Januaby 12, 1906.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Hon. Charles F. Buck, on behalf of Gov- 

 ernor Blanehard, extended a most eloquent 

 welcome. He said in part : 



In the name of the people of the state of Louis- 

 iana, I welcome you and wish you godspeed to 

 your deliberations. Our people are in a mood of 

 worship in this regard. Through all the genera- 

 tions of the past has hung- a dread, impenetrable 

 shadow over our destiny. A mysterious disease 

 which baffled human skill in its treatment and 

 defied inquiry into its coming and going threat- 

 ened all our hopes and expectations indefinitely. 

 Science has lifted the shadow and unlocked the 

 mystery. We look the future in the face with 

 a new hope and an unshalten confidence. Your 

 coming to us, so far away from the usual centers, 

 just at this time, appeals to us like a voice of 

 succor and a helping hand in a wilderness. The 

 association thus suggested touches on the lines of 

 the pathetic, and our thanks go out to you with 

 our welcome. 



Science, like art, has no country. What it pro- 

 duces it produces for the benefit of all mankind; 

 yet we have reason to be proud of the achieve- 

 ments of American scientists, and we have con- 

 fidence that you will accomplish great things in 

 the future. We hope that your deliberations will 

 be productive of good results; that the fifty- fifth 

 session of your association held in the state of 

 Louisiana may become memorable in its annals, 

 not only in relation to its specific objects, but in 

 its personal and social significance. 



There must have been some other motive than 

 the pursuit of your technical work in your com- 

 ing to this far-oflf place; you could probably have 

 done that so much better elsewhere — nearer home. 

 We are bound and we are glad to recognize a 

 human sentiment in the visitation here. We can 

 not and we do not want to get away from the 

 fact that we are compatriots, citizens of the great 

 republic which stands for all that ennobles and 

 dignifies mankind. . 



In this spirit, in the name of the people of Louis- 

 iana, I greet you, and while we wish the associa- 

 tion a reunion which shall leave pleasant reminis- 

 cences and practical results in the great and 

 infinite domain of its work, we hope that also a 

 touch of sentiment may go with you, and, when 

 you shall have finished your labors and returned 

 to your homes and workshops, you will look back 

 with pleasure to your visit to the south and 

 remember with pleasure that you have been in the 

 house of your friends and brothers, whose sincere 



prayers for happiness and success will go with 

 you. 



Mayor Martin Behrman, on behalf of 

 the city, spoke briefly in part as follows : 



We have set out on a progressive march and are 

 pressing forward to a great commercial develop- 

 ment for the attainment of which we are equip- 

 ping ourselves with every modern device and 

 facility. Chief among these are our systems of 

 sewerage and drainage, as well as one for a 

 supply of pure and healthful water, all of which 

 are now in course of construction, as will be evi- 

 denced in the torn up and almost impassable con- 

 dition of many of our thoroughfares. I have 

 been informed that there are in your organization 

 members who have made a special study of these 

 undertakings. We most earnestly invite them to 

 examine our work as far as it has been prose- 

 cuted. Arrangements have been made to facilitate 

 them in this inspection. We want your sugges- 

 tions and advice; we invite your criticism, know- 

 ing full well that anything you may have to say 

 will proceed solely from your desire to insure our 

 betterment and advancement. 



I can assure you that our people appreciate 

 highly the fact that among the great features of 

 your deliberations in this convention is the sec- 

 tion devoted to the discussion of these very sub- 

 jects. We all feel that of the many important 

 conventions which have been held in this city, 

 this is really the most important. Its delibera- 

 tions touch and treat upon so many subjects in 

 which our people and our city are so vitally in- 

 terested that your discussions will be listened to 

 or read eagerly and accepted as authoritative. We 

 are pleased sincerely that you have come among 

 us, and as the chief executive of the city I deem 

 it an honor to extend to you a most cordial 

 welcome. 



President E. B. Craighead, of Tulane 

 University, extended a most friendly greet- 

 ing to the visitors on behalf of the schools 

 and colleges of New Orleans. He referred 

 to the fact that here was located the first 

 institution of learning for women estab- 

 lished in this country, one hundred and 

 fifty years ago— the Ursuline Convent. 

 This was the home of John McDonough, 

 who had made the largest bequest of any 

 citizen to the public schools. It was also 

 the home of Paul Tulane, who had made 



