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AMEEIG JURISTS. 
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It my not be generally understood that there are two 
important end distinct scientific congresses meeting in Wash- 
ington during tne holiday season - the L in© teenth International 
Congress of Americanists and the Second Pan American Scientific 
Congress 3 and that allied with these congresses are more than a 
dozen other scientific bodies of national scope and distinction* 
Those affiliated with the Americanists comprise* besides Section 
I * Anthropology , of the fan American, the American Anthropological 
Association, the American FolP-hore society, the ' nerican histori- 
cal Association, and the l rota eo logical Institute of America* 
The Congress of Americanists is one of the oldest inter- 
national scientific organisations in existence, having for over 
oe in the estlaatl 
tor - d an Iff , ban ;,eu, /broad, nr well 
republics, it is patronized arid encouraged by the national 
rulers and its sessions are usually honored by the presence 
of the President or monarch anhof the leading officials of the 
government* It assembles at two-year 1 tervalb, alternately 
in America and the Old ..oriel, and has for its object the dis- 
cussions of all matters' that relate to American anthropology, 
archeology , ethnology, folklore, history, and linguistics* 
The original date set for the dashing ton meeting or sonsio v 
of the Americanists , was October 5, 1014, but the war having 
just opened, it was decided to ; .oct, ft W t&M mi -nlo n &&%£% a more 
propitious tine m tt»i U ■ :,ciai delegates and otfeftl* fro® 
could better attend; but the war continuing, a fully 
satisfactory time; seemed t.> be far In the future and in oon~ 
