Organized 1878. President, James C. Carter, N. Y. City; secretary, John Hinkley, 215 N. Charles-st., Baltimore; treasurer, Francis Rawle, 328 Chestnut-st., Philadelphia. One vice-president is elected from each State. Present membership, about 1,200, including members from every State (except Nevada), and several Territories. Annual meeting at Detroit, Mich., August 28, 29, 30, 1895. The objects of the organization are: "To advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar." AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIA TION. Officers: President, J. J. P. Odell, Chicago; vice-president, Douglas H. Thomas, Baltimore; secretary, Henry W. Ford, No. 2 Wall-st., New-York City. Council: E. H. Pullen, New-York, chairman; Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland; Herman Justi, Nashville; Thomas P. Beale, Boston; Henry W. Yates, Omaha; H. W. Wheeler, Seattle; J. Edward Simmons, New-York; W. C. Cornwell, Buffalo. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIA TION. Officers-President, Donald Detroit, Maclean, Headquarters, No. 11 West Twentyninth-st., New-York City; membership, about 1,500; organized, 1852; monthly meetings from November to May. Officers President, Charles P. Daly, LL. D.; vice-presidents, Gen. Egbert L. Viele, W. H. H. Moore, Rev. C. C. Tiffany, D. D.; foreign corresponding secretary, Professor W. Libbey, jr., Princeton, N. J.; domestic corresponding secretary, James M. Bailey, 77 Madison-ave., N. Y. City; recording secretary, Anton A. Raven; treasurer, Walter R. T. Jones; councillors-Francis M. Bacon, D. O. Mills, Levi Holbrook, Morris K. Jesup, Gustav E. Kissel, Henry Parish, Chandler Robbins, William G. Hamilton, Henry Holt, Clarence King, William Remsen, Cyrus C. Adams, Austin G. Fox, Alexis A. Julien, Charles A. Peabody. for The objects of the society are to encourage geographical exploration and discovery; to investigate and disseminate new geographical information by discussion, lectures and publications; to establish in the chief maritime city of the commerce, country, for the benefit of navigation and the great industrial and material interests of the United States, a place where the means will be afforded of obtaining accurate information public use of every part of the globe. The society has a geographical library of 25,000 volumes, and a large and very valuable collection of maps, charts and atlases relating to reevery part of the world. It publishes a bulletin and an annual journal, and co-operates and interchanges information with 200 domestic and foreign geographical and other scientific societies. The objects of the society are the cultivation and advancement of medical knowledge; the elevation of the standard of medical education; the promotion of the usefulness, honor and interests of the medical profession; the enlightening and directing of public opinion in regard to the duties, responsibilities, and quirements of medical men; to encourage and emulate a concert of action among medical men, and to facilitate and foster a friendly intercourse between those who are engaged in it. The estimated number of physicians of this school is 100,000; number of colleges, 100; professors and instructors, 1,800. The libraries of the schools equal 50,000 volumes. The buildings, lands and scientific apparatus are worth $4,000,000. There are besides a number of special organizations, such as the American Academy of Medicine, composed only of medical graduates who have received a degree in NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSO- Officers-President. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Paterson, N. J.; secretary, Irwin Shepard, Winona, Minn.; treasurer, J. M. Greenwood, Kansas City, Mo.; vicepresidents, A. G. Lane, Chicago; G. M. Phillips, of Pennsylvania; L. E. Wolfe, of Missouri; W. H. Bartholomew, of Kentucky; W. F. Slaton, of Georgia; D. B. Johnson, of South Carolina; H. A. Wise, of Maryland; W. E. Sheldon, of Massachusetts; S. S. Packard, of New-York; W. R. Malone, of Utah; D. L. Kiehle, of Minnesota; F. A. Fitzpatrick, of Nebraska. Board of Trustees-N. A. Calkins, of New-York; E. C. Hewitt, of Illinois; H. S. Tarbell, of Rhode Island, and Zalman Richards. Washington, D. C. Each State has also a director in the Association. OBJECTS-To elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States. It