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William C. Gforgas, United States Army. 

 W. H. Holmes, Smithsonian Institution. 

 Bernard Moses, University of California. 

 Gteorge M. Rommel, Bureau of Animal Industry. 

 W. E. Shepherd, Columbia University. 

 W. B. Smith, Tulane University. 



Vnwersity Delegates 

 Bernard Moses, University of California. 

 Albert A. Michelson, University of Chicago. 

 J. Lawrence Laughlin, University of Chicago. 

 W. E. Shepherd, Columbia University. 

 Thomas Barbour, Harvard University. 

 A. C. Coolidge, Harvard University. 

 J. B. Woodworth, Harvard University. 

 Adolph Hempel, University of Illinois. 

 W. H. Holmes, George Washington University. 

 Orville A. Derby, Cornell University. 

 H. D. Curtis, University of Michigan. 

 W. F. Eice, Northwestern University. 

 L. 8. Eowe, University of Pennsylvania. 

 Webster L. Browning, Princeton University. 

 William B. Smith, Tulane University. 

 Paul S. Eeinsch, University of Wisconsin. 

 Hiram Bingham, Yale University. 



Scientific Societies 

 L. S. Eowe, American Academy of Political 



and Social Science. 

 L. J. Doran, National Educational Association. 



In June, 1908, meetings of the govern- 

 ment delegates were held at the State De- 

 partment, "Washington, under the tutelage 

 of Secretary Eoot, who conveyed to them 

 such instructions as were deemed neces- 

 sary. Arrangements were made for the 

 preparation and translation of papers 

 dealing with appropriate subjects for pre- 

 sentation at the congress, and for the dis- 

 posal of the sum allotted by the Depart- 

 ment for the purposes of the congress. 

 The organization of the delegation was 

 completed by the selection of Dr. L. S. 

 Rowe as chairman and Professor Paul S. 

 Reinsch as vice-chairman. 



Under the guidance of Dr. Rowe a num- 

 ber of the delegates assembled in Buenos 

 Ayres early in December, where they were 

 the recipients of the hospitality of the 

 president of the republic and the members 

 of his cabinet, and of the minister.'? of the 



United States and Chile. Visits were 

 made to numerous institutions of learning, 

 hospitals, municipal buildings, parls, etc., 

 and the visit to the University of La Plata 

 was signalized by an exceptionally cordial 

 interchange of courtesies. On December 

 10 the party crossed the Andes and estab- 

 lished headquarters in the Hotel Oddo in 

 Santiago. Here, before and during the 

 sittings of the congress, the delegation held 

 frequent meetings to plan and discuss 

 their work in the congress. Meantime 

 other delegations, representing seven 

 North American and Central American 

 and nine South American republics, were 

 OB hand; and the meeting for the selection 

 of officers for the congress was held at the 

 University of Chile on December 24.* 



At 10 P.M. on Christmas Day the open- 

 ing session was held in the spacious Munic- 

 ipal Theater, and proved a most impres- 

 sive ceremony. The president of the 

 republic, Senor Pedro Montt, was present, 

 and addresses were made by various offi- 

 cials of the congress and by chairmen of 

 the various national delegations. The ad- 

 dress of Dr. Rowe, chairman of the Amer- 

 ican delegation, delivered in Spanish, was 

 enthusiastically received.'^ 



* The result was as follows : President, Enrique 

 E. Lisboa, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary of Brazil; Vice-presidents, Lor- 

 enzo Anadon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary of Argentina; Fredrico Susviela 

 Guarch, Delegate of Uruguay, and Matias Man- 

 zanilla, Delegate of Peru; Secretaries, Emilio 

 Fernandez, Delegate of Bolivia; Melchor Lasso de 

 la Vega, Delegate of Panama, and Enrique Mar- 

 tinez Sobral, Delegate of Mexico. 



" ADDEESS OP DE. L. S. ROWE AT THE OPENING 

 SESSION 



Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



This congress possesses an historical significance 

 which it is difficult for us to appreciate at the 

 present time. It marks an epoch in the intel- 

 lectual development of the American continent. 



Complete isolation from one another has char- 

 acterized the situation of the countries of this 



