Evening star., 1934-12-27
800 OPEN HISTORY
CONVENTION HERE
European Scholars Among
Delegates at Fiftieth An.
niversary Meeting.

Eight hundred history professors,
students and writer's today opened the
fiftieth anniversary meeting of the
American Historical Association at the
NIayflower Hotel, with several scholars
from Europe in attendance.
Ehe convention today was awaiting
an address by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace of the relation of in
dustry and agriculture and the annual
address of the associations president,
Ambassador William E Dodd, who re-
turned from his post in Germany to
attend the meeting.
Ambassador Dodd, who was pro-
fessor of American history at the
University of Chicago before his dip
lomatic appointment, was to be sue
ceeded as president of the association
by Michael I. RoStovtzeff. professor of
ancient history at Yale University.
Former Russian Professor.
Rostovtzeff was attached to the Uni
versity of st. Petersburg and fled after
the first revolution. After consider
able hardship he made his way with
his wife to Germany, later coming to
the United States to accept a pro-
fessorship at the University of Wis
consin. Prof. Rostovtzef now is first
vice president of the association.
Secretary Wallace's address was
scheduled for late this afternoon and
Ambassador Dodd is to speak tonight.
Distinguished foreigners attending
the three-day session include Bernard
Fay of the College de France, Paris,
biographer of Franklin and Washing
ton and one of Frances most brilliant
young scholars. DR.. Fay is a friend
of Gertrude Stein, the current literary
enigma. The French scholar was to
speak tomorrow afternoon on Europe
and America-the Exchange of Ideas
and Ideals"
German Refugee on Program.
A speaker of particular interest on
this mornings program was E. Stein
of Catholic University, a refugee from
the NaZi regime in Germany. The
morning program also included a talk
by one of Canada's best-known
scholars, DR.. r. G. Trotter of Queens
University, Toronto. He discussed
Canada as a factor in Anglo-Amer-
lean relations of the 1860's.
The new national archivist, R. D.
w. Connor, is to speak tomorrow
afternoon on the new archives system
and building
Organizations meeting jointly under
the sponsorship of the American
Historical Association include the
Mississippi Valley Historical Associa-
ton, Conference of State and Local
Historical Societies. Agricultural His
tory Society, American Society of
Church History, American Catholic
Historical Association, History of
Science Society, photographed So
ciety Of America, Medieval Academy
OF America, the Association of Re
search Libraries and the National
Council for the Social Studies.
Archbishop Cicognani Speaks.
Opening its sessions in advance of
the others, the American Catholic
Historical Association gathered last
night to hear the Most Rev Arch
bishop Cicognani, apostolic delegate
to the United States.
After paying tribute to the Amer
lean Historical Association for its CO.
operation in aiding organization of
the Catholic organization, the arch
bishop outlined the objectives of the
latter group. Essentially, he said,
these are for a wider knowledge of
the history of the Catholic church
and the part it has played in the
history of the United States. Its
teachings and membership, he said,
are for non-Catholics as well as
Catholics
Pointing out that the church now
has more than 100 dioceses in this
country, the archbishop said "the
Catholic church and the Catholics in
the United States form an integral
and a most important part of the
history, development and growth of
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