28 OPENING SESSION 



I need not tell you that your Association is a welcome guest of 

 the Johns Hopkins University. The fact that we have put so much 

 space at your disposal for nearly a fortnight is convincing evidence 

 of our attitude toward your work. It is our desire to be as helpful 

 as possible. A history of the hall in which you meet would show 

 that many meetings of high importance in the interest of the public 

 good have been held here. When the hall is asked for, the only 

 question we ask ourselves is, Is this for the public good? If that 

 question is answered affirmatively, the use of the hall is invariably 

 granted, provided, of course, that it is not already engaged. 



In the case of your Association we did not have to ask that ques- 

 tion. There is no question in regard to its usefulness, and we are 

 glad to help you, even though our help consists only in providing 

 the place. This however, is not the only way we are helping you. I 

 note that several of the speakers before your meeting, and the Presi- 

 dent of the Association, are members of the teaching staff of the 

 Johns Hopkins University. In lending you these men we are helping 

 you more than by lending you our hall. 



Wishing you the highest success for your Association, I remain, 



yours very truly, 



IRA REMSEN 



Dr. J. H. Mason Knox, President 



