Dr. W. J. McGee: An Appreciation of His Services for Conservation

DR. W J McGEE: AN APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICES FOR CONSERVATION.

Mr. W. C. Mendenhall, Washington, D. C.

Dr. W J McGee had mastered and advocated the fundamental principles of Conservation long before the majority of those now most active in the movement had come to appreciate the real meaning of the word. He was one of the founders of this movement, was at all times one of the most stimulating thinkers in its councils, and in him Mr. Pinchot found one of his most loyal supporters and friends. Doctor McGee was the personification of strength and steadfastness in the pioneer period of Conservation, when the meaning of the word was unknown to the multitude, and when the mere suggestion that our natural resources are not inexhaustible but may be depleted to the vanishing point by wasteful use was regarded as a wild heresy. During the preceding sessions of this Congress he was its accepted authority on problems involving that most widespread and universally distributed of our natural resources—water. He has dealt with this resource from the points of view of transportation, of irrigation, and of power, and from the standpoint of biology in which it is recognized as fundamental in all life.

Doctor McGee’s mind was of the type of the intellectual pioneer, intensely individual and original. He was masterful in the alignment of facts and stimulating in the recognition and boldness of his expression of the generalizations and far-reaching conclusions to which his marshalled facts pointed. Like most men of brilliant imagination, he was at times impatient of the slow processes of research, or let us say rather that his impatience was with that timidity in reaching conclusions so often displayed by those engaged in research, rather than with the process itself. He believed that the scientist’s practical rule of life should be the acceptance, as a basis of action, of the conclusions indicated by such facts as are known, even though those conclusions may not at present be definitely established.

Doctor McGee’s death at the Cosmos Club on September 4, 1912, removed from the domain of science and from the forum of public discussion one of its leading personalities. His career embraced an unusually wide range of activities and in each of these he attained distinction. As a geologist he was one of the group assembled by Major Powell during the formative period of the United States Geological Survey, a group which made American geology classic and its leaders world-leaders in their science. In this field McGee’s name is associated with the names of Powell, Dutton, Gilbert, Holmes, Emmons, and Hague. Later, with the establishment of the Bureau of Ethnology, into which he followed Major Powell, he became a pioneer in ethnological research, although retaining continually his interest in geologic and geographic problems. At the time of his death and for a few years prior thereto he was the erosion and hydrologic expert of the Department of Agriculture, his immediate connection with that department being through the Bureau of Soils. His last years are distinguished by a number of papers on the subject of Conservation, in which he was so vitally interested; these articles are broad in their scope, thoroughly original and stimulating in their expression, and point out fearlessly some dangers of present practice and suggest methods of remedy. But a few days before his death he completed the correction of the galley proofs of the last of his papers, faithful to his work and to his duty even while descending into the Valley of the Shadow.

This very brief sketch would not be complete without expressed recognition of the fact that Doctor McGee’s attitude in the face of death was in accordance with the best traditions of the science to which his life had been devoted and was as admirable and as deeply stirring and stimulating as any act of his career. For a year or more he had recognized the fact that he was afflicted with cancer and that his days were numbered. He faced this fact calmly and prepared patiently for the inevitable by carefully completing all work on hand and by disposing by will of his body and his brain to his friend and fellow scientist, Dr. Spitska, to be used in the way most likely to be beneficial to humanity. So long as his faculties remained undimmed, he maintained the same keen interest in scientific questions and current affairs that had marked his career at its height. Those of his friends who visited him during the last few weeks of his life heard not a single complaint nor an expression of regret, but found themselves chatting easily with an old and honored friend who gave no indication of the fact that he knew definitely that his career was soon to be stayed by the hand of Death. Thus, rising superior to the weakened, pain-racked body, he met with philosophic calm and sublime courage the final inevitable test. It is not given to man to do more than this.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

All the standing committees were represented at the Fourth National Conservation Congress and made reports. Members of these committees also addressed the Congress.

Forests: See paper by Prof. Henry S. Graves, Chairman, page [318]; also addresses of Mr. E. T. Allen and Major E. G. Griggs, pages [312] and [183], respectively.

