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of the association rose during the year 

 from 3,600 to 4,000. The falling off in 

 attendance due to the abandonment of 

 the summer meeting appears to be a 

 definite loss with no compensating ad- 

 vantages. Many members unable to 

 attend in midwinter want a summer 

 meeting, and those who can not travel 

 as far as a thousand miles should be 

 given an opportunity to attend a meet- 

 ing within reach, and this requires two 



further from the east to the west than 

 from the west to the east. Many sci- 

 entific men would rather travel 1,000 

 or 1,500 miles to an eastern meeting 

 than a much shorter distance to a meet- 

 ing in the central states. 



Under the circumstances the St. 

 Louis and Philadelphia meetings may 

 be regarded as successful. They were 

 working meetings of scientific men with 

 nearly as many papers on the programs 



Wilder D. Banckoft, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Cornen University, Vice-president 



for Chemistry. 



meetings annually. The summer meet- i 

 ing can also be given certain distinctive 

 features of out-of-door life and scien- 

 tific excursions, which are out of the 

 question in midwinter. The American 

 Association must be national in scope, 

 but meetings in the central states are 

 always smaller than those on the At- 

 lantic seaboard. The scientific centers 

 in the east are more concentrated, and 

 it is also true that it is psychologically 



as members in attendance. In both 

 cities excellent local arrangements were 

 made for the meetings of the societies 

 and sections and for the entertainment 

 of visitors. 



We publish above the address of 

 President Ira Remsen, the retiring 

 president of the American Association, 

 and the address of President David 

 Starr Jordan before the Sigma Xi So- 

 ciety. Other addresses of interest were 



