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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Dr. W. B. Tillsbury, 

 Vice-president for Anthropology and Psychology, professor of psychology, University 



of Michigan. 



usefulness of the association. Reports 

 were received in regard to the organi- 

 zation of the Pacific Coast Division, 

 authorized a year ago, in view of the 

 meeting of the association in California 

 at the time of the Panama Exposition, 

 hut also empowered to hold independent 

 meetings. The associate secretary for 

 the south made a report on conditions 

 in that region. A committee with Senor 

 Eduardo Braga as chairman was formed 

 with a view to the organization of a 

 Brazilian division. If the association 

 can become "American" in fact as 

 well as in name, it will be a stimulus to 

 science throughout the western hemi- 



sphere and a means of promoting good- 

 will among its republics. The estab- 

 lishment of local branches of the asso- 

 ciation Mas authorized in places where 

 the members are prepared to conduct 

 branches which will forward the ob- 

 jects of the association. This move- 

 ment has possibilities of great develop- 

 ment, especially in institutions and 

 places somewhat remote from the large 

 scientific centers where there are no 

 academies of sciences or similar organi- 

 zations. It was decided to arrange once 

 in four years- — in New York in 1916-17 

 and in Chicago in 1920-1 — representa- 

 tive convocation-week meetings, in 



