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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. L. No. 1287 



■WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 



9.30 A.M. — General meeting at the Bellevue- 

 Stratford. 



Address of Welcome — Honorable Joseph S. Mac- 

 LoughUn, director of supplies of the city of Phila- 

 delphia. 



Address by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. 



An address wiU also be given by a representative 

 of the Navy Department. 



2.30 P.M. — General divisional meeting. 



8.15 P.M. — Smoker, Scottish Eite Hall, Broad and 

 Hace Streets. 



THURSDAT, SEPTEMBER 4 



9.30 to 1 P.M. — Divisional meetings. 



2 P.M. — Excursions to industrial establishments. 



8.30 P.M. — Presidential address: "Research and 

 application," Dr. William H. Nichols, at the Mu- 

 seum of the University of Pennsylvania, Thirty- 

 third and Spruce Streets. 



PRIDAT, SEPTEMBER 5 



9.30 to 1 P.M. — Divisional meetings. 



2.30 P.M. — Divisional meetings. 



7 P.M. — Banquet at the Bellevne-Stratford 



SATURDAT, SEPTEMBER 6 



Boat ride, tendered by the Delaware Section. 

 (Prom 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.) 



On Wednesday afternoon as a continuation 

 of the general meeting important papers will 

 be presented by members selected by each 

 division. For the Biological Division, Dr. 

 W. V. Bovie, of the Cancer Commission of 

 Harvard University will present a paper on 

 " Some Physiological Eiiects by Radiatoring 

 Definite Regions Within a Single Cell." For 

 the Fertilizer Division, Dr. H. J. Wheeler will 

 speak on " Some problems and methods in agri- 

 cultural research." For the Physical and In- 

 organic Division, Dr. W. D. Harkins will pre- 

 sent a paper on " The structure of the nuclei 

 of atoms and the two periodic systems." 



The usual meetings will be held by all the 

 Divisions, with the following special pro- 

 grams: The Industrial Division calls especial 

 attention to its symposium on refractories be- 

 ing organized by Dr. A. V. Bleininger, of the 

 Bureau of Standards, and the discussion 

 which will be held upon Dr. B. C. Hesse's open 

 letter concerning annual patent renewal fees 

 for the United States. The officers urgently 



request members of the division to contribute 

 to the general program of the division to make 

 the Philadelphia meeting a notable one. The 

 Biological Division will give much thought to 

 chemo-therapy, which is a matter of great in- 

 terest to the country at present. The Dye 

 Section, which will be organized at this meet- 

 ing, is preparing an interesting program on 

 the dye situation. 



Charles L. Parsons, 



Secretary 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Professor Gustaf Retzius, the eminent 

 Swedish anatomist and anthropologist, died 

 at Stockholm, on July 21, aged seventy- 

 seven years. Professor Retzius's father and 

 grandfather were distinguished Swedish pro- 

 fessors of natural history and anatomy. He 

 was educated at Upsala, and became professor 

 of histology at Stockholm in 1876, and of 

 anatomy in 1889. 



Professor Lawrence Bruner, after thirty 

 years' service in the University of Nebraska, 

 has retired from active charge of the depart- 

 ment of entomology. Myron H. Swenk has 

 been placed in charge of all entomological 

 work in the state which comes under the board 

 of regents, this including the department of 

 entomology, the station activities, and the 

 work in connection with the office of state 

 entomologist. 



Mr. R. L. Faris, assistant superintendent of 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey, has been 

 nominated by the president as a civilian 

 member of the Mississippi River Commission, 

 to succeed the late Homer P. Ritter. 



Professors J. M. Bryant, S. E. Gideon, 

 R. G. Tyler and H. C. Weaver, of the school 

 of mechanical engineering of the University 

 of Texas, who were absent on leave during the 

 session of 1918-19 in war service, will resume 

 their work in October. 



In the ISTational Museum of Wales, Dr. J. J. 

 Simpson has been appointed keeper of zoology 

 and Dr. Ethel N. Thomas keeper of botany. 



The Baly medal of the Royal College of 

 Physicians, awarded to the person who shall 