Lands: Prof. L. H. Bailey, being unavoidably prevented from attending the Congress, the report of the Lands Committee was presented by Dr. George E. Condra, page [123]. See also address of Mr. Charles S. Barrett, page [132].

Waters: Owing to the death of Dr. W J McGee, Chairman, the report of this committee was submitted by Dr. W. C. Mendenhall. See page [335].

Minerals: See address of Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, Chairman, page [200].

Vital Resources: See address of Mr. A. B. Farquhar, page [214].

Food: See address of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Chairman, page [75]. Also see paper by Mr. F. G. Urner, page [327].

Homes: See address of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, President-General, Daughters of the American Revolution, page [250]. Also report by Mrs. Orville T. Bright, of Chicago, Vice-President of the National Congress of Mothers, page [196].

Child Life: See address and report of the Hon. Ben B. Lindsey, Chairman, page [170].

Education: See report of Dr. C. E. Bessey, Chairman, page [66]; see also address of Prof. E. T. Fairchild, page [134].

Civics: See address of Mr. Ralph M. Easley, Chairman, page [272].

National Parks: The report of this committee was submitted in writing, signed by Dr. W J McGee, Chairman, and Col. Malcolm H. Crump. See page [182].

General (including Wild Life): Dr. W. T. Hornaday, Chairman, presented the report of this committee. See page [344]. Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson gave an address on “Bird Slaughter and the Cost of Living.” See page [72].

[INDEX.]

