Evening star., 1924-12-23
SCIENTISTS FAVOR
ARBORETUM BILLS
Washington Academy Points
to Need of Establishing
Proposed Park.

Departing from It's policy Of seldom
expressing opinion on pending legisla-
ton, the Washington Academy of
Sciences last night adopted a resolution
indorsing the two bills in Congress pro-
viding for a national arboretum in
Washington and recommending their
passage. The resolution was adopted by
the board Of managers of the academy,
on which II scientific societies Of the
District are represented.
THE Washington Academy of
Sciences" said the resolution, earnestly
recommends the passage Of the bill in
troduced in tho House of Representa-
tives by Mr.. Luce of Massachusetts and
in the Senate by Senator Pepper of
Pennsylvania, authorizing the establish
ment Of a national arhoretum at Wash
ington.
In Need of Facilities.
MANY of the members of this acad-
emy are engaged upon problems in agri-
culture, horticulture, forestry and other
fields of biology in which they are great
ly in need of the facilities that would
be afforded by a national arboretum.
The establishment OF such an institution
should not be longer deferred. The fer
tile areas resulting from the dredging
operations on the upper Anacostia River
marshes, togther with the great variety
of soils on the adjacent uplands, which
include Mount Hamilton, furnish an
Ideal situation for the great outdoor col
lection of trees, shrubs and other hardy
plants that would be brought together
in national arboretum.
"If the establishment Of the arboretum
is delayed the present admirable situa-
ton may become unavailable, for it lies
in the path Of the development Of the
sought farther from Washington and
consequently less accessible and less
useful.
THE Washington Academy of Sci
ences urges the imm ediate passage OF
the arboretum bill"
Free From Controversy.
The stand taken by the academy, 1t
was explained, Is due to the fact that
the subject is free from controversy
among the organizations and people
of the city. The arboretum has been
indorsed by George w. Hess, director
of the Botanic Gardens; the Garden
Club of America and many other
Washington organizations. The ar
boretum, when established on the pro-
posed site, not only would be one of
washington's most beautiful parks,
but would contain trees, perennial
shrubs and plants in growth from all
corners of the earth. The arboretum
likewise would afford a wonderful
workshop for the Governments bo-
tanicaI and horticultural experts.
A. L. Day is president of the acad-
emy and the resident vice presidents,
representing the II scientific affil-
lated societies, are: Anthropological
Society, T. Nicholson; Archaeological
Society, Walter Hough: Society of
American Bacteriologists, W. NJ.
Clark; Biological Society. J. w. Gid
ley; Botanical Society. L. e. Corbett;
Chemical Society. r. S. Mcbride; So
ciety of Engineers, NJ. c. Grover; In
stitute of Electrical Engineers, A. r.
Cheyney; chronological Society, s. A.
Rohwer; Society of Foresters, G. B.
Sudworth; Geographic Society, Fred
erick " Coville; Geological Society,
G.. F.. Laughlin; ARCHAEOLOGICAL So
ciety, B. H. Ransom; Historical So
ciety, Allen C. Clark; Mechanical En-
gineers, 0. p. Hood; Medical Society,
John D. Thomas; Philosophical So
ciety, D. L. Hazard. Nonresident
vice presidents, Ira Remsen and w.
E. Ritter; corresponding secretary,
Francis B. Silsbee; recording secre-
| tary, w. D. Lambert; treasurer, r. L.
| Farfs.
Managers-Class of 1925. L. j.
| Briggs and r. s. Sosman; class Of
1926, william Bowie and H. L.
Shantz; class of 1927, =. G. cottreil
and Vernon Kellogg.
The above named 20 officers consti-
tute the board Of managers.