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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXX. No. 778 



Physics. . Title : " Some Reforms needed in the 

 Teaching of Physics." 



Vice-president Richards, before the Section of 

 Botany.- Title : " The Nature of Response to 

 Chemical Stimulation." 



Vice-president Kahlenberg, before the Section 

 of Chemistry. Title: "The Past and Future of 

 the Study of Solutions." 



Vice-president Howell, before the Section of 

 Physiology and Experimental Medicine. 



Decembee 29, AT 2:30 P.M. 

 Vice-president Swain, before the Section of 

 Mechanical Science and Engineering. Title : " The 

 Profession of Engineering and its Relation to 

 the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science." 



Vice-president Dewey, before the Section of 

 Education. Title : " Science as a Method of 

 Thinking and Science as Information in Edu- 

 Cfjtion." 



Vice-president Woodworth, before the Section 

 of Anthropology and Psychology. Title : " Racial 

 Differences in Mental Traits." 



In accordance with the resolutions of the 

 council, there will be a day or session de- 

 voted by each section to a program of gen- 

 eral interest which will include the vice- 

 presidential address, but there will be no 

 programs of special papers at the Boston 

 meeting, provided that the corresponding 

 national society meets at the same time and 

 place. 



At 8:30 o'clock on Monday evening the 

 retiring president will give his address 

 followed by a reception tendered by the 

 local committee. 



On the following days the sections and 

 societies will hold tTieir regular sessions. 

 On Tuesday evening a popular lecture 

 complimentary to the citizens of Boston 

 will be given by Dr. C. W. Stiles, of the 

 Public Health and Marine Hospital Serv- 

 ice, on "The Hookworm Disease in the 

 South." On Wednesday evening will be 

 the annual dinner of the American Society 

 of Naturalists. The dinners and smokers 

 of other societies will be announced on 

 their programs. 



The Brunswick will be the hotel head- 

 quarters of the association. Other hotels 

 near Copley Square are: Hotel Westmin- 

 ster, Copley Square Hotel, Hotel Lenox, 

 Hotel Victoria, Hotel Vendome, Hotel Ox- 

 ford, Hotel Nottingham and the Touraine. 



A railroad rate of one fare and three 

 fifths for the round trip, on the certificate 

 plan, has been granted by the Eastern 

 Canadian, the Central and the New Eng- 

 land Passenger Associations (not including 

 the Eastern and the Metropolitan Steam- 

 ship Companies), and by the Trunk Line 

 Association. Prom the states of California, 

 Nevada, Oregon, Washington and west of, 

 and including. Mission Junction, B. C. ; the 

 Transcontinental Passenger Association 

 has on sale daily Nine Montlis Tourists 

 fares, approximating two cents per mile in 

 each direction, or about one fare and one 

 third for the round trip. The nine months 

 fares apply to the eastern gateways of the 

 transcontinental territory, and station 

 agents will advise delegates as to the east- 

 ern points to which it will be most advan- 

 tageous for them to purchase nine months 

 tickets in rebuying through to Boston. 

 The Western Association has on sale re- 

 vised one-way fares in effect to Chicago, 

 Peoria and St. Louis. The fares to Chi- 

 cago, Peoria and St. Louis from a large 

 part of the Western Passenger Association 

 territory are now on the basis of two cents 

 per mile; hence, with the reduced fares 

 from the three cities named, the net rate 

 amounts practically to a rate of fare and 

 three fifths for the round trip. 



The provisional plan of meeting places 

 is as follows: 



At the Institute of Technology. — Rogers Build- 

 ing: General session and president's address, 

 Huntington Hall. Meetings of Council, Room 16. 

 Section A, American Mathematical Society, Hunt- 

 ington Hall. Walker Building: Section B, Amer- 

 ican Physical Society, Eastern Association of 

 Physics Teachers and Physics Teachers Assoeia- 