Accidents, Due to trespassing on railroads, [212]
Elevator, Statistics of, [229]
Industrial, [212]
Prevention of elevator, Address by R. P. Bolton, [223–230]
Prevention of railroad, Address by T. H. Johnson, [205]
Railroad statistics on, [205]
Railway, Preventable, [220]
prevention section, [335]
prevention section, Resolution adopted, [335]
Addams, Miss Jane, Reference to, [174]
Adjournment of Congress, [311]
Allen, E. T., Chairman Forestry Section, [312]
Member Nominating Committee, [196]
Member Committee on Credentials, [111]
Address by, [61–66]
American Farmer, [133]
American Federation of Labor, Reference to, [174]
Austin, Hon. R. M., Remarks by, [310]
Ashley, Dr. Burton J., Address by, [281–286]
Bailey, Prof. L. H., Chairman Committee on Lands and Agriculture, [10]
Barker, H. A., Member Nominating Committee, [196]
Barnard, H. E., Resolution by, [327]
Barrett, Charles S., Address by, [132–134]
Baumgartner, J. P., Remarks by, [286]
Bessey, Dr. C. E., Chairman Committee on Education, [10]
Report by, [66–71]
Bird life, Conservation of, [280]
Birds, Federal protection of migratory, Address by Dr. W. T. Hornaday, [72], [73]
Protection of, [19]
Slaughter and the cost of living, Address by Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, [72]
Birth and death certificates, Reference to, [215]
registration, [18], [235]
registration in Indiana, [247]
registration in Europe, [245]
Black, Mrs. Elmer, Paper by, [352]
Blue, Surgeon-General, Reference to, [111]
Board of Managers, [9]
Bolton, Reginald Pelham, Address by, [223–230]
Brandeis, Louis D., Reference to, [154]
Bright, Mrs. Orville T., Address by, [196–200]
Bureau of Mines, Reference to, [108]
of Public Health, Reference to, [221]
Child, The, [171]
Duty of Nation to, [180]
labor, [19]
laws, Reference to, [112]
life, Committee on, [10]
Problem of the, [172]
welfare exhibit, [179]
International congress on, Reference to, [200]
Childhood, Rights of, [181]
Children, Attendance of, in schools of U. S., [270]
Duty of State toward, [176]
Legislation for protection of dependent, [175]
Protection of dependent, [175]
Safeguarding the morals of, [179]
Welfare of, [172]
Children’s Bureau, Address by Miss Julia Clifford Lathrop, [242–249]
Importance of, [242]
Object of, [242]
Reference to, [108]
Reference to, [174]
Work of, [248]
Civics, Committee on, [10]
Civil service, [278]
Climate as an asset, [303]
Coal, Amount mined, [203]
State production of, [48], [49]
Waste of, [203]
Cofer, Dr. L. E., Address by, [111–112]
Cold storage, [329]
Attacks on, [326]
economics, [330]
Food conservation by, Address by F. G. Urner, [327–334]
Function of, [331]
Committee of one hundred, Reference to, [107]
on Resolutions, Chairman of, [111]
Compensation act in Washington State, [188]
Condra, Dr. George E., Address by, [48]
Member of Nominating Committee, [196]
Report of, [123–130]
Conservation of bird life, [260]
of business, [60]
of business, Reference to, [123]
Commission, Reference to, by President White, [39]
Reference to, [108]
Commissions, [56]
of the child, [178]
Congress, Development of, [161], [162]
Field of, Reference by President White, [38]
Homes department of, [199]
Objects of, [183]
Origin of, [161]
department, General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Work of, [258]
of food, Address by F. G. Urner, [327–334]
in relation to the home, [252]
of the human race, Address by Dr. John N. Hurty, [148–154]
of land and the man, Address by Mrs. Haviland H. Lund, [131–132]
of life, [256]
of man, Address by Dr. H. W. Wiley, [75–91]
of man on the land, Address by Charles S. Barrett, [132]
and mining, [202]
of navigable streams, Address on, [357–362]
organization, [55]
in States, [55], [56]
Progress in, [60]
redefined, Address of E. T. Allen, [61–66]
Results of lack of, [259]
and secondary industries, [147]
of the soil, Paper by Hon. James J. Hill, [349–352]
of waters, Report by W. C. Mendenhall, Chairman Committee on Waters, [335–344]
work in General Federation of Women’s Clubs, [259]
Constitution, [13]
Amendment to, [286]
Changes in, [286], [287]
Consumers’ League, Reference to, [253], [254]
