No^'EMBER 5, 1909] 



SCIENCE 



635 



Franklin H. Smith. 

 Roger E. Simmons. 

 Charles F. Hatch. 



AHEIilCAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC 



ENTOMOLOGISTS 

 The twenty-second annual meeting of this 

 association -will be held in Boston, Mass., on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, December 28 and 

 29, 1909, during the week of the winter meet- 

 ing of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



For the program to be made up so that it can 

 be included as a part of the official program of 

 the latter association and so that it can be 

 placed in the hands of the members before the 

 meeting it will be necessary for all titles of 

 papers that are to be presented to be in the 

 hands of the Secretary November 15. The 

 length of time desired for each paper should 

 be stated after the ti*le, and attention is 

 called to the action taken at the Chicago 

 meeting whereby the secretary was directed to 

 request members to present each paper within 

 a fifteen minute time limit. 



An arrangement has been made whereby 

 the meeting of the Association of Horticul- 

 tural Inspectors will begin on Monday, De- 

 cember 27, and the meeting of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of America will convene on 

 Thursday and Friday, December 30 and 31, 

 thus preventing duplication in the time of 

 holding these meetings and giving the mem- 

 bers an opportunity of attending all the ses- 

 sions. 



It is expected that an extensive exhibit will 

 be made illustrating the New England insect 

 fauna, together with a special display of equip- 

 ment and devices for rearing and distributing 

 beneficial species, as well as for treating 

 noxious ones in the field. 



A large number have already signified their 

 intention of attending the meeting and the 

 local entomologists will spare no pains to 

 make this the most interesting and profitable 

 one that has been held by the association. 

 Dr. W. E. Britton, 



President 

 A. F. Burgess, 



Secretary 



THE ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FOR TUB 

 ERADICATION OF HOOKWORM DISEASE 



Mr. John D. Rockefeller has given the 

 sum of $1,000,000 to combat the hookworm 

 disease and has selected a commission to ad- 

 minister the fund which consists of 



Dr. William H. Welch, professor of pathology 

 in Johns Hopkins University, president of the 

 American Medical Association. 



Dr. Simon Flexner, director of Rockefeller In- 

 stitute for Medical Research. 



Dr. Ch. Wardell Stiles, chief of the division of 

 zoology, United States Public Health and Marine 

 Hospital Service, discoverer of the prevalence of 

 the disease in America. 



Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the Uni- 

 versity of Virginia. 



Dr. David F. Houston, chancellor of Washington 

 University, St. Louis, Mo. 



Professor P. P. Claxton, professor of education 

 in the University of Tennessee. 



J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of education 

 in North Carolina and president of the National 

 Educational Association. 



Walter H. Page, editor of the World's Work. 



Dr. H. B. Frissell, principal Hampton Institute. 



Frederick T. Gates, one of Mr. Rockefeller's 

 business managers. 



Starr J. Murphy, Mr. Rockefeller's counsel in 

 benevolent matters. 



John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 



Mr. Eockefeller's letter to the members of 

 the commission is as follows : 



New Yobk, Oct. 26, 1909. 



Gentlemen: For many months my representa- 

 tives have been inquiring into the nature and 

 prevalence of " hookworm disease " and consider- 

 ing plans for mitigating its evils. I have delayed 

 action in this matter only until the facts as to 

 the extent of the disease could be verified and the 

 effectiveness of its cure and prevention demon- 

 strated. The wide distribution and serious effects 

 of this malady, particularly in the rural districts 

 of our southern states, first pointed out by Dr. 

 Charles Wardell Stiles, of the United States Public 

 Health and Marine Hospital Service, have now 

 been confirmed by independent obsen-ations of the 

 distinguished investigators and physicians, as well 

 as by educators and public men of the south. 



Knowing your interest in all that pertains to 

 the well-being of your fellowmen, and your ac- 

 quaintance with this subject, I have invited you 

 to a conference in the hope that it may lead to 