consists of ten departments, as follows: Superintendence of National schools, higher instruction, secondary education, industrial education, art education, music education, business education, elementary schools, kindergarten instruction and a National Council of Education. It has 200 life members, and its annual membership during the last eight years has averaged more than 4,000, that of 1894 being 5,500. The Association and its departments hold annual meetings in July. The Board of Trustees consists of five members, four of whom are chosen-one each year-for a term of four years. The president is an ex-officio member, and the board constitutes the executive financial council. The Association has a permanent fund of $40,000. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIA TION. Officers-President, H. M. Utley, Detroit, Mich.; vice-presidents, J. C. Dana, Denver Public Library, Col.; Mary S. Cutter, N. Y. State Library, Albany; Ellen M. Coe, Free Circulating Library, N. Y. City; secretary, Frank P. Hill, Newark, N. J.; recorder, Henry J. Carr, Scranton, Penn.; treasurer, George W. Cole, Jersey City. The A. L. A. was organized in 1876 and incorporated in 1879. Its present membership numbers some 600, comprising leading librarians and libraries of all parts of the United States, together with other persons interested in its work. The annual fee is $2 for persons and $5 for institutions. The association seeks in every practicable way to develop and strengthen the public library as an essential part of the American education system. It therefore strives by individual effort of members and where practicable by local organization to stimulate public interest in establishing or improving libraries and thus to bring the best reading within reach of all. The seventeenth general meeting of the A. L. A. is to be held at Denver, Col., in August, 1895. LYCEUM LEAGUE OF AMERICA. Officers President, Theodore Roosevelt; secretary, Walter H. Church. Headquarters, Boston, Mass. The Lyceum League was organized in 1891 by "The Youth's Companion" for The purpose of training young men in the ties of citizenship. The method chosen was the debate; in a measure, a revival of the old lyceum. By means of debates on American topics of the day and political problems the young men are made familiar with current issues. They are led to interest themselves in practical polities, chiefly municipal affairs, working in any party, for partisanship is not recognized by the League. Much attention is given to the development of a patriotic spirit by means of the ritual and the general sentiment of the League, which now numbers about 13,000 members. On October 2, 1894, the League was transferred from "The Youth's Companion" to a National directorate. A monthly paper, "The New Century,' is the organ of the League or UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. The University Extension movement was started in 1890, and is a system of instruction for adults embracing lecture courses, determined upon by each local organization, with classes, examinations and certificates. The unit of instruction" is a course of six or twelve weekly fortnightly lectures, followed by a special conference or class. The unit of organization" is a committee of citizens or the directors of a literary or social club, willing to assume the local management of the course. Lecturers are secured through the central office, either from the faculty of a neighboring college or from the society's regular staff. The department for New-York State is at Albany, with Melvil Dewey as director; Myrtilla Avery, assistant director; J. Eugene Whitney, inspector for Western New-York, Rochester. The department gives needed advice and suggestions to centres organized or in process of organization, and saves unnecessary duplication of local expenses by effecting cooperation among centres in all parts of the State. American Society-115 South 15th-st.. Philadelphia. Dr. William Pepper, honorary president; Prof. E. J. James, president; Prof. E. T. Devine, secretary; F. B. Miles, treasurer. Chicago University, Chicago, Ill.