The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-17
As IT SEEMS
TO ME
[ESS|
DANA SLEETH

tie entcrtains more scien.
tinc brains than Il has
E~s{j for some moons. this be.
inE the annual meeting
of the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science.
The two-day program ranges
from the intensely scientific dis.
cussion 10 popular lectures. and
the general public win find much
of interest and of value. Industry.
business and education can. too.
find much in this session
some of the men who have spent
Years Investigating problems OF
marine life are TO discuss the com
mercial fisheries problems. and ev.
cry year this big industry OF the
Northwest faces more problems.
There has been considerable dis.
cussion of tho Einstein theory of
rciativity and the assembled scien-
tific cohorts are this afternoon
wrestling with this subject in a
highly rarlficd atmosphere of scieu.
tiric abstraction, raised To the nth
power. or something.
Dir. Einstein started something
with his new theory of force. or his
new force OF theory. or hts new
matter. or his news matter. or
something / myself am not quite
clear what II II all about Indeed.
scientists have talked with on
Einsteln and his theory seemed
% them soon reached the point
where they threw 10 their hands
and admitted they couldn't quite
follow him. or didnt quite trail
- ith hin. or something.
SO. maybe. the public win not'be
especially enlightened when DT.
Charles 81 John speaks on The
Astronomical Bearing OF the The
ory Of Generalized Relatively"
hut tho Astronomers and physi.
elsts and rnathematicians will vote
IL an enjoyable occasion.
~0oNICHT DR. John c.
Merriam will deliver
public address on ~The
JHSsSM Research Spirit IN Ev-
ery-Day Affairs that
should be Of value 10 those OF us who
are trying to get something ap-
preaching efficiency. in the conduct
OF our private businesses
Friday afternoon at ,. in Meany
hall. Professor u. w Brock will
give "reminiscences of the crusade
under Gen. Allenby in tho Holy
Land. that wrested Palestine from
The Turk. and win tell something
of the work science did 20 win
the war.
Friday evening. at Mcany hall.
Or 81. John viii deliver a lecture
on astronomy. ~ Telescope Jour
ney.' This. as the address BY PRO.
fessor Brock. will b. of a popular
nature. and will BE- found Of inter.
est and value to the average per
son who wonders about stars and
who delights in the mysteries ~
the vaulted heavens. but who sci.
dom has opportunity 70 learn any.
thing about stars or astronomical
research work.
7LoSG with this popular
al discussion. the visiting
scientists VIII take up
E5-tyI many technical themes.
and reach. IN some IN.
stances. some conclusions Of prob
able value TO the general advance
Of scientific knowledge.
Everything. or about everything.
scientlfic will be covered during
these meetings Of the subordinate
societles. I see they are consider.
ing such diverse topics az Bacillus
Atrosepticus Van Hail. which
Give Irish potatoes those peculiar
black. warty complexions. And
the heart rot Of the prune In Ore
gon, and probably not one among
us even knew that an Oregon
prlrne had a heart. Old Mister
cytospora. canker OF the apple.
viii get his. and new species Of
Exobasidium will be given a hearty
welcome.
The radlal parallax Of additional
stars in the Taurus group gets a
hand. I see. as does the Trigo-
nlnae OF the Pacific coast. | no
ffff hptfll event on tNe pro
gram. II Is a fifteen.minute AR
ithmctlcal Dual Of Runners
Qnartic Surface" and rs preceded
on the program of the mathemat.
lcal section by an approximate
representation Of irrational mum
hers" know all about irrational
numbers. They're the ones | get
when I try 10 add up an expense
account without calling on Mister
Incideutals 20 carry tho peak load.
@UT among all these ses.
sions and abstruse--to
the layman-discussion
kE f3 will be presented much
SS OF public interest and
more Of public importance.
n the business Of this country
today would take advantage Of
what even tho chemical laborator
les OF our universities have discov-
cred. the cost Of living could be de.
creased 80 per cent. and We would
GVe better. too
The chief trouble is that science
Is one thing. and business is some.
thing else. lie who bridges tho
gap 20 that o5ch can freely cross