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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



ings which were held from .June 27 to 

 July 3. This is as large a group as 

 is necessary or even desirable for the 

 enjoyment of those who are present. 

 It might, however, have been expected 

 that a larger number would have taken 

 advantage of the opportunity. The 

 chemists, physicists and others who 

 held technical meetings came in fair 

 numbers, but there were not many who 

 attended the meeting in order to see 

 the university and the surrounding re- 

 gions, to meet their colleagues in other 

 departments and learn of the general 

 forward movement in science, or to do 

 their share in promoting the organiza- 

 tion of scientific work and scientific 

 men. Thus sections A and K held no 

 meetings at Ithaca; the special socie- 

 ties whose subjects were included in 

 those sections — mathematics, astrono- 

 my, physiology, anatomy, pathology, 

 psychology, etc., did not hold meetings, 

 and the registration in those sections 

 was four members. The absence of 

 those who are not professional students 

 of science was also noticeable and prob- 



ably regrettable. It should be one of 

 the functions of the association to keep 

 science in touch with the larger public 

 and to increase scientific interest 

 throughout the country. It was hoped 

 that the resumption of summer meet- 

 ings would be a step in this direction, 

 but it does not seem that very much 

 was accomplished at Ithaca. 



Yet the character of the meeting, as 

 well as its place, was as attractive as 

 could well be. Dr. Welch, our leading 

 pathologist, was an admirable presi- 

 ding officer and gave two interesting ad- 

 dresses. Two addresses were given by 

 President Sehurman and one by Dr. 

 Andrew D. White. The evening lectures, 

 by Professor Carhart on the South 

 African meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation and by Professor Branner on 

 the California earthquake, were particu- 

 larly timely and interesting. The new 

 physical laboratory of the university 

 was dedicated, and Sigma Xi celebrated 

 the twentieth anniversary of its founda- 

 tion. The excursions arranged by the 



The Library of Cornell University. 



