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told what great benefits industry re- 

 ceives from labors in pure science. 

 It was a happy thought for Mr. Wil- 

 liam McMurtrie to point out to a 

 scientific audience the benefits that 

 the science of chemistry has derived 

 from industrial operations. Those 

 who listened to Vice-President Wil- 

 liam Kent's address on The Eelation 

 of Engineering to Economics carried 

 away several valuable ideas, one be- 

 ing that the invention of machines 

 has been of more economic impor- 

 tance than the division of labor of 

 which the old economists made so 

 much; another that America is far 

 behind the Old World in the art of 

 wasting human labor; and another 

 that improved methods inflict more 

 temporary loss on capital by destroy- 

 ing the value of machinery and ap- 

 pliances than upon labor by displac- 

 ing workmen. Mr. B. E. Fernow, 

 addressing the Section of Economic 

 Science, ventured upon the debatable 

 ground of governmental functions, 

 but probably most of his audience 

 accepted what he said in regard to 

 the conservation of our forests and 

 other natural resources. The papers 

 read gave evidence of diligent re- 

 search and had been in the main 

 well sifted, although occasionally 

 some newly fledged professor or gar- 

 rulous veteran consumed more time 

 than he should have. Time limits 

 rigidly enforced by the several pre- 

 siding officers might be worth trying 

 in order to give more snap to the 

 proceedings and increase the value 

 of the association to the best work- 

 ers. The only remarkable discovery 

 announced in the course of the meet- 

 ing was the finding of another im- 

 plement in the glacial gravels, which 

 strengthens the view that man lived 

 in America either during or imme- 

 diately after the Glacial period. The 

 implement was exhibited and de- 

 scribed by Prof. G. F. Wright, who 

 has become the leading exponent of 



this view. The attendance was an 

 average number, and probably in- 

 cluded a smaller proportion of sight- 

 seers and a greater one of workers 

 than when the meetings are held in 

 larger cities. 



Next year the association will hold 

 its fourth meeting in Buffalo, further 

 strengthening the precedent of a de- 

 cennial visit to that city, and Prof. 

 E. D. Cope will preside. The vice- 

 presidents elected are : (A) Mathe- 

 matics and Astronomy William E. 

 Story, of Worcester ; (B) Physics 

 Carl Leo Mees, of Terre Haute, Ind. ; 

 (C) Chemistry W. A. Noyes, of 

 Terre Haute, Ind. ; (D) Mechanical 

 Science and Engineering Frank 0. 

 Marvin, of Lawrence, Kan. : (E) Ge- 

 ology and Geography Benjamin K. 

 Emerson, of Amherst ; (F) Zoology 

 Theodore N. Gill, of Washington, 

 D. C. ; (G) Botany N. L. Britton, 

 of New York city ; (H) Anthropology 

 Alice C. Fletcher, of Washington, 

 D. C. ; (I) Social Science William 

 R. Lazenby, of Columbus, Ohio. 



Prof. F. W. Putnam remains Per- 

 manent Secretary. The following 

 are the other officers : General Sec- 

 retary, Charles R Barnes, of Madi- 

 son, Wis. Secretary of the Council, 

 Asaph Hall, Jr., of Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 Secretaries of the Sections : (A) 

 Mathematics and Astronomy Ed- 

 win B. Frost, of Hanover, N. H. ; 

 (B) Physics Frank P. Whitman, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio ; (C) Chemistry- 

 Frank P. Venable, of Chapel Hill, 

 N. C. ; (D) Mechanical Science and 

 Engineering John Galbraith, of 

 Toronto, Canada ; (E) Geology and 

 Geography A. C. Gill, of Ithaca, 

 N. Y. ; (F) Zoology D. S. Kellicott, 

 of Columbus, Ohio ; (G) Botany- 

 George F. Atkinson, of Ithaca. N. Y. ; 

 (H) Anthropology John G. Bourke, 

 United States Army ; (I) Social Sci- 

 ence R. T. Colburn, of Elizabeth, 

 N. J. Treasurer, R. S. Woodward, 

 of New York, N. Y. 



