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Show PAN-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS WILL SOON OPEN Delegates From All Parts of Western Hemisphere to Attend Gathering By JOHN BARRETT Director general the Pan American un ion, Washington D O WHILE people are st 1 pondering President W lson s defin tion ot Pan in er an sn in wh h he po nted to th"e ndependent states of two ont nent shielding ea other from the onflagrat on that ha engi Ifed half the ouutr es of two other ont nent an e en approaching wh ch w 11 turn sh a t King lllustra tion ot he ess mean ug of the tern TLe opening n "W a h ng on on De en ber ot the e ond Piu mer an s ent fi congre wh h has been heralded throughout North and South Amer ce as the largest and most c6mpre hens e nternat onal gathering of ts kind ever held n the western henii sphere will present to the world the spe tacle of more than a thousand of the n ost eminent men of twenty one nation all work njr not for se f sh or part aa end4 but tor the ominon good of h n an t It will be a con ete example of Pan me an sn an example wh h ea llv may ha e a ery powerfi in n e toward hasten ng the perma nen pea e ot the orld Fo tui teen Ja s from December 191o to January 1916-tha most d t ngu hed scient ts educators and p bhc st of the I mted States and its twent ster rep bl c will deliberate nler a e a lan ot discussion pon practical e or mportant sub je t in the ange of h man a t v ties T ei p pose w 1 be to orrelate and ex hange the new t ts wh ch haye been lea nei thro gho t Pan menea in s en e e ar 1 he ond ct of hu man affa rs gene all w th a view to furthering the progre ot cinlizat on for the word sc ent fic as applied to this gathering relates not to dry and must matters of abstra t reasoning but to all, the pre sing problems of today f oni eugenic to internat onal law Emphasize Solidarity No better ill strat on ot Pres dent "Wilson s def n tion ot Pan mencan ism that it s the effe t a embodi n ent of the p r t of law and mdepen- SENOR DON EDUARDO SUAREZ, embassador from Chile president of sec ond Pan American scientific congress ipi fj iVfj denee and liberty and mutual ser ce could be devised than the forth onimg congre s which now that ta success is assured is regarded by ts organ zer as a fitt n climax to the long s sta ned ef torts ot the Pan mer can u on to bring about a friendly int mate nder standing between the nations of the western hem sphere Coming after a long ser es of coufer ences medical political commerc al and financial and at a time when the dis rnpt on of one half of the world empba lzes the sohdant of the other its cb n act c aspect s he ghtened tv the fact hat t w co plete the e of nutual ntereste b furnishing a mediu n tor intellectual ntercoufse Between the sev eral mencan people Showing Pan Amen a u ted on e er phase of inter national relations and do enjoying peace and pro pent t will place the Ioo roe do trine n the position of be Dg the greate t peace pronunc amento evet promulgated Vt the formal opening ceremon es Em ba ador Suarez of Ch le who has been ho en p es dent of the congress, will make an address on behalf of Latin me a The embassador s pronounce inent will be subscribed to bj nearly 200 Latin Americans melnding many of the h ghest ofTc als of their respective gov ernments as well as by several hundred of the most noted men of this country who have accepted the belief that the uteres s of all the western repnbli s are I mutual I President W ill Speak President Wilson will address the ongress at a special sess on on the n ght of January 6 and on the follow ng n ght on the eve of the formal ad I journment the t rst Pan American re-ertion re-ertion e er held in the W h te house v 11 take f la e The congress g to be so comprehen s ve that t is bein organized in nine ect ons each with ts special commit tee and a secretary and corps of as-stants as-stants and the sections are oemg di ded nto fort f ve sobsect ons each w th ts omnuttee of spec alists Sec tion number 1 will conduct the discus s ons on anthropology an 1 allied sub le ts number astronomy meteor ol g and seismology number 3 conser at on of natural resources ajrricnlt re, rr gat on and forestry number 4 edu at on number engineering number b nt mat onal lan public law and jur sprudence number mining anl I metallurgy economic geology and ap ' pi ed chemistry number 8 publ c health and medical science, n mber 9. transportat on commerce finance and! taxation In adiition some fifteen of the most prom nent learne 1 societ ei of the ountry ha e arranged to hold the r onventions in Washington at the same t me n order to conduct joint sessions with the subsections discussing sub jects n wh h they are part cnlarly n terested The women s de artment of the ect on od ed cat on