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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Henry Crew, Professor of Physics, North- 

 western University, Chairman of the Section 

 oi Physics. 



University, and by the vice-presidents 

 of the sections — Professor Alexander 

 Ziwet, of the University of Michigan; 

 Professor Leonhard Kinnicutt, of the 



Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Pro- 

 fessor E. A. Smith, of the University 

 of Alabama; Dr. C. Hart Merriam, of 

 the U. S. Biological Survey; Professor 

 W. F. Magie, of Princeton University; 

 Professor B. L. Robinson, of Harvard 

 University, and Dr. Martin A. Knapp, 

 of the Interstate Commerce Bureau 

 Commission, and Professor David S. 

 Jacobus, of Stevens Institute. These 



Wm. North Rice, Professor of Geology, 

 Wesleyan University, Chairman of the Sec- 

 tion of Geology and Geography. 



Henry B. Ward, Professor of Geology, 

 University of Nebraska. Chairman of the 

 Section of Zoology. 



addresses are in course of publication 

 in Science. Dr. F. P. Venable, presi- 

 dent of the University of South Caro- 

 lina, gave a presidential address before 

 the American Chemical Society, and 

 Mr. Elwood Mead, of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, gave a lec- 

 ture complimentary to the citizens of 

 New Orleans. 



The programs of the sections, pre- 

 sided over by the vice-presidents, some 

 of whose portraits we are able to give, 

 were of unequal scientific value. The 

 section of anthropology had no meet- 

 ings, and in the cases of geology and 

 zoology the programs were small. This 

 is explained by the fact that the anthro- 



