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SCIENCE 



[Vol. LVI, No. 1459 



tion as published in Science of September 29. 

 , The plan has evolved after long discussion as 

 a matured expression of opinion of the repre- 

 sentatives of some twenty-five organized groups 

 of :biologists. If this plan fails it seems likely 

 that we will wait a very long time for any im- 

 provement to come to biology from the con- 

 certed efforts of its scattered votaries. 



I. F. LewiSj 

 Chairman Temporary Executive Committee 



HOTELS FOR THE BOSTON MEETING 



The local committee for the Boston meeting 

 has supplied the permanent secretary's office 

 with a list of the Boston hotels and their rates, 

 which is given below. The hotels are con- 

 veniently considered in five groups, according 

 to their locations. The following grouping is 

 employed in the tabular arrangement: 



Group 1, north end of Boston Common: Belle- 

 vue Parker House, Quiney House, Young's. 



Group 2, south end of Boston Common: Adams 

 House, Touraine, Avery. 



Group 3, Copley Square and vicinity: Copley 

 Square, Copley Plaza, Garrison Hall, Brunswick, 

 Vendome, Victoria, Westminster, Lenox. 



Group 4, Upper Back Bay: Buckminster, Puri- 

 tan, Somerset. 



Group 5, other hotels, each within a ten-minute 



walk of one of the above groups (They furnish 

 excellent accommodations for those not requiring 

 a headquarters hotel) : Essex (opposite South 

 Station), Arlington, Savoy (Columbus Avenue, 

 near West Newton Street), United States (Bea«h 

 Street, near South Station). 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Biographies of members of the National 

 Academy of Sciences who died during the year 

 1922 will be prepared as follows: A. Grraham 

 Bell, by Dr. John J. Carty; J. C. Branner, by 

 Professor Bailey WilUs; Wm. S. Halsted, by 

 Dr. Wm. H. Welch; Henry M. Howe, by Dr. 

 Edwin H. Hall; Alfred G. Mayor, by Dr. 

 Charles B. Davenport; Alexander Smith, by 

 Professor W. A. Noyes. 



To Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian 

 Arctic explorer and zoologist, has been award- 

 ed the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in re- 

 lieving the starving populations of Russia and 

 Asia Minor and for his endeavors to promote 

 the brotherhood of nations. 



At the anniversary meeting of the Roya.1 

 Society on November 30, the following members 

 of the . council were elected : President, Sir 

 Charles Sherrington; treasurer, Sir David 

 Prain; secretaries, Mr. W. B. Hardy 'and Dr. 



BOSTON HOTELS 



NAME OF HOTEL 



Adams House .. 

 Copley Square- 

 Copley Plaza.— 

 Garrison Hall - 



Arlington 



Bellevue 



Brunswick 



Buckminster ..-. 



Esspx 



Puritan 



Savoy 



Somerset 



Touraine 



Vendome 



Victoria 



Westminster .... 

 Parker House .. 

 Quincy House .. 

 Young 's Hotel 

 United Sitaes.... 



Aver.y 



Lenox 



