SCIENCE 



Vol. lvi December 1, 1922 'No. 1457 



CONTENTS 



The American Association for the Advaiice- 

 ment of Science: 



The Boston Meeting; Autumn Meeting of 

 the Executive Committee; Annual Beport 

 of the Permanent Secretary; Beport of the 

 Committee on Convocation Week 611 



Functions of the Division of Geology and 

 Geography of the National Sesearch Coun- 

 cil: Peofessoe Nevin M. Fennemaisj 620 



National Sesearch Council Medical Fellow- 

 ships : 624 



Scientific Events: 



The International Commission of Eugenics; 

 The Federation of American Societies for 

 Experimental Biology; The American 

 Physical Society; The Mathematical As- 

 sociation of America; Chemistry at the 

 Boston Meeting of the Association 626 



Scientific Notes and News — 629 



University and Educational Notes 632 



Discussion and Correspondence : 



Financial Support of Technical Journals: 

 De. C. Stuaet Gagee. Acoustical Re- 

 search: Peoeessoe Theodoee Lyman. 

 Austrian Scientifio Puhlications : Dr. Wil- 

 liam F. Meggees. An Appeal: Dr. Ver- 

 non Kellogc 633 



Special Articles : 



Organisation of Heterotypic Chromosomes: 

 Dr. William Randolph Tatloe. The In- 

 telligence of Indians: De. T. E. Garth 635 



The Optical Society of America: De. Iewin 

 G. Priest 636 



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THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 



THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



THE BOSTON MEETING 



Plans for the FourXh Boston Meeting of 

 the association and associated societies are in a 

 very satisfactory state of progress. T'he local 

 arrangements are being very efficiently eared 

 for -by the local commititee, whose chairman is 

 Dr. S. C. Prescott, of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute. The secretary of the local committee is 

 Mr. Arthur L. Townsend, also of the Massa- 

 chusetts Institute. The preliminary announce- 

 ment for the meeting will be sent, about De- 

 cember 1, to all whose names are on the roll 

 of the asisoeiation. As has been announced 

 previously, those attending the meeting will 

 have the beneiit of special railway, rates, a fare 

 and a half for the round trip, on the certificate 

 plan. This privilege is lavailaible for almost all 

 of the United States and Canada. 



The sessions will Ibe held mainly in the build- 

 ings of the Massachusetts Insititute of Tech- 

 nology, in Cambridge. These buildings have a 

 floor-space of over fifteen acres. Each society 

 will be able to have its session rooms near the 

 rooms of the other societies, and still under 

 the same roof. 



Boston is well provided with good hotels and 

 transportation facilities are very convenient. 

 The announcement will contain the usual list of 

 hotels, prices, etc. Those wishing to make 

 arrangements for rooms before receiving the 

 preliminary announcement should address the 

 local representative of their society, care of 

 the secretary of the local committee. It is 

 better to address the hotel directly, which can 

 te done immediately after receiving the an- 

 nouncement. The association hotel headquar- 

 ters will be the Somerset Hotel. 



Three general sessions are thus far aiTanged 

 for the fourth Boston meeting. The opening 

 session will be held on the evening of Tuesday, 



