Evening star., 1934-12-28
HISTORIANS HEAR
WRITER'S ACHIEVE
ACCURACY IDEAL
Williams College Professor
Says Prejudice Shaken
Off in U. S.
DODD AND WALLACE
ADDRESS CONVENTION
Secretary Of Agriculture Says
Business, Labor and Farming
Must Cooperate for Solution.

MuSL cooperate IOr SOLUTION.
How history writer's Of the last so
years in the United States have shaken
of prejudice in the name of accuracy
and otherwise improved their art was
described today to the American His
torical Association in convention here.
Accuracy, thoroughness and impair
TALLY are the main considerations of
new school Of scientific students OF
history, according to Prof Theodore
Clarke Smith Of Williams College, ad-
dressing q general session this morn
ing.
The associations fiftieth annual con-
vention was told that this improve
ment In historiography "is the real
outcome Of the movement which led
to the founding Of the American His
torical Association"
Nearly 500 Attend.
Almost 800 historians and teachers
of history from the United States.
Canada and many European countries
are attending the session, which opened
yesterday at the Mayfower Hotel and
will close tomorrow with election Of
officers
Another speaker at this mornings
general session was Prof. C. w. David
of Bryn Mawr College, who called at
tention to growth in scope Of re-
searches carried on by American his
torians during the last so years. AS
an example, he cited the fact that
there now are 500 mediaevalists in
this country as compared with one
half century ago.
The general session which was oc-
cupied with survey of the improve
ment in American historiography over
the last so years, was presided over
by DR.. j. F. Jameson of the Library
Of Congress.
Ambassador Dodd Speaks.
One of the highlights of the con-
vention was the annual address last
night of the associations president,
Ambassador William E. Dodd, who
left his post in Germany to attend the
convention here.
Ambassador Dodd, formerly profes-
sor of history at the University OF
Chicago, took as his subject "the
emergence of the first social order In
the United States" He pointed out
that there have been two conscious
or unconscious social orders in the
United States" the first beginning
with the restoration Of the Stuarts IN
the Seventeenth Century and ending
In 1865, and the second which reached
the acme of its power in 1929"
Prior to the presidential address,
the Jusserand Medal was awarded to
DR.. Gilbert Chinard, professor OF
French at Johns Hopkins University
since 1919, for a published work OF.
distinction" on 1.-The intellectual rela-
tions between the United States" and
a foreign country.
Ross ]. S. Hoffman, instructor OF
European history at New York Uni
versity, received the George L. Beer
prize for the best work upon any
phase of European international his
tory since 1895"
A plea for unity Of purpose" In
solving the Nations economic prob
lens was made yesterday by Secre-
tary wallace before the convention.
The Secretary said that with business,
agriculture and labor pulling against
each other I'VE are far from a solu-
| ton which cannot be delayed long"
wallace, delving into American his
! tory to find parallels, found the eco
nomic forces of today "startlingly
reminiscent" of those Of Colonial
times.
"Stop GAPS"
"What we need today" he said, '+is
| an educational campaign to recognize
| existing economic forces. We suf-
fered from 1880 to 1888 without tax
| ing any direct action. Since 1888 our
| gold policies and other activities have
helped, but all has been stop-gap-
ping"
| Praise for the Catholic Calverts and
the CAROLS of Maryland was voiced
yesterday by ]. Moss Ives Of DAN
| bury, Conn, introduced as one not Of
| the Catholic faith. Ives in an ad-
dress on THE Contribution of the
Catholic Church to Religious Liberty
in Colonial America" presented a
| comprehensive analysis of the sub
ject, tracing its development from the
original charter Of Avalon, granted
to George Calvert, the first Lord
Baltimore, to found colony on the
coast Of Newfoundland
Delegates to the convention late
this afternoon were to make tour Of
inspection of the new Archives Build
ing. now nearing completion. They
were to be escorted by Dr.. r. w. D.
Connor, archivist of the United States;
]. A. Walsh, United States construc-
ton engineer, and Malcolm Rice, rep
resentative of John Russell Pope.
architect Of the building.
French Scholar to Speak.
Three luncheon conferences were
held today for the historians, includ-
ing o joint meeting Of the Biblio-
graphical Society Of America and the
Association Of Research Libraries, q
session for editors of historical publi-
| cations and q third devoted to the
subject of modern Oriental history.
Speakers this afternoon included
Prof. Bernard Fay of the College de
France, Paris, brilliant young French
scholar whose biographies Of Wash
ington and Franklin have attracted
much attention.
Considerable local interest attached
to . paper, HAS the Lincoln Theme
Been Exhausted?" scheduled to be de-
livered this afternoon by Prof. J. q.
Randall Of the University Of Illinois.
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