The Washington times., 1928-12-27

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NEW YORK De. 1z GIN 49,
Aznericass Ieading SclontIe bous
5000 of them assembled hero
today Tor ! eix.day sopen forum4
ID which problems. theories, deduc
tions and discoveries relating 70 ~
phases Cf science win - authpr,
itatfvely discussed.
III il the greatest gathering An
TIE history ck the American Anro
citation for the Advancement q
scisiics. a. organization which coln-
bined 1zs societies ana more than
10000 members. FuIly 1000 spesehes
are Is be made
d. iii iii Livingston. 0E Johns
Hopkins University. Baltimore. Nd.
the permanent secretary. outlinsd
for international NEWS Services
What he regards - the outstanding
SUBJECTS 70 Be delved into during
the various discussions These
problems ares
Nature o. Universe
/. The nature cf the universe.
What arc other worlds hksa
Dr. Harlow Shapley. director ~
the Harvard College Observatory.
VIII discuss that absorbing topic.
He has recently done nOtahle work
il locating the center g our ALlilky
Way system Our sun 4 only
star y the Milky Way one q
h ~ 81 lIsef " ~ 49, u II a.,
creasing knowledge ~ other
dimensions brightness ana variety
of the individual members uG this
stper-sy ystern. which Is several mil
lion light years distant.
The question VIII Be raised
whether or not the groupo Of
-aaIaxfes are not themselves just
single units Ia systems of gtill
higher order.
How Anlmalo Behave
Z. the behavior Of animals. fn.
cIuding human beings.
DR.. William Morton Wheeler.
professor Of entomology Of Harvard
University, win grapple with that
subject He is the foremost world
authority on the biology Of the
social insects. Ants. WaspS, beos
ana other insects live III com
Inunities Just a6 people 40. pF.
Wheeler will outline his obServn.
tiOns of their behavior and all
assembled zoolOgista win ~ inter-
ested in the Deductions he draws.
3, The history q the human
Professor Franz Boas 81 Csl-
umbia University. one OF the
worlds great authorities On an
thropcIogy, win, in discussing this
Indian rot to this country The
human race started III Asia, mil
grated and populated the wcfld.
Al number Of years ago, while .
curator at the American Museum
OF Natural History, DR.. Boas on
ganized q far-reaching investigar
ton Of the native tribes Of eastern
Siberia and Of Alaska.
Data FIN Volumes
This III known az the Jes1p
North Pacific Expedition, the scien-
tific results Of which FIJI volumes.
He is the most competent person IN
the world to discuss the people
OF America and Asia and his
words win be regarded - the
most scientific etatement 70 TAR
made on the subject.
4. What IL Iight2
DIR. Arthur TT COlnptons Cf the
University OF CI1icago eminent
physicist ana recipient cf the Nobel
prize in physics for 1877 win dei1l-
pnstrate various types 81 electro
magnetic radiation, including radio
waves, heat rays. light, rltrarviolet
X-rays and gamma rays. He VIII
describe numerous experiments,
mainly those involving interferenee.
thar show the wave characteristics. cG
light.
Many other problems, cf course.
viii come in for attention. but those
named abcve are among the out.
standing, according t. Or. Living.
ston.
Continent Building
Other subjects OF interest win
have to do with such subjects as
the geological construction of conti-
.nentss tho economic status of scien.
tific men and women, what 1928
brought in science, the psychology
OF clothing, what 1929 may bring
to science, why we have traits,
and studies In the sense O6 humor
OF 100 Vassar students
In delivering the opening address
OF the sessions last night, DR..
Bailey Willis. professor emeritus
in geology OF Stanford University,
California, and retiring president OF
the Geological Society OF America.
declared that the core Of the earth
is probably. made largely ok Iron
and exceedingly hot"
j .sThe two chief parts Of tho earth
are an envelopes 1000 miles thick.
which consists Of elastic rock ana
q, core that is 1000 miles IN radius
and apparently inelastie,s DR.. WI 2
liaS said. ''The core is of very
heavy material, probably largely
iron. and Ii exceedingly hot. 1t
must be excessively slugg1sds
viscous body because Of the pressure
Of the envelope.