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SCIENCE 



[Vol. LVI, No. 1460 



for &e Advancement of Science ■will toave Hhe 

 benefit of reduced railway rates, as lias been 

 previously announced. Tiie reduced rate of a 

 fare and a half for the round toip has been 

 granted by the railway associations represent- 

 ing almost 'all of the United States and Canada. 

 Those intending to go to Boston for this meet- 

 ing should state to their local railway agents 

 that they are to attend the Boston meeting of 

 the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. They should pun-chase a single, 

 full fare, one-way ticket to Boston and should 

 secure from the agent a standard certificate. A 

 receipt is not needed. On arrival at the meet- 

 inig railway certificates are to be deposited at 

 the validation desk in the registration room at 

 the Massachusetts institote of Technology. A 

 card identifying the certificate will be given 

 out and is to be returned when the certificate is 

 reclaimed. In the meantime, endorsement and 

 validation of the certificates that have been de- 

 posited will be cared for. After endorsement 

 and validation ithe certificate is to be presented 

 at the radway ticket office in Boston and the 

 a^ent will aUow each holder of a certificate to 

 purchase la continuous return 'trip ticket from 

 Boston to the place of starting, at one half of 

 the regular fare. 



It is not necessary for those intending to go 

 to Boston to present to the radway agent when 

 they purchase their tickets any credentials as 

 to membership in the lassociation or societies. 

 Certificates will be endorsed by the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science for 

 all association members (in good standing and 

 also for members of associated societies meet- 

 ing with 'the association in Boston, whether or 

 not the latter are also members of the associa- 

 tion. Any person having the right to have his 

 certificate validated may also have certificates 

 validated for personal guests, this being lim- 

 ited to members of his immediate family, not 

 including men over twenty-one years of age. 

 Those who have certificates for validation and 

 are not members of the association or societies, 

 nor delegates, nor personal guests, should be- 

 came associates for the Boston meeting, if they 

 do not care to become members. As all readers 

 of Science know, a new memiber pays an en- 



trance fee ($5) and the first annual dues ($5), 

 while an associate pays the associate fee only 

 ($5). As far as the validation of railway ceir- 

 tifleates is concerned, associates are to be treat- 

 ed like members in good standing, and members 

 of associated societies meeting with the asso- 

 ciation are to be treated in the same way. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



LOUIS PASTEUR 



At the December meeting of the Syracuse 

 chapter of Sigma Xi the following resolutions 

 were adopted: 



Whei-eas, On December 27, 1922, will occur the 

 centenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur, whose 

 Hfe was charaeterized by tireless industry and 

 preeminent achievement in research; and 



Whereas, These researches conducted on lines 

 of pure science have fiound remarkable appHoation 

 in many departments of economic and social bet- 

 terment, culminating in the largest advances in 

 measures of sanitation and consequent conserva- 

 tion of human Hfe; and 



Whereas, The unsparing devotion of his Ufe to 

 these ends is a challenge and an inspiration to 

 highest emulation; therefore 



Resolved, That the Syracuse Chapter of Sigma 

 Xi record its high esteem and appreciation of 

 these epoch-making discoveries in pure and ap- 

 plied science, and tie life of noble devo-lion 

 thereto ; 



Besolved further, That vpith hearty acclaim we 

 jodn the innumerable company of many lands who 

 gratefully partdeipate in the commemoration of 

 the centenary of his birth and the masterful and 

 enduring achievements of his life. 



THE FRANK NELSON COLE PRIZE IN 

 ALCtBRA 



At the time of the retirement; in December, 

 1920, of Professor F. N. Cole as secretary of 

 the American MaJthemotical Society and editor 

 of its Bulletin, a smn of money was collected 

 from members of the Society by a committee, of 

 which Professor H. S. White was chairman, 

 and was presented to Professor Ctfle in recogni- 

 tion of his distinguished services through a 

 period of twenty-five years. At the nest meet- 

 ing of the Council, Professor Cole donated this 

 fund to the Society, to be used as the Council 

 might think best. The committee, consisting of 



