND thousands OF scientists are
oSoocted to nah speeches touching on
- mani different scientific. economic
~ social questions. All the scientists
WOee formally welcomed to the city at
. MILITANT meeting held last evening In
tho auditorium Of the Natural History
Museum.
nebsrt Adamson. Fire Commissioner.
re~ieoesnting Mayor Mitchell, who could
M attend. extended the Official greet
ioGD Of the city, to the delegates and
toS1 something Of the debt which the
city alone owed to science. DR.. Charles
J. Van Hhs Of the University OF Wis
e331n1p and president Of the ~sixty-ninth
0eelinS. presided. lie made a brief
apeech and then introduced the retiring
Veeotdsnt. Or. w. w. Campbell. director
g the Lick Observatory. who spoke on
'1Ae Nsbule."
d. Campbelrs address wal a hk;hly
t~atoeesting and lucid discussion Of 'the
Nast which the nebule seem to play in
~ development OF the stellar universe"
Morgan Friese Unveiled.
believing the meeting there was a re-
eoDtiou In me hall OF the Age Of Mar on
~ fourth floor Of the museum. where
tAeee was unveiled . friese depicting
sReindeer and Mammoths." The frieze
= The work Of Charles II. Knight. II In
nias feet In height and nifty feet In
teNgth. depicting the animals at three
dfths their natural size. The frieze N
oae OF skht which will represent the
uehistoric 8 Of animals. The present
80 10 the gift Of ;. r. Morgan.
During tho day meetings OF various
a&niiatsd societies were held IN the
ana IN the Hotel Belmont. Aside from
he address on birth Control made by
prof. Robert J. Sprague and printed
elsewhere one OF the interesting meetings
WaS the gathering Of the section on
economics In the School of Mines.
Among the speakers was DIR, George y.
ylrns Of Tiffany 4 Co. who spoke on
sPrsparednsss: Scientific Efficiency and
Industrial Museums Our Safeguards in
Peace and War"
Fer seisatiac Emeiency.
y. Kuns spoke Of the value OF mill
tary training. but he pointed out that
while this discipline was being given 10
~ men OF the countr" they could also
~ helping In tho economic development
oe the country and making themselves
economically efficient. His contention
~ that the better developed and more
0eDcleut Q man 10 In peace the better pre-
Dosed he 10 for war.
In N better way" he said. ''can a
Foundation be laid for the preparedness
q . nation than by impressing upon
eseh Individual the necessity for an
equal degree OF readiness as regards the
problems and stresses of the individual
iifs. To have every individual OF a ma
ton ct his highest state OF efficiency Is
20 ~ prepared for peace or for war.
When individuals have been developed
% the highest perfection In their various
pvSouits: when they have been brought
- the highsst condition Of health when
~ discipline and training they are made
alert. their intelligence quickened. and
when their education is advanced. they
must materially add to the productive
mess OF p nation. to its prosperity and
1ts preparedness.
woulA Catalogue All Men.
'The entire population Of the United
states should be c~atalogued and the men
classified according to their various abil-
ttleo or adaptation under the letters A.
b. Q. d. &c, showing their fitness for
shsss various vocations according to a
percentage up to 100. An examination
Of these men should be made two. three
OF four times q year so that one could
}udge In the case OF "A ditch digger, n
mechanic, q soldier-or whatever the
other vocation may be-whetheC the man
q a 20. so. 30 or 100 per cent.
standard. This need not involve heavy
expense. The men coull be weighed.
their temperature taken. their eyes exam
tned and a summary judgment formed of
their actual health. The rating an to fit
mess must OF course depend upon expert
mental tests. However. in a large ma
FORTY OF instances the attestation OF the
manager or superintendent under whom
the workers were placed would afford the
most conclusive evidence as to their de-
gree OF htness."
Or. Kunz emphasized the value OF
using tho soldiers for building highways
ard for the building OF other public Inn
p~rovsments. He laid stress on the fur
Their development Of the American rail-
road system, using the soldiers for that
purpose II necessary.
"Our army OF the future" Ia said.
"should be made a school OF productive
effort. not merely a school of purely tao
ticsi training"
FEDERAL Aided Railroads.
He devoted much time to discussing
railroads and transportation In both
peace and war.
The importance OF having a number
81 Y trunk lines double tracked cannot
hA 0V0reRttmAtpI wharA ,..sl. "a A.