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mounrains; another in the winter hohdays in some larg^e city, where the 

 associations wonld be l^rought into relationship with local institntions at 

 the time of greatest activity. A winter meeting would render it pcxssible 

 for all of the kindred societies of specialists and professional workers to 

 meet in connection with the association occasionally, or it may be each 

 year. It w^ould be a glorious occasion if, when the American Associa- 

 tion in 1898 enters upon the second half of its first century, it should 

 have actually assumed its natural functions as the central agency for all 

 American scientific effort. 



