i:iGHTHl-:.\Tll ANNUAL MEHTINC 01- Till: ASSOCIATION 

 OF HCONOMIC liMOMoLoiilSTS. 



MOh'M\(f Si:ssHf\. MOMtW. ./1\7 l/.'i /. IlKii:. 



The Association mot iu (Jibsoii Hall of the Tulano University, 

 Now Orleans. La., on January 1 to I. li)()(>. The follo\vin<^ nicnilx'rs 

 were in attendance at tlie several sessions: 



('. I-\ Adams, Fayetteville. ArU. : \V. K. I'.rittoii. New IImvcm. ("mni. : A. F. 

 Burgess. Columbus, Ohio; K. S. ("liltoii, Wiishiufitoii, 1). ('. ; A. 1'. I'oiu-adi, 

 College Statiou. Tex.; .Mel. I'. CooU. Santiago de las Vegas. Culi:i ; K. C. Cotton. 

 Columbus. Ohio; .T. C. Craw turd, D.illas. Tex.; C. \V. Flynii. I'.atou Kouge. La.; 

 S. A. Forbes, rrbana. 111.: .1. 1'.. (i.irrett. r.aton Itnuu'i'. I..i. : i:. S. Hardy. 

 Shreveport. La.; W. E. Hinds. Washington. 1 >. C. ; 1.. O. llowaid. Washington. 

 D. C. : W. D. Hunter. Washington. D. C. ; ( ". K. .b.nes. Hallas. Tex.; K. S. 

 Mackintosh. Auburn. Ala.; C. L. M.irlatt. Washington. 1 >. C. ; W. ( t. Martin. 

 Shrevejiort. La.: H. A. ^lorgan. Knoxville. Tenn. : \. W. .Morrill. Washington, 

 I>. C. ; Wilnion Newell. Shrevepoit, La.; .7. F. Nicholson. Stillwater. Okla. : 

 Herbert Osborn. Columbus, Ohio; A. L. CJuaintance. Washington. D. C. : C E. 

 Sanborn, College Station. Tex.: E. Dwight Sanderson. Onrh.ini. N. H. ; E. A. 

 Sehwarz, Washington, D. C. : K. L Smith. Atlanta. (Ja. : 11. i:. Sunnncrs. .Vnies. 

 Iowa; T. B. Symons. College I'ark. Md. : F. L. Washbiun. St. Anthony Park, 

 .Minn.: F. M. Webster. Washington. D. C. 



In the absence of the i)resident and the first vice-president the 

 nieetino: was called to order at 10 a. iii. l)y the second vice-president, 

 Mr. F. L. AVa.shhiirn. The secretai-y read the aiiiuial addi'ess of the 

 j)resi(Ient. as follows : 



THE SCOPE AND STATUS OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



By 11. (Jakma.n. Lc.iiniilnn. I\ ii. 



.'science in all its aspect>. when applied to liinnaii all'air^. ha.- of 

 late heen accorded nuich more consideration ami In devotees more 

 resj)i'ct than foi-merly. Economic eiitonioloiry with the rest has 

 received its share of recoiruil ion a- a liraiidi (d" x'ieiice worthy ol the 

 close attention of sensii)l(> men. Vet it was not so lonir airo when we 

 heai'<l much of the pure science of enlomoloo'y as contrasted with its 



applicil -ciciice, m> if (he two were coliil ilrtely ilide] leildelil ol each 



other: and somehow it was ima^'ined that enlonioloo^y not applii'tl 

 wa> a more e.xalted held of study than entomoloiry made to H>rve our 

 own wants: the man en<xai:ed >imply in the >tudy of the -i-ience it>elf. 



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