-Nathaniel Butler, director; Oliver J. Thatcher, correspondence-teaching secretary. Cleveland Society-Prof. E. O. Stevens, Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, secretary. Connecticut Society-Edward O. Nourse, secretary. Ohio Society-Prof. James Chalmers, Ohio State University, Cleveland, secretary. Colgate University-Prof. Ralph W. Thomas, secretary, Hamilton. N. Y. Rochester University-J. E. Whitney, secretary, Rochester, N. Y. Brown University-Prof. W. H. Munro, director, Providence, R. I. Wisconsin Society-Prof. E. A. Berge, secretary, Madison, Wis. Louis Rutgers College Society-Prof. Berier, secretary, New-Brunswick, N. J. Colby University Society-Prof. S. Mathews, secretary, Waterville, Me. Kansas University Society-Chancellor F. H. Snow, Lawrence, Kan. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. President ex-officio, Grover Cleveland, President of the U. S.; chancellor, Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the U. S.; secretary, S. P. Langley, LL. D.; assistant in charge of Office, William C. Winlock; regents-Melville W. Fuller, Adlai E. Stevenson, Senators J. S. Morrill, George Gray, S. M. Cullom, Representatives Robert R. Hitt, Joseph Wheeler and Henry Coppee, John B. Henderson, J. B. Angell, Andrew D. White, William Preston Johnston; executive committeeHenry Coppee and John B. Henderson. An establishment "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,' founded in 1846, on the bequest of James Smithson, of England, and located at Washington, D. C., in the centre of one of the largest Government reservations. The total amount of the original bequest was $541,379, which has been swelled by subsequent additions to about $900,000. The President and Vice-President of the U. S., the Chief Justice, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Postmaster-General, Attorney-General, Commissioner of Patents, and such honorary members as they may elect form the "establishment." The building of the Institution is one of the most imposing in the U. S. Under the charge of the Smithsonian Institution are the National Museum; keeper, S. P. Langley; assistant secretary in charge, G. Brown Goode; chief clerk, W. V. Cox. Bureau of Ethnology: Director, John W. Powell; chief clerk, Henry C. Rizer. The National Zoological Park: Superintendent, Frank Baker. Astrophysical Observatory: Senior assistant, R. C. Child. M. M. Sheedy, Pittsburg, Penn.; secretary, Warren E. Mosher, A. M., Youngstown, Ohio. The next session will be in July and August, 1895, at the assembly grounds, Lake Champlain, near Plattsburg, N. Y. CHAUTAUQUA. Headquarters, 87 West Genesee-st., Buffalo, N. Y. Lewis Miller, President; W. A. Duncan, Secretary; E. A. Skinner, Treasurer; John H. Vincent, Chancellor; William R. Harper, Principal; George F. Vincent, Vice-Chancellor; Chief Officer of Instruction, Rev. Dr. John H. Vincent, Buffalo, N. Y. Jesse L. Hurlbut, General Superintendent; Kate F. Kimball, Executive Secretary. The Chautauqua plan of summer education was started in 1874. The institution was organized by Lewis Miller, of Akron, Ohio, and the Rev. Dr. John H. Vincent, now a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In August, 1873, Mr. Miller and his associate selected a site for a summer Assembly at Fair Point, on the west side of Chautauqua Lake, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where the village of Chautauqua now stands. The first Assembly was called for the discussion of religious and secular topics and opened the first Tuesday in August, 1874. It lasted three weeks. Since then an Assembly has been held regularly every year. That of 1894 opened on June 29 and closed on August 26. About 35,000 persons visited the Assembly between those on dates. Besides the platform lectures and entertainments, the Chautauqua managers employ several other methods for placing education within the reach of the people. These are described below in the order of their establishment: Counsellors-Lyman Abbott, D. D.; J. M. Gibson, D. D.; Edward Everett Hale, D. D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D. D.; W. C. Wilkinson, D. D.; James H. Carlisle, LL. D. The C. L. S. C. comprises a system of home reading circles, the members of which pursue courses of reading laid out by the officers in books and magazine articles approved by the Board of Counsellors. Anybody can join it, and at any time, by sending his name to Miss K. F. Kimball, Buffalo, N. Y., with a 50-cent fee. In return he will receive a membership book, telling him what books to read and how to