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J. P. IDDINGS, Ph.D., 



Professor ot Petrology, at the University of 

 Chicago. Retiring Vice-president and 

 Chairman of the Section of Geol- 

 ogy and Geography. 



being in large measure delegated to the 

 national scientific societies, while the 

 council, representing both the parent 

 association and the affiliated societies 

 is able to speak with authority in be- 

 half of the science of the whole coun- 

 try. The number and character of the 

 resolutions passed by the council at the 

 Chicago meeting is significant. In re- 

 sponse to a letter from the president of 

 the United States a committee was 

 appointed on conservation of the nat- 

 ural resources of the country. Resolu- 

 tions were passed recommending a 

 research laboratory for tropical dis- 



Charles E. Bessey, Ph.D 



Professor of Botany, University of Nebraska. 



Retiring Vice-president and Chairman 



of the Section of Botany. 



Ei.mer Ellsworth Brown, 



U. S. Commissioner of Education. Retiring 



Vice-president and Chairman of the 



Section of Education. 



eases at the Isthmus of Panama and 

 a biological survey prior to the mi- 

 grating of marine animals that will 

 occur when the canal is completed, 

 supporting the committee of one hun- 

 dred in its efforts to increase the effi- 

 ciency of the government in dealing 

 with problems of public health, advo- 

 cating the enlargement of the work 

 of the Bureau of Education, favoring 

 work in seismology by the national 

 government, and in other directions. 

 The association will a vear hence com- 



