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Excerpt from International Congress of Arts and Science, Vol. 8: Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Comprising Lectures on Astronomy, Astrophysics, Sciences of the Earth, Geophysics, Geology, Paleontology, Petrology and Mineralogy, Geography, Oceanography, Physiography and Cosmical Physics
The Chairman of the Department of Astronomy was Professor George C. Comstock, Director of the University Observatory at Madison, Wisconsin, who opened the proceedings of the Department with the following remarks: We who are American astronomers have been wont to meet under other auspices to mark the progress of our science or to plan new campaigns for its advancement beyond the existing bounds of know ledge, and upon such occasions it has not been an unknown practice among us to appeal to the social instincts common to civilized men of every vocation and to embrace the opportunities thus presented for the development of personal friendships and the formation of a professional esprit de corps. With such memories in mind your Chairman cannot to-day address himself to the declared purposes of this Congress and to its somewhat unusual accessories without first giving in the name of all American astronomers, absent as well as present, a cordial greeting to our distinguished colleagues from beyond the sea, who are to-day with us as members of the Congress.
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