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the largest bequest to Tiilane University, 

 formerly the University of Loiiisiana, but 

 M^hieli took his name in honor of its bene- 

 factor. It was the home of A. C. Hutchin- 

 son, who had left $800,000 to the medical 

 department of Tulane University. It was 

 the home of Mrs. Dr. T. G. . Richardson, 

 who had given $150,000 to the medical de- 

 partment of Tulane. It was the home of 

 Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb, who had 

 left $3,500,000 to the Newcomb College, 

 the woman's branch of Tulane University, 

 which would be the best endowed college 

 for women in the world. He welcomed the 

 visitors to the home of such philanthropists 

 and hoped their deliberations here would 

 be fruitful of much good. 



President Woodward expressed the 

 thanks of the association for the welcome. 

 A year ago when the members were at 

 Philadelphia there seemed to be but one 

 thought and that was that they should all 

 go to New Orleans. So they decided to 

 come, and were here — at least a part of 

 them were here— the cream, as it were, of 

 the association. They represented every 

 state in the union, and were devoted to 

 their work. While they loved science for 

 science's sake, they also loved it because of 

 what it did for humanity. He was proud 

 of the noble men and women of New 

 Orleans who had done so much for educa- 

 tion and science. They had built the 

 noblest monuments to themselves. In St. 

 Louis he had abundant evidence of the 

 activity of the people of New Orleans and 

 Louisiana, and recalled the reproduction 

 of the Cabildo and other Louisiana build- 

 ings at the exposition. He was interested 

 in two things in New Orleans. He was 

 the intimate friend of the great engineer 

 who built the Eades Jetties, and they to- 

 gether had studied and theorized over the 

 problems presented by the work. He was 

 glad to see that to-day, because of the suc- 

 cess of that work, great ships were lying at 



the wharves in New Orleans. That was a 

 work of science and an application of the 

 law of physics. All that had to be done to 

 control the greatest rivers was to under- 

 stand these laws. He spoke of the yellow 

 fever fight here, how manfully it was 

 fought, and what a brilliant triumph it 

 was. That also was the work of science. 



He referred to Mr. Bvick 's remarks about 

 the unity of the country, and said that he 

 was glad to be here again. For he came 

 here once before, some decades ago. On a 

 train he and a gentleman from New Or- 

 leans got into conversation and exchanged 

 their opinions of each other which they 

 had held forty years ago, and agreed that 

 if they had known each other then, as they 

 knew each other now, there would have 

 been no war. They were all here now in 

 good fellowship ; they were compatriots, 

 and all working for the progress of science, 

 and when they went back home they would 

 take with them a mental picture of a 

 thriving city on the banks of the Missis- 

 sippi. In conclusion he announced that 

 everybody was welcome to all the meetings 

 of the sections, and he hoped the people of 

 New Orleans who were interested in science 

 would attend. 



The general secretary, C. A. Waldo, then 

 read an invitation from the sewerage and 

 water board to inspect the public works in 

 progress in New Orleans, with the names 

 of a committee of five to facilitate such an 

 inspection. 



A resolution presented by Dr. Wm. Tre- 

 lease, director of the Missouri Botanical 

 Gardens, which had been favorably acted 

 on by the council at the session in the 

 mox'ning, was presented to the general ses- 

 sion for action. It related to the efforts 

 to save Niagara Palls from destruction, 

 and endorsed the stand taken by President 

 Roosevelt. The resolution was adopted 

 unanimously. 