read them, and containing examination papers, by which, at stated periods, his proficiency may be ascertained. Two or more members form a local circle. The course covers four years, requiring an average of forty minutes' reading a day during ten months of each year. All the classes, though in different periods of their course, study the same subjects simultaneously. No reader is pledged to continue the work for the four years. Special courses are provided for graduates wishing to continue their readings. The Order of the White Seal, League of the Round Table and other associations are formed of those who have passed examinations in the special courses. CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLIES IN THE UNITED STATES. Since Chautauqua was started it has had many imitators, all of which work independently and bear no official relation to the original assembly. The titles of the assemblies, with the names of the managers, are given below: Assembly. Acton Park, Ind.. Manager. Mrs. Dr. Gatch, Lawrenceburg, Ind. Bay View, Petoskey, Mich. John M. Hall, Flint, Mich. Beatrice Chautauqua, Neb.. Dr. W. A. Davidson, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio sembly, Fremont, Neb....Rev. G. M. Brown, Fremont, Neb. burg, Penn.... A. A. Line, Carlisle, Penn. Detroit Lake, Minn........ Rev. L. W. Squier, Crookston, Minn. East'n Maine Assem., North port, Me... Rev. G. D. Lindsay, Portland, Me. Rev. O. S. Baketel, Manchester, N. H. Epworth H'ts, Loveland, O. Dr. P. M. Bigney, 988 Gilbert-ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. Iowa Chaut., Colfax, Iowa. Rev. J. J. Mitchell, Chester Centre, Ia. ton, Ky.... Dr. W. L. Davidson, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Lakeside Encampment, O.. Rev. B. T. Vincent, University Park, Col. Lake Madison Chaut., S. D.C. E. Hager, Madison, S. Dak. Long Beach Assembly, Cal. Prof. G. R. Crow, 1,012 W. 7th-st., Los Angeles, Cal. Long Beach Chaut., Hemp stead, L. I.. Dr. J. L. Hurlbut, 150 5th-ave., New-York. Monteagle, Tenn... Prof. J. I. D. Hinds, Lebanon, Tenn. Assem., Pacific Coast Assem., terey, Cal. ..Dr. Hurlbut, 150 5th-ave., New-York City. Rev. G. D. Lindsay, Portland, Me. Rev. B. B. Loomis, Lansingburg, N. Y. Rev. E. W. Porter, Blackstone, Mass. Mon Penn. Chaut., Mt. Gretna, Piasa Bluffs, Ill.. Mrs. E. J. Dawson, San Jose, Cal. Rev. H. C. Pardoe, Bedford, Penn. Rev. Frank Lenig, Clifton Heights, St. Louis, Mo. Rock River, Dixon, Ill. Rev. J. H. Ruthrauff, Dixon, Ill. Round Lake, N. Y......... Rev. H. C. Farrer, 433 Clinton-ave., Albany, N. Y. Dr. W. L. Davidson, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Georgia Chaut., Albany, Ga. Dr. W. A. Duncan, Syracuse, N. Y. Ocmulgee Chaut., Hawkins- N. E. Ware, Hawkinsville, Ga. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN The Young Men's Christian Association was organized in London in 1844 by George Williams, a junior clerk in a large drygoods house. The first association in America was established at Montreal in 1851; the first in the United States at Boston a few months later. The present aggregate membership of the 1,410 American associations is 232,962, and of the total of 5,147 a membership of 437,707, and the net value of their property $15,211,039; 638 have libraries, aggregating 476,572 volumes. The following are the officers of the committees: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE-Headquarters, 40 East Twentythird-st., New-York. Chairman, Frederic B. Pratt; treasurer, F. B. Schenck; general secretary, Richard C. Morse. CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE-Headquarters, No. 2 Place du Geneva, Switzerland. Chairman, Port, Countries. AMERICA. ASSOCIATION. Gustave Tophel; treasurer, Frederick Bon- NEW-YORK CITY ASSOCIATIONHeadquarters, No. 40 East Twenty-thirdst., New-York. President, Cleveland H. Dodge; treasurer, M. Taylor Pyne; general secretary, R. R. McBurney. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS-President, Sir George Williams; vice-presidents, Count Bernstoff, Alfred Andre, Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway, and H. Thane Miller. ASSOCIATIONS OF VARIOUS No. Countries. Denmark United States..........1,338 Switzerland Canada 58 Norway...... 1 Sweden 1 Italy 2 Spain 1 Greece EUROPE. Bulgaria Turkey 1 Gibraltar and Malta... 4 Australia 19 Wales 597 ASIA. 80 |