The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/American Philological Association

AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, a society inaugurated by William D. Whitney, of Yale, at Poughkeepsie 1869 as an outgrowth of the Oriental Society, Classical Section. Its object is the &ldquo;advancement and diffusion of philological knowledge&rdquo;; it publishes an annual volume of &lsquo;Transactions&rsquo; and also &lsquo;Proceedings,&rsquo; detailing its meetings and giving titles of papers presented. It has a membership of some 718.