Corporations, Overcapitalization of, [231]
Cost of living, [162]
Country life, [22]
Credentials, Committee on, [111]
Crocker, Mrs. Marion A., Address by, [258–262]
Member Nominating Committee, [196]
Crump, M. H., Report by, [182], [183]
Daughters of the American Revolution, Reference to, [249]
Reference to, [253]
Death, Loss through, [109]
Means of avoiding, [81]
registration, [18]
Unnecessary, [109]
Denny, Miss Adeline, Motion by, [181]
Department of Labor, Reference to, [108]
Diseases of children, [244]
Communicable, [84]
Heredity of, [86]
Immunity from, [84]
Most active, [79], [80], [81]
Occupational, [143]
Prevention of introduction of contagious and infectious, [114]
Prevention of the spread of, [117]
of unknown genesis, [83]
Doremus, Charles A., Letter from, [147]
Dowling, Dr. Oscar, Address by, [139–144]
Drinker, Dr. Henry Sturgis, Address by, [347–349]
Drugs, Supervision of, [87]
Dunn, Jacob P., Address by, [357–362]
Easley, Ralph M., Address by, [272–281]
Chairman Committee on Civics, [10]
Education, Committee on, [10]
of immigrants, [198]
A plea for more equal educational opportunities, Address by Professor E. T. Fairchild, [134–139]
In relation to Conservation, [59]
Report of standing committees on, [66–71]
Value of, [167], [168]
Work in the community, [67]
Work through legislation, [70]
Work in the schools, [68]
Efficiency, Human, Address by Harrington Emerson, [154–160]
Elevator accidents, Legislation governing, [226]
Ellis, Don Carlos, Presentation of Knoxville invitation by, [307–310]
Resolution by, [310]
Emerson, Harrington, Address by, [154–160]
Employer, The duty of, Address by Dr. E. A. Rumely, [144–147]
Employment department, [154]
Responsibility of, [237]
Evans, Dr. William A., Speaker, [61]
Executive Committee, [9]
Adoption of report by, [288]
Report by, [286]
Exhibit, [22]
Factory legislation, [274]
Fairbanks, Hon. Charles Warren, Address of welcome by, [24]
Fairchild, Professor E. T., Address by, [134–139]
Farmers’ Union, President of, Charles S. Barrett, [132]
Farming, Scientific, [297]
Farquhar, A. B., Address by, [214–223]
Motion by, [288]
Farrand, Dr. Livingston, Address by, [264–271]
Federal Forest Service, Reference to, by E. T. Allen, [63]
Fish, Protection of, [19]
Fisher, Professor Irving, Address by, [103–111]
Flood Damage, [291]
Investigation of Pittsburgh Flood Commission, Address by George M. Lehman, [289–296]
prevention, [294]
protection, [293]
Food, Committee on, [10]
preservation, Methods of, [328]
production, Development of, [328]
preservation, Requirement of, [328]
products, Relative values of, [143]
Section on, [326]
Foods, Quality of cold storage, [332]
Forest fires, [21]
State appropriations for prevention of, [21]
resources, Situation in States, [52], [53], [54]
service, Commendation of, [20]
Appropriations for, [20]
Forestry, Attack upon, [321]
Committee on, [10]
Committee on Co-operation, [314]
Committee on Permanent Organization, [314]
Committee on Resolutions, [31]
Education in, [313]
policy, [323]
Present situation in, Address by Prof. H. S. Graves, [318–325]
Progress in State, [320]
Reasons for government ownership, [324], [325]
Report of Committee on Permanent Organization, [315], [316]
Report of Committee on Resolutions, [315]
section, [312]
Organization of, [312]
Register, [317]
Forests, [20]
and floods, [304]
Address by E. T. Allen, [61–66]
Protection by the States, [21]
Foster, Volney T., Member Committee on Credentials, [111]
Game, Protection of, [19]
General (including domesticated animals and wild life), Committee on, [10]
Federation of Women’s Clubs, Reference to, [240], [241]
Gipe, J. C., Nomination of, for Recording Secretary, [288]
Recording Secretary, [9]
Recording Secretary, 1913, [11]
Graves, Henry S., Address by, [318–325]
Chairman Committee on Forestry, 1913, [11]
Chairman Committee on Forests, [10]
Discussion of paper by, [316]
Greetings to Congress, [182]
Griggs, Major E. G., Address by, [183–195]
Member Nominating Committee, [196]
Gross, H. H., Address by, [297–302]
Habit-forming Drugs, [110]
Hadley, Governor of Missouri, Reference to, [231]
