San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-09
PROGRAM FOR
SCIENTIFIC
STUDY IS OUT
Contains List Of Speakers
and Subject for Win
ter Lectures.
STARTS IN 2 WEEKS
Worldwide Matters Of In
terest Will Be Pre-
~ sented.
STARTS IN 2 WEEKS

OF the world will be discussed before
the Scientific Society Of San Antonio
during the coming winter, according to
the program issued by the governing
board which met Friday evening in
the rooms of the society in the Ste
yens building. Each subject will be
presented by an authority in that par
ticular study and the list of speak
ers will include many professors from
universities in the state as well as
other persons who will come here to
appear before the society.
These meetings are held under the
various sections of the society. The
first meeting will be held under the
auspices of the section of history and
political science and will deal with
the Central European situation. DR..
+. +. Hertzberg will deliver the lee
ture on the evening of September %.
Other meetings will be held under the
auspices of the sections of anthro-
polOgy, applied science, biology. phil
osophy and psychology on the follow
ing dates:
October 0. "Nietzsche's Doctrine of
Eetrnal Recurrence" by Radoslav An
drea Tsanoff. Ph.D., assistant pro-
fessor of philosophy, Rice Institute.
On Belgian Congo.
October 16. The Engineering Prob
lens Involved in Flood Prevention in
San Antonio" by d. d. Harrigan,
October %, "The Peoples of the
Belgian Congo" (illusirated) by Rev.
Roy +. Cleveland, B.A., American
Presbyterian missionary to the Bel
gian Congo.
November 6. "Some Marriage Gus
toms of Primitive Peoples" by Will
liam Penn Meroney, AM, Ph.D.,
professor of sociology, Baylor Univer-
sity.
November 16, "Wild Animals Of
Economic Importance in Texas ill
lustrated) by A. II. Fisher, MD,
chief of the economic division of the
U. S. Biological Survey, Washing
ton.
November 81, "The Development of
Army Ordnance Since the World
War" (illustratedD by Major p. j. r..
I<iehl, U. S. A., cofhmandant San An
tonic Arsenal.
Mythology OF Indians.
December II. annual general meet
ing. Presidential address by Theo.
Y. Hull. B.Sc., MD, reports of re-
firing officers and election OF new Of
ficers and governing board.
December p, The Analogy of the
Geological Data TO the Biblical Gene
sis" (illustrated) by II. Schutter,
artist.
January S, "The Mythology of the
Indians of the Northwest Coast"
(illustratedD by II. b. Parks, B.Sc.
January %. The Philosophy Of
Learning as Related to Public Edu-
cation" by jeremiah Rhodes, AN,
Ph.D.. superintendent Of public schools
of San Antonio.
February 1, The Relation of Mole
cular Activity to Radio Work." by
Brother Eugene Paulin, MISC, head
of the department of science, st.
Mary's College.
February l.. "The Biology of Gall
Making Wasps,' (illustrated) by John
Thomas Patterson, Ph.D., professor of
zoology. University OF Texas.
February 26. 1.-The Derivation and
Romance of Commonly Used English
Words" by Harry Hertzberg, LIB.
Texas Wild Flowers.
March II. 1.-The Origin of the Next
can Races" by David Cerna, Md,
Ph.D.
March %. "The Need of Another
Renaissance. by William Paul Da-
wilson. A. T.. professor of philosophy
and psychology, Southwestern Uni
versity.
April s. "The Madeira Islands"
(illustrated) by Charles H. Gable,
B.Sc.
April IS. "The Manufacture of
Chemicals, by Harry J. Linscott.
Pho. chemist, San Antonio Drug
Company.
April 20. "The Wild Flowers &c
Texas" (illustrated) by Ellen ID.
Schulz, NJ. Sc, head of the depart
ment of Biology, Main Avenue High
School.
May 10, field meeting to Somerset
oil field. Program to be announced
later.
June IA. twentieth anniversary
meeting, luncheon and Conversations
Menger Hotel.
The board also elected Harry J
Linscott, L. c. Whitehead. c. II. Ian
don. ID. ID. Harrigan and c. L
Schoff members of the society ant
transacted other business of rou
tine nature.
Those present at the meeting were
William b. futile. DIR. Malone Dug
gan. Edward w. HeuSinger, Charlie
II. Gable, DIR. Cole c. Kelley. John F
Howard and DIR. David cerna, vic
/ nracifant nraSidiOv
The Scientific Society of San An
tonic was organized in 1904. and il
membership is composed of the lead
ing professional and business men an
women of the city. The society has
valuable library of over 5000 volume
and maintains n museum of natura
history at 100 IL West \Commerc
street, which is open to the publ