OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY 



President: F. L. Ransome, Geological Survey. 



Corresponding Secretary: Robert B. Sosman, Geophysical Laboratory. 

 Recording Secretary: William R. Maxon,* National Museum, 

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



ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS OF THE ACApEMY AND 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES^ 



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



Museum, at 8.15 p.m. Program: 



General discussion on preliminary report of Engineering Council's Committee on 

 Classification and Compensation of Government Engineers, led by John C. Hoyt. 



Saturday, November 22. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos 



Club, at 8.15 p.m. Program: 

 R. C. Tolman: A conception of the business of mathematical physics. 

 C. W. Waidner, E. F. Mueller and P. D. FooTE: The standard scale of temperature. 



Tuesday, November 25. The Scientific-Technical Section of the Fed- 

 eral Employees' Union, at the National Museum, at 8:15 p.m. Pro- 

 gram : 



Irving Fisher : The purchasing power of salaries. 



Wednesday, November 26. "The Geological Society, at the Cosmos 

 Club, at 8 .00 p.m. 



vSaturday, November 29. The Biological Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8.00 p.m. 



Tuesday, December 2. The Anthropological Society, at Room 43, 

 New National Museum, at 4.45 p.m. 



Tuesday, December 2. The Botanical Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8.00 p.m. 



Wednesday, December 3. The Society of Engineers, at Rauscher's. 

 Annual Banquet. 



Thursday, December 4. The Entomological Society, at the Cosmos 

 Club, at 8.00 p.m. 



Saturday, December 6. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos 



Club, at 8.15 p.m. Program: 

 Annual meeting for reports and election of officers. 



'The programs of the meetings of the afBliated societies will appear on this page if sent to the 

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



