THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



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ence, by Mr. Warner, of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, and in education, by Dr. Brown, 

 U. S. Commissioner of Education. 

 Addresses of general interest will be 

 given before many of the affiliated so- 

 cieties, and there will be a large num- 

 ber of discussions, such as the one 

 before the " American Society of Nat- 

 uralists on cooperation in biological 

 research, in addition to a very large 

 number of special papers to be read 

 before the sections and societies. 



The migratory meetings of the Amer- 

 ican Association enable it to bring to 

 different centers a large proportion of 

 the active scientific workers of the 

 country, who should stimulate the in- 

 tellectual activity of the community, 

 ^vhile at the same time the members 

 of the association have each year the 

 privilege of a visit to an educational 

 center, from which they can perhaps 

 profit as much as from the programs 

 of the meetings. The association has 



not met in Chicago for forty years. 

 During this period science and higher 

 education in this country have entered 

 upon a new era, and during the latter 

 part of it Chicago has assumed its 

 proper place of leadership. Northwest- 

 ern University opened its doors in 1855, 



: and with its well-organized schools and 

 four thousand students has become one 

 of the leading universities of the coun- 

 try. The Field Museum of Natural 

 History, organized at the close of the 

 exposition of 1893 and recently en- 

 dowed by Mr. Marshall Field with a 

 bequest of $8,000,000, is one of the 

 great museums of the country and of 

 the world. Of special interest to the 

 visiting members will be the University 



I of Chicago, where most of the meetings 

 will be held. Thanks to the vast gifts 

 of Mr. John D. Rockefeller and the 

 liberal cooperation of the citizens of 

 Chicago, seconded by the organizing 

 ability of the late President Harper. 



The Walker Museum of Geology. 



