THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



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PROPOSED PLAN 



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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 

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Present needs : A, Library ; B, Administration Building ; C, C, Class Rooms ; 

 D, D, D, D, Laboratories: E, Levering Hall (Y. M. C. A.) : F, Dining Hall; G, Dormi- 

 tory ; H, Gymnasium ; S, Athletic Field ; T, Tennis Courts. Future needs : K, Assembly 

 Hall ; L, L, Museums ; M, Chapel ; N, N, Laboratories ; O. Museum ; P, P, P, P, P, P, P, 

 Dormitories ; R, President's House. 



liaps the widening of personal interests 

 and acquaintance, and the development 

 of a spirit of loyalty to science and 

 scientific ideals. The machinery for 

 conducting a large meeting of this 

 character is not fully adjusted — it is 

 only five years ago that tlie first of the 

 convocation week meetings was held in 

 Washington — but each year the friction 

 has become less, and the advantages 

 have become more evident. 



The first general meeting will be held 

 at ten o'clock on the morning of De- 

 cember 28 in McCoy Hall of the Johns 

 Hopkins University. Addresses of wel- 

 come will be made by Dr. Ira Remsen, 

 president of the university, and Dr. 

 William H. Welch, chairman of the 

 local committee, both past presidents 

 of the association, and the president of 

 the meeting, Professor T. C. Chamber- 

 lin, will reply. In the evening, the 

 retiring president. Professor E. L. 

 Nichols, will give his address, and 

 during the week the vice-presidents for 

 the sections and the presidents of many 

 of the special societies will make ad- 

 dresses. These will in most cases be of 



general interest to scientific men, and 

 i=rpecial sessions will be arranged that 

 will be of general interest. The most 

 notable is an entire day (January 1) 

 with a dinner in the evening devoted 

 to the celebration of the one lumdredth 

 anniversary of the birth of Charles 

 Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary 

 of the publication of the " Origin of 

 Species." A symposium on public 

 health will be held on December 31. 



When the Johns Hopkins University 

 was opened in 1876, it adopted the wise 

 policy of spending its means on men 



\ rather than on buildings. Its labora- 

 tories are. however, admirably equipped, 

 and with its medical school — unfortti- 



, nately at some distance from the other 

 departments — it offers all needed facili- 



I ties for a large scientific meeting. The 



I university will, when money is ob- 



j tained, remove to the beautiful site it 

 has ptirchased on the outskirts of the 



j city. In addition to athletic grounds 

 there is at present in use only some 

 equipment for the botanical depart- 

 ment. The site will be developed and 

 buildings erected in accordance with 



, the plan here given. 



