Decembek 22, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



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conservaAion of natural resources. The aim is 

 to pi-esent the economic ibaekgix)uod of con- 

 servation as related to certain of our resources. 

 An immense 'amount of misapprehension exists 

 a;bout conservation amd the measures that have 

 ibeen proposed ix) secure a better handling of 

 our resources. The scienjfcifie men of the coun- 

 try can perform a public sei-vice by fui'nishing 

 ■the facts regarding our different resources amd 

 their relaiion to the upbudiding of the nation. 

 To bring out such facts, so far as the limita- 

 tions of the meeting wiU permit, is tJie purpose 

 of ithe symposium to be presented at Boston. 



The most precious resource of any nation is 

 a virile, intelligent and heaithy population. 

 The conservation of health, of the energy and 

 the working power of the people constitutes 

 the theme of <tihe morning session on December 

 27. Papers will be presented by Dr. T. S. 

 Baker, of Pittsburgh, Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, 

 of Hartford, and Dr. E. R. Kelley, of Mass^.- 

 ehusetts. 



A second topic closely alUed with the fore- 

 gioing is the building up and maintaining of a 

 strong rural civUizaition. Pnoblems reilating to 

 the home and to home life and to conserving 

 the qualities of the rui'al population are of 

 great importance. The questions of home eoo- 

 nlomics and of country life, as well as of land 

 settlement under present conditions, will be 

 discussed on the afternoon of December 27, 

 when Sectiot K meets v/ith the Section on 

 Agriculture. The program includes the names 

 of President Kenyon L. Butterfield, of Am- 

 herat, Dr. C. F. Langworthj', Dr. Helen W. 

 Atwater and the Honorable F. H. Newell, of 

 Washington. 



Forestry is the subject of the session on the 

 morning of December 28, which will be in con- 

 junction with the New England Forestry Con- 

 gress. There will be broug'ht out some of the 

 important economic facts that call for a vig- 

 orous national policy of forestry. The chief 

 forester, Colonel W. B. Greeley, and a prom- 

 inent member of his staff, Mr. Raphael Zon, 

 will present papei-s on the national and on the 

 international problems of our timber supplies. 

 Professor R. T. Fisher, of Hai-vard University, 



will discuss certain 'aspects of forest research, 

 and the state forest commissioner of Massa- 

 chusetts, Mr. Bazeley, wiE. speak on the sub- 

 ject of a state forest policy. 



A series of special topics relating to the con- 

 servation of capital and credit 'and the reduc- 

 tion of waste in industry will form the pro- 

 gram in the afternoon of Decemlber 28. Mr. 

 H. T. Neweomb, of New York, Dr. R. H. 

 Halsey, of New York, Dr. Frederick L. Hoff- 

 man, dean of the advanced department of 

 Babson InstitU'te, Dr. F. B. Gilbre-th and Mr. 

 James G. Dudley, of New York, are the 

 speakers. 



The session on the morning of the twenty- 

 ninth wi'U be a joint meeting wi'th the Section 

 of Engineers. Problems relating to water re- 

 sources, power development and flood oontro'l 

 will be the general subject, with papers by 

 General Harry Taylor, U. S. Army; Mr. Wil- 

 liam S. Mui-ray, of New York; Mr. 0. C. 

 MeiTiU, of Was'bington, and Dr. John T. Black, 

 of Hartford. The conservation of our scenic 

 resources and of wild life constitutes , the topic 

 of the session on the 'afternoon of December 

 29. The national park proMems, with special 

 reference to the present efforts to open them 

 up ito commercial use will 'be discussed by Mr. 

 Robert S. Yard, of Washington. Dr. G. F. 

 Kunz, of New York, will present certain 

 aspects of the practical service of the scenic 

 resources to the puJblic. The conservation of 

 our whale fisheries wiU be 'the subject of a 

 paper by Dr. John F. Crowell, of New York. 



The chairman of the sessions will be the vice- 

 president for the section. Professor Henry S. 

 Graves, of Yale University. The retiring vice- 

 presi'denit is Professor James W. Mavor, of the 

 University of Toronto, who will present on the 

 firet day an address on "Certain economic re- 

 actions of the war." 



The meetings of Section K will for the most 

 part be in Pratt Building, Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology. 



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