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Wit. F. Magie, 

 Professor of Physics, Princeton University, Vice-President for Physics. 



ciation was emphasized by the selection 

 of New Orleans as the place of meeting 

 during next convocation week, begin- 

 ning on December 29, 1905. Boston 

 was recommended as the place of meet- 

 ing for 1906. It was also recom- 

 mended that a summer meeting be held 

 in Ithaca in 1906. Professor Calvin 

 Milton Woodward, of Washington Uni- 

 versity, St. Louis, was elected presi- 

 dent of the association for the Xew 

 Orleans meeting. Professor Woodward 

 was born at Fitchburg, Mass.. August 

 2.">. 1837. He is a graduate of Har- 

 vard (1860) and a doctor of philosophy 

 from Washington University (1S83). 

 He has occupied the chair of mathe- 



matics and applied mechanics at the 

 Washington University since 1870, and 

 for many years he served as dean of the 

 school of engineering. In 1879 he 

 originated the St. Louis Manual Train- 

 ing School, of which he has been direc- 

 tor ever since. Dr. Woodward has 

 been an active member of the St. Louis 

 school board and the president of the 

 board of regents of the Missouri State 

 University. He has written impor- 

 tant books on manual training in edu- 

 cation. A member of the association 

 since 1883, he has been interested in 

 the work of three of its sections, those 

 of mathematics and astronomy, of me- 



chanical science and 



and 