has grown to such proport ons that a special women s conference has been arranged with da K sessions during the congress at which noted women w 11 deliver papers on s bietts of sop al anl educational betterment of nterest to the women of both cont nents To accommodate so many meetings practically all the a ailatle onvention space in Washington has been appro pr ated and to nsure system and or Jer n a gather ng whi h has such a n mber of wi lelv 1 vergent ram f ca tions a n q e plan has been devised On the lay following the formal or en wg ceremonies the nine sections w 11 hold separate meetings s mnltaneously each o tl n ng the work of its sub se t ons 1-rom then on the s bflp t ons w II ond t the r respective hscus sions n var ous parts of the city until the day before adiournment when the n ne sect ons will meet again to prepare pre-pare the resolutions to be adopted at the closiog exercises I Tour Official ' I anguages H gh s hool asuenbly rooms un er s ty halls spa c n g ornment build 1 ngs h p 1 al ro mi a 1 other places ha bee ha tprp anl corfs of ntp pretprs engage 1 to p ovent the use f four off ial language fro n t n ng the ongress nto a Habel As t waB le ded to have the members de liver the r papers n their native tong es and sin e r nghsh is the na t onal speech of tb n co ntry Port gi ese of Bra? 1 ? ren h of lis t , an 1 Jnp nth of all the rest there will be f r lang ages spoken The po ma upnt rero 1 of the ong ess however. w 11 1 p r r nte I n nnl v t n I ngl sh ann Sfan sh Wh le the congress n on Wash ngton will be en fete A women s auxiliary omm ttpe has heon forme I healel by Mrs Robert I ansing wife of the sec ' retary of state and c mrris ng nearly 100 of the most dlstinjn lshrd women of Washington and other c lei Th s has res Itel n the form lation of en tertai ment lans In honor espe ally of the 1 nt n Ameri un Illegal? anl the wl n I da gh ers thali w I nako the f t ght a s al p f n p edente I I I inn n 1 I f e I e h Ips spe ial to rs of tl p np f nt of Inter st thn p v, bo a o r In inners n he nn re ppt ns 1 g en p n ft k I g of th I nn n ican onion which will be seen for the first time by many of the delegates This building constructed at a cost of nearly a million dollars is one of the proudest svmbols of Pan menea hav ing been characterized by the greatest living French architect as combining beauty and utility better than any other public building in the world The vast amount of work involved in organizing the congress has been carried o in it ever since last winter when the execa tive committee was appointed by tiecre tarv of State Lansing The Executive Committee The exeeut e committee the members of which also have been designated as official delegates representing the Lnit od 8tates at the congress compr ses Wil luun Phillips, A B third assistant sec retan of state chairman ex officio Tames Brown 8ott LL D f L D secretary Carneg e endowment for in ternational peace, v ce cha rmsn W il liam H Welch M D LL D ores dent National Academy of 8c onces, honorary ce chairman John Barrett, I L D, di ector general Pan American nnion W 1 1 am H Bixby brigadier general Ln tod States array retired Philander P ( lax ton LL D Un te 1 States comm ssioner of e lucat on 11 am r Oorgas M D He D s rgeon general I n ted States armv W II am Tr Holmes B S head curator Smithsonian Instit tion Hennen Tennings t E former president Lon d n Inst tote M nine and Metallurgy, George M Bon mel B 8 c ef an mal husbandry d v sion h rea of an mal in d stry department of agr cult re L 8 Eowc Ph D president American Acad emy of Pol t csl and So al Science. Robert S Woodward Ph 1 ; presilont Carnegie Inst t tion of Washington The other memheri of tho Lnrted States lclegftt nn are Dr rranz Boas professor of anth opolog ol rnbin vers ty New k t D Fnhn Brashear chan el or of he I n p of Pittsbirg I W I an Walla p Campbe d rp tor of he. 1 k n spr a tor Dr Ri ha 1 C a ot p of si r liar ar Mel u n hoo Dr Henry Fi e Pr ncetnn nivp a tv Ho ry S Graves chief Tjoited fitatci f rest ser vice Alfred P Thorn general oo nsel Southern railway Dt Charles D Wal eott secretary 8m thsonian ns tntion and Tudge Oeorge OTay of Dilmlngton Del member of The Hague pea e trib nal T dge dray has lust been appo nt el ha man of the dPlegnt on Dr Swiggctt in Charge 1 pon the rp j es 1 the ph pnt a 1 tl p seerptary of sta o f ol Ba rett as lire tor general of the Pan Amerl an nion took over he work of sc rotary general of the congress in charge of tbo arrangements and tho work ng o t of the programme n accorlance with the plans of thn exec tive Pommlttoo b t the deta Is of organist on have been largply ban Hod Vr Dr Wen Levin Swig got? professo of on an c ang ages in the Un ors t of Knox i le, y)o on ftcco nt of h s knowledge oi PRn Amnri nn affa s was