Hon. Herbert S., Governor of Missouri, Reference to, [296]
Hammond, John B., Adoption of Resolution by, [306]
Health, Public Health, Reference to, [111]
Powers of National Government Relating to, [112]
Control, Authority in, Address by Dr. L. E. Cofer, [111–112]
Education in, [82]
Federal Public Health Service, Activities of, [114]
of Industrial Workers, [18]
National Board of, Reference to, [113]
of the People, [18]
Public and Hygiene, Address by Dr. Oscar Dowling, [139–144]
Work, Municipal, Reference to, [98], [99], [100]
National, Reference to, [97]
State, Reference to, [98]
Heredity, [152]
Hereditary Defects, [18]
Hill, Rev. H. G., Invocation, [91]
Hon. James J., Paper by, [349–352]
Holmes, Dr. Joseph A., Address by, [200–205]
Chairman, Committee on Minerals, [10]
Reference to, [38]
Home, The, address by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, [250–254]
Conservation of the, [197]
Making, [251]
The Country, [199]
Training in the, [250]
Homes, Committee on, [10]
Hopkins, Cyril G., reference to, [300]
Hornaday, Dr. W. T., address by, [72]
Chairman, General Committee (including Domesticated Animals and Wild Life), [10]
Report of, as Chairman, Committee on Wild Life Protection, [344–347]
Hospitals, Establishment of Public, [269]
Human Efficiency, Address by Dr. Henry Wallace, [161–170]
Reference to, [94]
by President White, [33]
Life, Conservation of, [201]
address by A. B. Farquhar, [214–223]
Discussion of, by Dr. William A. Evans, [61]
as a National Asset, Address by E. E. Rittenhouse, [92–102]
Hurty, Dr. John N., Address by, [148–154]
Reference to, [246]
Hygiene, Divisions of, [153]
Essentially Preventive, [144]
Need of Education in, [198]
in Relation to Public Health, Address by Dr. Oscar Dowling, [139–144]
in Its Relation to Health, [140]
School, [150]
Illness, [149]
Immigrants, Proper Distribution of, [198]
Indiana, Conservation Work in, [29]
Health Work in, [29], [30]
State Forestry Association, [29]
State Board of Forestry, [29]
Indianapolis, Welcome on Behalf of, [31]
Industry, American, [236]
Industrial Insurance, Reports of Washington Conservation Commission, [193], [194], [195]
Infant Life, Protection of, [196]
Mortality, Prevention of, [244]
Initiative, Referendum and Direct Primary, [278]
Insect Ravages, [19]
Insurance, Working Man’s, [143]
International Sunday School Association, Reference to, [178]
Invitation to Congress from San Francisco, [286]
from Knoxville, [182]
Invitations from Cities Desiring Congress, [306]
Iron Ore, State Production of, [50], [51]
Irrigation, [51]
“Is the Child Worth Conserving?” Address by Judge Ben B. Lindsey, [170–181]
Johnson, Thomas H., Address by, [205–214]
Jones, Col. W. A. Fleming, [111]
Kelsey, Frederick, Remarks by, [231]
Kendall, Mrs. Elmer E., Member, Nominating Committee, [196]
Knapp, Joseph P., Reference to, [186]
Knoxville, Invitation from, [307–310]
Labor, Values from, [146]
Wage Scale and Hours, [305]
Land, Drainage Schemes, [125]
Dry Land Deals, [126]
Effects of Land Frauds, [129]
Eucalyptus Promotion, [125]
Frauds, or Get-Rich-Quick Schemes, Address by Dr. George E. Condra, [123–130]
Fruit Land Promotion, [124]
Irrigation Schemes, [124]
Mineral Land Promotion, [124]
Misrepresentation and Overvaluation of, [127]
Oil and Gas Promotion, [124]
Promoters’ Methods, [128]
Schemes, [126]
and Soil, Distribution of, [52]
Lands, [19]
and Agriculture, Committee on, [10]
Report of Committee on, [123–130]
Classification of, [20]
Leasing of, [20]
Withdrawal of Public, [20]
Latchaw, D. A., Nomination of, for Treasurer, [288]
Treasurer, 1912, [9]
1913, [11]
Lathrop, Miss Julia Clifford, Address by, [242–249]
Laws, Sumptuary, [89]
Lehman, George M., Address by, [289–296]
Lieber, Richard, Address of Welcome by, [31]
Chairman, Board of Managers, 1912, [9]
Life, Average Human, [103]
Duration of, in Sweden, [104]
Lever Bill, Reference to, [300]
Life Insurance Companies, Reference to, [101], [108]
Life, Length of, [148]
Loss of, in Mines, [204]
Prolongation of, [90]
Table of Expectation of, [77]
waste, [94], [95], [96]
Lindsey, Judge Ben B., [170–181]
Chairman, Committee on Child Life, [10]
