OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY 



President: F. L. RansomE, Geological Survey. 



Corresponding Secretary: Robert B. Sosm^n, Geophysical Laboratory. 

 Recording Secretary: William R. Maxon, National Museum. 

 Treasurer: R. L. Faris, Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES^ 



Tuesday, November 4. The Anthropological Society, at Room 43, 



New National Museum, at 4.45 p.m. Program: 

 Continuation of the reports on Field experiences. 



Tuesday, November 4. The Botanical Society, at the Cosmos Club, 



at 8.00 p.m. Program: 



A. D. Cockayne, of the Department of Agriculture of New Zealand, will lecture on 

 the vegetation of New Zealand. 



Wednesday, November 5. The Society of Engineers, at the Cosmos 

 Club, at 8.15 p.m. 



Thursday, November 6. The Entomological Society, at the Cosmos 

 Club, at 8.00 p.m. Program: 



Notes and exhibition of specimens. 

 L. O. Howard.: On entomologists. 



Saturday, November 8. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos 



Club, at 8.15 p.m. Program: 



R. W. G. Wyckopf: The nature of the forces between atoms in solids. 



H. L. Curtis, R. C. Duncan and H. H. Moore: Methods of measuring ballistic 

 phenomena on a battleship. 



Tuesday, November 11. The Institute of Electrical Engineers, at the 

 Cosmos Club, at 8.00 p.m. 



Wednesday, November 12. The Geological Society, at the Cosmos 

 Club, at 8 :oo p.m. 



Thursday, November 13. The Chemical Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8.00 p.m. Program: 



A nnual election of officers. ' ^ 



E. T. Wherry: Crystallography in the service of the chemist. 



Saturday, November 15. The Biological Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8.00 p.m. 



Tuesday, November 18. The Anthropological Society, at Room 43, 

 New Nationai Museum, at 4.45 p.m. 



Wednesday, November 19. The Society of Engineers, at the Cosmos 

 Club, at 8.15 p.m. 



•The programs of the meetitigs of the affiliated societies will appear on this page if sent to the 

 Editor by l.lie thirteenth and twenty-seventh of the month. 