aprointel sp retnrv gen er Assist? I bj a corf s of serretnr es a d maintaining ponstant comm nicntlo . wi h the state department and the oxec 1 1 ve committee Ir 8w ggett has carried on a vol m no i correspon lenoe slnco last March, with the res It that mom than W ) of the lending colleges and ni ers ties of the country n 1 wa ds oi T b I tlfl and commerc al I 11 i vlll it pprpspntol In hp n g as w Ip nh t fa ers i p Ip I p p 1 i h sp f tl d b rs nns Ten p i have ppn opnrpl p nost Ms g sh s p n fi nf n rns P Ivp inns p n o n I n h U pp F n n i m x rb l i 1 j that the eongTese will develop practical lv the last word np to data on ever subjeot considered An idea of the practical value of toe subject matter of the papers is gained from the preliminary announcement of the executive committee in outlining the work of the seeral sections The pres ent period is witnessing the phenomena of migration conquest and race rebuild ng on a scale inparalleled in history and the trend and possible outcome of these movements, which are considered as among the most important problems that science has to deal with will be thor oughly discussed An attempt will even be made to s ggest possible means of di recting the processes of racial amalga mation and the production of better in di id als from a mental and nhsiial standpoint It s expected that informs tion will be obta ned which will furnish a basis for co operation between th weather bureaus of all the Pan American countries in the iss lance of storm warn ngs and similar work the e w II be an attempt to co ordinate the aviation and aeronautic nterpsts of North So th and Central menca su 1 a effort to stand ardize ra lwav ga ges so that eventual ly it ma be poss"le to run a freight car from Ma ne to I ntagonia The best methods of de plop ng wate power and irrigation the conser at on of forest prod cts tho place of tl e d dleman n tl e distribution of farn Sroluce the loj t n of safet first evlces in min ng and transpo taf n tho design of sh ps the latest can e in rmlltar) and na al h giene the I overy of ne v d seases ital stats tic collecting and cl lid labor are n few of the si bjpets on which fresh light will te shed Plan Special Courses. Iron the d sc union nf du ation t s ex ecte 1 that s ps will result nok Ing toward the ado t on of a s stem ot Pan Amer sn ei tin ge professorships an I I o establ shmc t of s ec al co rsex h gh s hoo s n 1 ollegcs to trn oun. men o gnt, tore gn tra tlow th eon f mericnn na t ons can bo I piso 1 w th the d I es an 1 rpspons bll t es of state n n ternational law 11 bp st d ed. as w 11 the n any s bjects ml r the head ngs of oommerce and finance Many of tho lelegntes f o n South a d Central Amf a o ns h ghly dls n g Isl el in tl p nl lei s 1 n s en p pk n s f . sonn ps p h ( Hp e n I t I of R h o s bee dncorat II tho Mpn I Kron h go n pn i f r I s k a 1 ps in t berc losis n I I is on pntr ot 1 Vltno Brnn 1 wl o Is Hreetor o tl e most noted nst t t on ts k 1 t p worll the Inst t to 1 III ta 8no Pn lo wl p thp ve o of so 0 s re ps s xtrn tel and na I a spt 1 I nt dotn fo p Inn 11 ps snal r p I non T fo t hp 1 lon of n ling nt o onfp s of s e t s o nt 1 nn g t p 1 Arnso n ers the ho H g p fl s Pnn An p 8c pntlfl ngr ss Snnt ngo b Ip IflOft Lntl Amprlcn sciennflp confe enpps vere 1 el pg lnrlv The fo tl coming event Is si ly the lntost Ip velopment of n no pmpnt whi h 1 pgnn In I atln Amerl n all pit Its "ipedil sg nlfl nee t s n s It nf tl p re n t it p h n ngn 1 n p n 11 I n T P f f f s n p p r n nn g A n p h Tfppn s p s n p I ps n f n S n k I p n i expressions" of the foreign delegates who have been greeted in this country bj the reception committees at New lork and New Orleans indicate the entbus asm with which the congress a being regarded n the other American repub-1 repub-1 s Argentina appropriated $90 000 with which to pa the traveling expenses of its ten delegates and se -eral of the other latin Amer can governments have provided for the r representatives on a scale almost as mnn ficent The Pan American dea 1 as taken firm hold of our sister republ cs and nothing b t ex uressions of gratification are be ng heard on the circumstance that the larg est and most important of all the Pan American affairs is to be held under the anapces of the United States Offic al headq larters 1 ring the con gress will be ma nta ned in the nen Willard 1 otel where all the rooms on two floors hc been reserved for th fore gn ielegates and the r women folk After the congress the Lat n mer can visitors or as man of them as ha c arrange I to go w 11 be co d cted on a to r of the niortant m ufact r ng and c ic centers of the co ntr 1 tl s wav it s thought thev will be nabled to supplement w th f rsthand n est gat on many of the now deas len ed from the congress tself |