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given before the sections of the associa- 

 tions and the special societies, and the 

 public lecture on radium by Professor 

 Rutherford was on a particularly 

 timely topic. The American Associa- 

 tion, and it may be hoped all the so- 

 cieties that were affiliated last year in 

 Washington, will meet next year at 

 Philadelphia. New Orleans is recom- 

 mended as the place of meeting two 



Section of Mathematics and Astron- 

 omy — Professor Alexander Ziwet, Uni- 

 versity of Michigan. 



Section of Physics — Professor Wil- 

 liam F. Magie, Princeton University. 



Section of Chemistry — Professor 

 Leonard P. Kinnicutt, Worcester Poly- 

 technic Institute. 



Section of Mechanical Science and 

 Engineering — ■ Professor David S. 

 Jacobus, Stevens Institute of Tech- 

 nology. 



Calvin M. Woodward, Professor of Mathematics and Applied Mechanics, Washington 

 University, Vice-president for Mechanical Science and Engineering. 



years hence. Professor W. G. Farlow, 

 the eminent botanist, was elected presi- 

 dent of the association. His portrait 

 is given as a frontispiece, and we re- 

 produce here the photograph of the 

 vice-presidents who presided over the 

 sections. Presiding officers for the sec- 

 tions and for the special societies were 

 elected as follows: 



Section of Geology and Geography — 

 Professor Eugene A. Smith, University 

 of Alabama. 



Section of Zoology — Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam, U. S. Biological Survey. 



Section of Botany — Professor B. L. 

 Robinson, Harvard University. 



Section of Anthropology — Walter 

 Hough, Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Section of Social and Economic Sci- 

 ence — Martin A. Knapp, Washington, 

 D. C. 



