Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-18
PHILOSOPHICAL FEAST
WILL BE SPREAD TODAY
Eminent Thinkers From All
Corners of Nation Meet
This Afternoon
WAR ONLY ONE OF TOPICS
Scores Of Sciences Represented ard
Almost Every Subject Under
Sun Discussed

Sun Discussed
Many phases Of war work are 10 he
covered al the throe-daY meeting Of the
American Philosophical Society IN the
hall of the society in Independence
SQUARE. which beRius It's session this
: afternoon Al $50 \ wide range of
subjects is covered from tho control
NJ commerce In wartime, the second
! number on the afternoons program, 10
Food Control and Food Conservation
in the United states Army" which IL
The final paper on the saturday pro-
gram
Representatives from all parts of the
( United States will attend the meeting,
. whici is to he presided over this afer-
noon by William r. Scott, president ot
the society.
Efforts Of Food control Under Queen
4 Elizabeth" a paper by Edward r. Chey-
ney. professor nf Gurop an history. Uni-
versity Of Pennsylvania, opens the meet
ing today. William f. LiuEelbach. pro.
4 'essor Of modern European history. tni-
versitv Of Pennsylvania discusses Con
troll of Commerce In War Time"
Russian angle is presented by Alex
andCr PetrunkevitCh. professor NJ 10
ology, Vale University. In the discussion
I NJ The Influence or Russian Political
Parties on Domestic and international
Questions "
Albert schn2. professor Of French
literature " Smith college has an
address on The Relation of French
and American Thought in the Eight
eenth and Nineteenth centuries"
On war Financ.
From n war finance point. Thomas 8.
Adams. professor OF political economy
! Of Yale University. makes an address,
! and Emory n johnson. professor of
Transportation and commerce. Univsr-
. sity OF Pennsylvania. speaks on control
Of railroads In the United States
Colouel Frederick r. Russell Medical
Corps. T.. $. A, gives a practical ad-
dress on the sanitation Of camps; with
a paper on surgical shock. delivered by
/ william r. Porter. professor OF COM
/ parative physiology. Harvard l'niver.
/ sitv
This evening. al sac. there will be
| meeting Of the orncers and council. and
an executive session is scheduled for to-
morrow morning AT $50. when pro-
+ ceedings of the officers and council will
/ be submitted
/ Vice President j. O. Gosengarteu will
/ preside AT tomorrow's mornings session
al lo o'clock, stephen Il. Luce. curator
/ Of Greek antiquities. Museum of the
University NJ PENNSYLVANIA. will open
with history of the study Of Creek
vase painting
other papers for tomorrow morning
include:
''Typewriter K.yboards. An Inquiry
! for some Rational ones" bv charles r.
Lanman. professor Of Sanskrit. univer-
Sity Of PENNSYLVANIA Changing the
Sex Ratio in the Rat" Helen u. King,
. associate professor Of embry ology Wis
tai institute; The Naiades Of the Upper
Tennessee Drainage" Arnold D. Ort-
mann, professor Of physical geography,
University Of Pittsburgh "A New Type
Of Insect Larva" by William Morton
Wheeler. professor Of economic entomol-
ogy. Bussey Institute, Harvard Univer-
s,tv: "A Critical Survey Of the Sense
of Hearing in Fishes" by George II.
/ Parker professor Of zoology. Harvard
/ University; The Perfecting Principe"
n. l.. Bailey. late professor Of bortlcul-
ture. Cornell University; Medical
plants-Present and Future Supplies"
Henry Kramer. head Of department Of
pharmacology, University of Michigan
'Parasitism Among the Red Algae." by
william 4 Setchell. professor Of botary
in the University Of California