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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Earl Hall, Columbia University. This building is the headquarters of the 

 American Association and the affiliated societies. 



advancement and diffusion of science. 



It is not possible in this note to give 

 a statement even of the main features 

 of the programs. The American As- 

 sociation meets in ten sections, each 

 with its own presiding officers and its 

 program of papers and discussions last- 

 ing several days. There are further 

 about twenty national societies which 

 meet in affiliation, sometimes holding 

 joint sessions with the sections of the 

 association or with one another and 

 sometimes meeting separately. These 

 societies, which include those devoted 

 to astronomy, physics, mathematics, 

 chemistry, geology, geography, zoology, 

 entomology, bacteriology, physiology, 

 anatomy, botany, psychology, philos- 

 ophy and anthropology, each has its 

 independent organization and officers, 

 so it is obvious that the programs are 

 extensive. There will be at least five 

 hundred papers read, which when pub- 

 lished in detail will fill more than ten 

 thousand pages. 



The high character and broad in- 

 terest of the proceedings may be briefly 

 but adequately shown by a list of some 

 of the retiring or presiding officers, 

 most of whom will make addresses. 

 Every one familiar with science in 

 America will understand that they 

 represent the best work now being ac- 



complished. These officers include: 

 Professor W. H. Welch of the Johns 

 Hopkins University, Professor C. M. 

 Woodward of Washington University, 

 Professor William James of Harvard 

 University, Professor Charles B. Daven- 

 port of the Cold Spring Biological 

 Laboratory, Professor E. C. Pickering 

 of the Harvard College Observatory, 

 Professor Carl Barus of Brown Uni- 

 versity, Professor W. F. Osgood of Har- 

 vard University, Dr. W. F. Hillebrand 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey, Mr. C. 

 C. Adams of New York City, Professor 

 W. E. Castle of Harvard University, 

 Mr. A. H. Kirtland of Maiden, Mass., 

 Professor Erwin F. Smith of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, Pro- 

 fessor W. H. Howell of the Johns Hop- 

 kins University, Professor Franklin P. 

 Mall of the Johns Hopkins University, 

 Dr. F. S. Earle of Herradura, Cuba, 

 Professor J. R. Angell of the Univer- 

 sity of Chicago, Professor F. W. Put- 

 nam of Harvard University, Professor 

 John F. Woodhull of Teachers' College, 

 Columbia University, Professor Edward 

 Kasner of Columbia University, Pro- 

 fessor W. C. Sabine of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, Mr. Clifford Richardson of 

 New York City, Mr. W. R. Warner of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. A. C. Lane of the 

 Michigan Geological Survey, Professor 