Living, Science of, [151]
Logging, Hazards of, [190]
Loomis, A. M., New York, Remarks by, [311]
Lumber Manufacturers, Reference to, [185]
“Lumberman’s Viewpoint, The,” Address by Major E. G. Griggs, [183–195]
Lumbermen, Reference to, by E. T. Allen, [65]
Support of Forestry by, [21]
Lund, Mrs. Haviland H., Address by, [130–132]
McGee, Dr. W J, [22]
An Appreciation of, by W. C. Mendenhall, [365–367]
Chairman, Committee on National Parks, [10]
Resolution on, [22]
Mammoth Cave, Establishment of, as a National Park, [182], [183]
Martin, Col. John I., Sergeant-at-Arms, [23]
Motion by, [91]
Remarks by, [262], [263]
Medicine, Patent, [150]
Proprietary, [88]
Men and Religion Forward Movement, Reference to, [178], [276]
Mendenhall, W. C., Report as Chairman, Committee on Waters, [335–344]
Miller, Winfield, Address of Welcome by, [33]
Mine Legislation, [205]
Minerals, [21]
Committee on, [10]
Long-time Leases of, [21]
Waste of, [22]
Mining, [22]
Conditions, Improvement of, [204]
as a Great Foundation of Industry, [201]
Industry, [201], [202]
Development of, [202]
Loss of Life In, [22]
Mix, Dr. M. W., Chairman Accident Prevention Section, [335]
Moore, Mrs. Philip N., Nomination of, for Vice-President, [288]
Remarks by, [241]
Vice-President, 1913, [11]
Professor Willis N., Address by, [302–305]
Mortality Statistics, [78]
Mothers’ Compensation Law, [176]
Pensions, [174]
Municipal Government, [279]
National Association of Conservation Commissioners, Election of Officers, [335]
Meeting of, [334], [335]
of Manufacturers, Reference to, [146]
Child Labor Committee, Reference to, [274]
Civic Federation, Work of, [277]
Congress of Mothers, Reference to, [196]
Consumers’ League, Reference to, [172], [173]
Conservation Association, Reference to, [56]
Congress, Amendment to Constitution, [286], [287]
Membership in, [287]
Reference to, [56]
Vice-President of, [286]
Magazine, Suggestion of a, [302]
Department of Health, Reference to, [108]
Fertilizer Association, Report from, [363–365]
League for Medical Freedom, Reference to, [222]
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, Reference to, [185], [187]
Parks (including Mammoth Cave, Ky., and Adjacent Lands), Committee on, [10]
National Soil Fertility League, [299]
Natural Gas, State Production of, [49], [50]
Waste of, [22]
Resources, Proper Utilization of, [184]
Navigable Streams, Conservation of, [357–362]
Nominating Committee, Adoption of Report of, [288]
Appointment of, [195]
Report by, [288]
Officers, Appreciation of the Work of, [23]
and Committees, 1912, [9]
1913, [11]
Pack, Charles Lathrop, Nomination of, for President, [288]
Presentation of, as President, [288]
President, 1913, [11]
Remarks by, [289]
Page, Walter H., Chairman, Committee on Resolutions, [111]
Report as Chairman of Committee on Resolutions, [306]
Panama Canal, Reference to, [28], [106]
Parent-Teacher Associations, Reference to, [199]
Pearson, Dr. T. Gilbert, Illustrated Address by, [71]
Petroleum, State Production of, [49], [50]
Philputt, Rev. Dr. Allan B., Invocation by, [74]
Pinchot, Gifford, Message from, [74]
Reference to, by Dr. Wiley, [75]
Political Platforms, [110]
Population, Increase in, [300]
Public Health Movement, Address by Prof. Irving Fisher, [103–111]
Service, Organization of, [119], [120]
Service, Activities of, [121], [122]
State Laws Concerning, [284]
Utility Corporations, in Their Relation to the Public, [277]
Pure Food and Drugs, [279]
Pittsburgh Flood Commission, Outline of Work, [290]
Race Suicide, [96], [177]
Railroad Accidents, Cause and Prevention of, [208]
Statistics on, [211]
Study of, [207]
Railway Accidents, [206], [207]
Classes of, [207]
Rauh, Charles S., Report by, [363–365]
Reception by Officers and Board of Managers, [73]
Reforestation, [21]
Refrigeration of Food Stuffs, [19]
Reports of Washington Compensation Commission, [188]
Rescue of the Fit, Address by Harrington Emerson, [154–160]
Research, Scientific, [118]
Resolution by R. P. Bolton, [231]
by Frederick Kelsey, [231]
Resolutions, [18]
Resources, Human, [140]
Rittenhouse, E. E., Address by, [92], [102]
