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tion and demography must be given an im- 

 petus the world over by the temporary con- 

 centration in close quarters of men from all 

 the world who have been giving their life work 

 to the same problems. It is delightful to con- 

 template this phase of the congress, because it 

 is one of those shining instances of worldwide 

 organization for the promotion of the peaceful 

 arts, of which I am glad to say the number 

 is growing every year, and in which the com- 

 mon interest of humanity is made conspicuous 

 by contrast with the selfishness and isolation 

 of each nation in the conflict of interests that 

 are typified by our burdensome and ever- 

 increasing preparations for war. Such con- 

 gresses can not but make for the permanence 

 of peace. They must create a deeper love of 

 man for man. They do stir up in the member- 

 ship of such a congress, having representation 

 from all the world, a greater human sympathy, 

 and offer to the scientific student who is 

 willing to devote his life to the development 

 of a truth that shall add to the health and 

 comfort and happiness of his fellows, a reward 

 that can not be measured in money but is to be 

 found only in the consciousness of the highest 

 duty well done. But while these things are 

 true with respect to the world effect of such a 

 congress, its local influence upon a country 

 like the United States is much more marked 

 and important in the impetus that it gives to 

 all who are responsible for the health of the 

 community either in their profession or by 

 reason of their official and governmental re- 

 sponsibility. They must have in such a meet- 

 ing as this, their ideas and their knowledge 

 enlarged, and they must derive an inspiration 

 for better and more enthusiastic work from the 

 commingling of the greatest scientists of the 

 world here, and their exchange of views, and 

 from the very energizing atmosphere of the 

 congregation. I should think that such a 

 congress as this would increase the number of 

 novitiates for the profession of medicine and 

 surgery. Within the last fifty years, no pro- 

 fession has shown such progress, no profession 

 has come near it in the development of its 

 importance for the promotion of the health 

 and comfort of mankind; no profession 



has offered to its devotees, in such measure, the 

 priceless reward that comes to any one who 

 has wrested from nature one of her secrets 

 and by disclosing it to his fellowmen has 

 furnished a means for their happier lives. 



I congratulate the medical profession of 

 the United States upon this great congress, 

 whose coming here is due largely to their 

 initiative, and the membership of which in 

 large part represents the medical science of 

 the world. 



Ladies and gentlemen of the Fifteenth In- 

 ternational Congress on Hygiene and Demog- 

 raphy, I welcome you to America. I welcome 

 you to Washington. I sincerely hope that 

 your stay here may be as pleasant and agree- 

 able as I am sure it will be useful to this 

 country and to the world. 



TWELFTH ANNUAL INTESCOLLEGIATE 

 EXCUSSION OF NEW ENGLAND 



The twelfth Intercollegiate Excursion wiU 

 be held in the vicinity of Meriden, Connecti- 

 cut, under thte direction of Professor W. N. 

 Rice, of Wesleyan University. 



Members of the party are invited to visit 

 the geological and mineralogical collections 

 of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, on 

 the afternoon of Friday, October 18. At 

 6 :30 P.M. a collation will be served in Fisk 

 Hall, Wesleyan University. At 7:30 p.m. a 

 meeting will be held in the lecture room of 

 thte Scott Physical Laboratory. A lecture 

 illustrated with lantern slides will be given by 

 Professor Joseph Barrell, of Yale University, 

 on " Central Connecticut in the Geologic 

 Past." After the meeting, the party will go 

 by trolley to Meriden, and spend the night 

 at the Winthrop Hotel. The price of lodging 

 at the Winthrop Plotel for members of the 

 party will be one dollar. Breakfast a la carte. 



At 9:00 Saturday morning, October 19, the 

 party will take a special car for Westfield. 

 The trolley line follows in general the line of 

 the great fault between Higby Mountain and 

 Lamentation Mountain. The return from 

 Westfield to Meriden will be made partly on 

 foot, and partly by the special car which will 

 be waiting at various points along the route. 



