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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Dr. William McPherson, 



Professor of Chemistry in Ohio State 



University, Vice-president for 



Chemistry. 



meets in Boston. All arrangements 

 were admirably made, though it was 

 in some respects unfortunate that it 

 was necessary for the sections of the 

 association and the different societies 

 to meet at widely separated places. 

 The hotel selected for headquarters was 

 somewhat small for a general meeting 

 place, and the office of registration in 

 the Technology Union, while a pleasant 

 meeting place, was too isolated. In- 



Dr. D. P. Pen hallow, 



Professor of Botany, McGill University, 



Vice-president for Botany. 



R. W. Brock, 



Professor of Mining, School of Mines, 



Kingston, Can., Vice-president 



for Geology. 



deed it may be said that while the 

 meetings of the special societies were 

 admirable, the efforts made by the gen- 

 eral association to provide meetings of 

 general interest and to bring together 

 men of science working in different 

 departments were only partly rewarded. 

 The addresses and programs were in 

 most cases excellent, but the scientific 

 men in attendance were occupied in 

 their special societies, very few mem- 

 bers of the association not engaged in 



