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W. S. Eichelberger, Proicssor of Mathe- 

 matics, U. S. Naval Observatory, Chairman of 

 the Section of Mathematics and Astronomy. 



ence will in the course of the next de- 

 cade witness a parallel progress. And 

 to this end the visit of the association 

 to New Orleans will surely contribute. 

 New Orleans has the characteristics 

 which with some exaggeration we at- 



tribute to the south. Its people are 

 pleasure-loving and hospitable; the 

 streets and restaurants are crowded; 

 there were during the week of the 

 meeting two race tracks in operation 

 and two companies giving grand opera. 

 As might have been expected the wel- 

 come to the association was cordial, 

 spontaneous and unorganized. The 

 meeting was truly appreciated, for in 

 no place is science more highly es- 

 teemed than in New Orleans at the 

 present time. As the Hon. C. F. Buck 

 worded it in his address of welcome: 

 " Our people are in a mood of worship 

 in this regard. Through all the gen- 

 erations of the past has hung a dread, 



F. W. McNaie, President of the Michigan 

 College of Mines, Chairman of the Section of 

 Mechanical Science and Engineering. 



W. T. Sedgwick, Professor of Biology, 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair- 

 man of the Section of Physiology and Exper- 

 imental Medicine. 



impenetrable shadow over our destiny. 

 A mysterious disease which baffled hu- 

 man skill in its treatment and defied 

 inquiry into its coming and going 

 threatened all our hopes and expecta- 

 tions indefinitely. Science has lifted 

 the shadow and unlocked the mystery. 

 We look the future in the face with a 

 new hope and an unshaken confidence. 

 Your coming to us, so far away from 

 the usual centers, just at this time, ap- 

 peals to us like a voice of succor and a 

 helping hand in a wilderness." 



An interesting series of addresses 

 was given by the retiring president, 

 Professor W. G. Farlow, of Harvard 