Rumely, Dr. Edward A., Address by, [144–147]
Rural Schools, [22]
Pupils in, [137]
Sanitation in Pennsylvania, [216]
Enforcement of, [119]
of Foreign Commerce, [115]
Sanitary Treaties, [116]
Information, Collection of, [117]
“Saving Miners’ Lives,” Address by Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, [200–205]
Scott, Mrs. Matthew T., Address by, [250–254]
Chairman, Committee on Homes, [10]
President-General, D. A. R., Introduction of, [249]
Schools, Country, Needs of, [299]
Growth in, [135]
Rural, Reference to, [136]
School Supervision, [138]
Taxes, [137]
Sewage Disposal, [19]
Experiments in, [284]
Disposition of, Address by Dr. Burton J. Ashley, [281–286]
Shipp, Thomas R., Executive Secretary, 1912, [9]
1913, [11]
Nomination and Election of, for Executive Secretary, [288]
Social Evil, The, [277]
Industry and Civic Progress, Address by Ralph M. Easley, [272–281]
Soil Fertility, [162]
in Europe, [297], [298]
as National Asset, [297]
Soil, The Story of the, Address by H. H. Gross, [297–302]
States, What They Are Doing, Dr. George E. Condra, [48]
Standing Committees, 1912, [10]
Report of, [367–368]
Stimson, Hon. Henry L., Secretary of War, Address by, [41]
Stimulants, Dangers of, [89]
Storms, Rev. Dr. A. B., Invocation by, [47]
“Story of the Air,” Address by Prof. Willis N. Moore, [302–305]
Supplementary Proceedings, [312]
Surveys, Climate, [58]
Ground Water, [58]
Social and Industrial Conditions, [58]
Native Life, [58]
Soils, [58]
Structural, [58]
Surface Water and Drainage, [58]
Topographical, [57]
Value of, [57], [58], [59]
Taft, President, Message from, [41]
Personal Representative of, [41]
Teal, J. N., Chairman, Committee on Waters, [10]
Tenement House Reform, [274]
Timber Crop, [185]
Toll, John D., Report by, [363–365]
Training of Americans, [255]
Tuberculosis Campaign, Outline of, [267]
Deaths from, [264]
Problem of, Address by Dr. Livingston Farrand, [264–271]
Registration, [265]
of the Social Conditions, [266]
Survey, [268]
Typhoid Fever, [220]
United States Steel Corporation, Reference to, [203]
Urner, F. G., Address by, [327–334]
Vice Commissions, [179]
Vice-Presidents, [9]
Vital Energy, [234]
Resources, [10]
Committee on, [10]
of the Nation, Address by Dr. Henry S. Drinker, [347–349]
State Activities in, [54], [55]
Statistics, Address by A. B. Farquhar, [214–223]
Vitality, Saving, [151]
Vote of Thanks to Judge Lindsey, [181]
Wage-Earners, improvement of Conditions for, [273]
Wage Question, [159]
Wages, Improvement of, [273]
Walker, Mrs. John R., Address by, [255–258]
Wallace, Dr. Henry, Address by, [161–170]
Chairman Pro Tem, [122]
Member, Nominating Committee, [196]
War, Policy of Waste; Peace Policy of Conservation, Address by Mrs. Elmer Black, [352–356]
Water Power, [22]
Address of Hon. Henry L. Stimson, [41–46]
Coosa River Bill, [45]
Combination to Control, [184]
James River Bill, [44]
National Policy, [43]
A Prominent Resource, [43]
Public Control of, [22]
Waters, Committee on, [10]
Welch, Dr. William H., Chairman, Committee on Vital Statistics, [10]
Weeks Law, Reference to, [319]
Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Reference to, [65]
Wheeler, N. P., Member, Nominating Committee, [196]
White, Hon. J. B., Address as President, [48]
White, President, Remarks in Presenting Hon. Woodrow Wilson, [232]
Remarks Presenting Charles Lathrop Pack, [288]
Remarks of, [33], [37], [40], [47], [75], [92], [102], [139], [160], [170], [181], [183], [195], [200], [231], [240], [264], [298]
1912, [9]
Announcements by, [111], [134], [182]
Remarks by, [311]
Statement by, [302]
Wicks, Rev. Dr. F. S. C., Invocation by, [24]
Wild Life Protection, State Activities in, [346]
Report of Standing Committee of, [344]
Wiley, Dr. Harvey W., Address by, [75–91]
Chairman, Committee on Food, [10]
Chairman, Section on Food, [326]
Mention of, [28]
Wilson, Woodrow, Introduction of, by President White, [232]
Address by, [232–240]
Woodworking Industries, Risks in, [189], [190]
Women’s Meeting, [240]
Workman’s Compensation Act, [187]
Acts, States Which Have, [188]
Worsham, E. Lee, Remarks by, [287]
Chairman, Executive Committee, 1912, [9]
1913, [11]