Evening star., 1938-12-25
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

One OF Cne largest assemblies OF
scientists ever held in the United
States will gather in Richmond, Va,
for the annual winter meetings of
the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science starting
Tuesday.
More than 1000 from Washington
are expected to attend. Approx
mately 800 papers will be presented
by scientific workers from Washing
ton and nearby Virginia and Mary
land. Altogether there will be nearly
300 different meetings, with scores
going on simultaneously throughout
the week. simultaneously with the
American association meetings will
be the annual meeting of the Amer
lcan Mathematical Society at Rich
mond and Williamsburg and of the
American Physical Society, expected
by about 500 from all over the United
States, at the Bureau of Standards
in Washington.
Announcements of scientific dis
coveries during the year of outstand-
ing Importance are expected in fields
ranging from astronomy to medicine.
In addition to the scientific sessions
nearly 100 dinners, smokers, field
trips and other social affairs have
Deen arranged by the various Sec
tlons and the Virginia committee.
Dinner for Virginia Editors.
The big session will be preceded
by various section gatherings and
the setting up Of exhibits tomorrow
with dinner at the John Marshall
Hotel tomorrow evening for 300 edi-
TORS OF Virginia newspapers. A gen.
eral reception will be held for officers
ana members Of the A. A. A. S. Tues
day evening following the annual
address OF the retiring president, DR.
George H. Birkhoff, professor of
mathematics at Harvard University
Gov, James H. Price of Virginia will
oe most at a reception Wednesday
afternoon. Three trips to Williams
burg have been arranged for all
members. Public lectures will be
held every evening.
prominent on the program this
year are q symposia, the most
notable OF which will be a svm-
postum on the mental health of the
United States, for which renorts
nave been prepared by some of the
country's most famous psychiatrists
Scientists from Washington and
nearby who will present papers in
clude:
Department of Agriculture-W. T.
Swingle, George B. Reynard, Carlton
R. Ball, E. H. Toole. Vivian K. Toole
Morgan w. Evans, G. F. Potter, r. G.
Wright, Charles F. Clark, T. P
Dykstra. E. S. Schultz, A. E. Clarke
P. M. Lombard. w. c. Edmundson
B. F. Brown, H. H. Timmerly, ,G.V.C
Houghland, w. H. Redit, L. G.
Schoenleber, Elizabeth F. White
man, Florence B. King, F. J. Stew
enson, Milton Eisenhower. Kenneth
b. Raper, Charles Thorn, Andrew
j. Meyer, w. w. Diehl, Anna r
Jenkins, Edmund B. Lambert, Ernst
Harms, S. Palkin, Lewis w. Butts
E. r. Sears. Luther Smith. O. N
Eaton, V. L. Simmons, Harold H
Smith
Soil Conservation Service-G. c.
Dobson, H. H. Bennett, Charles p
Whitef1eld.
Bureau OF Plant Industry-M. B
ChltWood. B. G. Chitwood, P. l.
Kicker, Thomas Kerr, Kenneth v
Thlmann. E. C. Auchter, A. P
Dachnowski-Stokes, Morgan w
Evans.
National Museum.
United States National Museum
S. F. Blake and Austin H. Clark.
Carnegie Institution of Washing
ton-Robert D. Boche, John B.
Back, C. w, Metz, J. P. Schooley,
Oscar Riddle. r. w. Bates. M.
Demeree, A. F. Blakeslee, Forrest
Shreve, T. D. Mallery, Charles S.
Piggott. Paul S. Conger, Morris
Steggarda, c. G. Hartman. A. M.
Melland A. D. Bergner. A. G. Avery.
H. E. Warmke. H. v. Grouse. Eileen
Sutton, J. Gordon Carlson and B. P.
Kaufman.
Bureau Of Fisheries-Herbert F.
Prytherch. Stillman Wright and
Paul S. Galtsoff.
American University - Alton A..
Lindsey.
Bureau of Entomology-L. N.
Markwood. r. H. Carter, L. P. Pit
man. E. N. Cory. c. H. Graham,
Floyd F. Smith, Lee A. Strong, R. P.
White, Nelson T. Wenzel w. C..
Kendall, Lon A. Hawkins, H. c..
Dudley, j. w. Bulger, 0. A. Nelson.
A. G.. Galloway. r. L. Busbey, c. A.
Weigel. P. A. Woke. H. w. Hoch-
baum. E. A. Black, L. P. Dittman,
John w. GULL, Frank H. Bagers
and j. Franklin Yeager.
United States Naval Observatory
H. R. Morgan. F. P. Scott, Jesse
Pawling, L. r. Wylie and j. B.
Irwin.
United States Forest Service-R.
S. Campbell and John P. Shea.
Bureau of Dairy Industry-Sam r.
Hall and John D. Hunt.
Science Service-Frank Thone.
United States Public Health Serv-
ice-Martin D. Young. E. C. Faust,