November 24, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



599 



THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



The Ecological Society of America will hold 

 its eighth annual meeting at the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology on Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, December 27, 28 and 29, 1922. 

 In addition to the general sessions, joint meet- 

 ings will be held with the American Society of 

 Zoologists and the Botanical Society of 

 America. 



Titles and abstracts of papers to be placed 

 on the program should be in the hands of the 

 secretary by December 1, in order to be print- 

 ed for distribution before the meeting. Per- 

 sons not members of the society may present 

 papere on the recommendation of a member. 



A dinner to which all persons interested in 

 the society and its activities are invited wiU be 

 held at the Athens Cafe, 694 Washington 

 Street, on Wednesday evening. The hotel 

 headquarters will be at the Parker House, Tre- 

 mont Street, where rooms will be available at 

 rates from $2.50 up. Eeservations should be 

 made at an early date. 



A. 0. Weese, 



James Millikin Univeesitt, Secretary 

 Decatuk, Illinois 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 

 NATURALISTS 



The fortieth annual meeting of the American 

 Society of Naturalists will be held in Boston, 

 Massachusetts, on Friday, December 29, in the 

 buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. 



The headquarters of the society will be at 

 the Hotel Somerset, which is also the headquar- 

 ters of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. Bates at the Somereet 

 are as follows : One in a room, with bath, $4 to 

 $6; two in a room, with bath, $5 to 7. Mem- 

 bei-s are advised to make reservations early. 

 Information concerning other accommodations 

 will doubtless be available for the final an- 

 nouncement of ithe society in December. 



The morning session will be devoted to a cele- 

 bration of the birth of Gregor Mendel and of 

 Francis Galton in 1822. For this program the 

 following speakers have been secured: E. M. 

 East, T. H. Morgan, J. Arthur Harris and 

 George H. Shull. 



A symposium on Geographical Distribution 

 has been arranged in conjunction with the 

 American Society of 2k)ologists. For this pro- 

 gram, papers by Glover M. Allen, Thomas 

 Barbour, E. R. Dunn, C. H. Eigenmann, P. P. 

 Calvert and C. T. Brues have been secured. 

 It may be possible to announce others later. 



A memorial to the late Professor 'Sedgwick, 

 in the form of a lecture by Professor E. B. 

 Wilson, is scheduled for Friday afternoon, 

 closely following the Naturalists' symposium on 

 geographical distribution. 



Following instructions given by the Nat- 

 uralists last year, the officers of the society 

 participated, during the year, in conferences 

 looking toward federation of the biological soci- 

 eties of America. Notices concerning these con- 

 ferences have several times appeared in 

 Science. The final result of these meetings is 

 a proposed constitution of such a federation 

 which was printed in Science for September 

 29. It is expected that reprints of this article 

 in Science will be distributed to members of 

 the society along with 'the final announcement 

 in December. The question of accepting mem- 

 bership in the federation will be presented at 

 one of 'the 'business meetings of the society. 



The annual dinner, with 'the address of the 

 president, Professor W. M. Wheeler, will be 

 given on Friday evening at the Hotel Somerset. 



Blank forms for the nomination of candi- 

 dates for membership in the society may be 

 obtained from the secretary. Attention is 

 called to the rule that nominations must be in 

 the hands of 'the executive committee at least a 

 year before being acted upon. Accordingly, 

 nominations to be voted upon in 1923 must 

 reach the secretary before the close of the meet- 

 ing of 1922. , ^ „ 



" A. Franklin Shull, 



Secretary 

 Universitt of Michigan, 

 Ann Arbok, Michigan 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



At 'the dinner of the Natiional Academy of 

 Sciences, held in connection with the New York 

 meetiu'g on November 15, the Draper Gold 

 Medal was presented to Professor Hem-y Norris 

 Russell, of Princeton University. Dr. C. G. 



