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THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



THE PACIFIC COAST MEETING OF 



THE AMEBIC AN ASSOCIATION 



FOB THE ADVANCEMENT 



OF SCIENCE 



The first meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of 

 Science west of the Boeky Mountains is 

 an event of more than usual impor- 

 tance for science in America. It signi- 

 fies both the development of a great 

 scientific center on the Pacific Coast and 

 the unity of the scientific interests of 

 the country. It is also the case that 

 the disastrous events in Europe will 

 probably give the United States the 

 leadership in scientific research and in 

 the application of science to the ad- 

 vancement of civilization, and in a sense 

 this new position and responsibility will 

 date from the Pacific Coast meeting 

 of the American Association and its 

 affiliated societies. 



It will be remembered that the March 

 issue of The Popular Science Monthly 

 was devoted to the scientific work of the 

 Pacific Coast and at that time there 

 were given accounts of the organization 

 of the Pacific Division of the American 

 Association and of the national meet- 

 ing to be held this summer in California. 

 It is now needful only to remind readers 

 of these events, and to urge the impor- 

 tance of a large attendance from "all 

 parts of the country. 



The opening session for the presenta- 

 tion of the addresses of welcome, for 

 announcements and for the presidential 

 address by Dr. W. W. Campbell, di- 

 rector of the Lick Observatory, will be 

 held in San Francisco at 10:00 o'clock, 

 Monday morning, August 2, in the Scot- 

 tish Eite Auditorium, corner Sutter 

 Street and Van Ness Avenue. The so- 

 cial reception to visitors will occur on 

 Monday evening in the reception rooms 

 of the California Host Building, Expo- 



sition Grounds. The general sessions of 

 the association, including three lectures 

 on Pacific region subjects, will be held 

 in San Francisco in the Scottish Rite 

 Auditorium on Tuesday, Thursday and 

 Friday evenings. The sessions of the 

 association and of the affiliated societies 

 on Wednesday, August 4, will be at 

 Stanford University. It is expected that 

 a special train will leave San Francisco 

 at a convenient hour Wednesday morn- 

 ing for Palo Alto and return to San 

 Francisco late in the afternoon. All 

 other sessions of the week will be held 

 at the University of California, in 

 Berkeley. 



The general headquarters of the asso- 

 ciation during convocation week, Au- 

 gust 2 to 7, will be in the Hearst Min- 

 ing Building, on the campus of the Uni- 

 versity of California, Berkeley. Sec- 

 ondary offices will be maintained: in 

 San Francisco from Saturday noon, 

 July 31, to Friday noon, August 6, in 

 the Palace Hotel; in San Francisco on 

 Monday forenoon, August 2, in the 

 I Scottish Rite Building, Sutter Street 

 and "Van Ness Avenue; and in Stan- 

 ford University on Wednesday, August 

 4. Members will secure badges and 

 programs upon registration. Mail ad- 

 dressed in care of the Hearst Mining 

 Building, University of California, will 

 be delivered as promptly as possible to 

 those who have registered. 



Several of the affiliated societies have 

 announced selections of hotel head- 

 quarters as follows: 



American Astronomical Society and the 

 American Mathematical Society, Hotel 

 Claremont, Berkeley. 

 American Physical Society, Hotel Clare- 

 mont, Berkeley. 

 Geological Society of America, Paleon- 

 tological Society of America and Seis- 

 mological Society of America, Hotel 

 Shattuek, Berkeley. 



