The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
SCIENTISTS
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SESSION
IIIiteracy Tests for In'mi-
grants and for Voting Advo-
!. Gated by Savants

Illiteracy tests for entrance
into the United States and voting
in all political elections in this
country was advocated by the
American Association for the Adj
vancementI Of Science, in a reslou-
ton adopted today.
The resolution Stated that recent
Investigations have shown a large
percentage Of illiteracy in the
States.
Closes Seventy.ninth Meeting.
BY the terms of the resolution, the
association, concluding its seventy
ninth annual meeting here today,
approves the principles OF an amend.
ment to the naturalization law which
will require proof Of ability to read
and write English understandingly
as qualification for citizenship, and
also that the association recommends
to the States that such proof be re-
quired as q qualification for voting"
! The council of the association,
which voted on the resolutions, also
endorsed the oceanographic program
Of the navy and the proposition to
revise the calendar.
Disagrees With Savants.
Anita Newcomb MCGEE, Of tnic
city, addressing the anthropOlogical
section Of the association, in the
National Museum, declared that Eu-
ropean savants, throughout the
last century, held that the length of
the human generation-that is, the
number Of years elapsing between
the time of the birth of q son and
the time he takes his fathers place
in society-haVe variously estimated
the time between thirty-one and
thirty-six years.
The speaker said she disagreed
with these estimates, and proposed
further study into this branch OF
anthropology.
The ancient human skull found in
Rhodesia, Africa. recently, was
shown to the anthropologigts. The
skull and other human bones were
found with the remains Of animals,
and are believed to resemble, in age
and in general formation, the
Neanderthal man.
Almost 5000 scientists from oil
parts Of the country ere in Wash
ington today, for the conclusion Of
the largest convention in the his
tory Of the association.
One Of the features Of the final
day was the discussion OF the pos
sibility of making accurate weather
forecasts for long airplane flights,
by Captain Alfred H. Thiessc1, Of
the u. S. Signal Corps. before the
American Meteorological Society, in
the conference room of the Weather
Bureau.
Such. forecasts are difficult at
present, he said, because several
weather elements must be con.
sidered, including wind direction
and velocity at various attitudes,
precipitation, temperature, visibility
and conditions Of landing fields.
Other meetings were those Of the
American Association Of Economic
Entomologists in Central High
School; the Committee on Ph!lologi-
cal Sciences in Corcoran Hall.
The attendance record of the con-
vention far surpassed the expecta-
ton of officials late Yesterday, when
the registration went near to 1900
Preconvention estimates of attend
aLce had not gone higher than 5000.
The snowstorm kept many of the
scientists away from the final gen.
eral session Of the association, yes
terday afternoon, when Doctor John
Mills, of the Western Electric Com.
pany, showed motion pictures of the
human voice for the first time.
The convention will end late to-
day. The Meteorological Society
meeting Is the only gathering SEIZED.
uled for the afternoon.