April 22, 1921] 



SCIENCE 



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of the spring at HJE removed so that the 

 tension, or pulling together of the spring, is 

 strengtliened. There is a consequent addi- 

 tional piill on the mass just when it is needed 

 to encourage the motion. This effect corre- 

 sponds to the cooling of the air in the sing- 

 ing tube at EE. 



F. E. Watson 

 Labokatort of Physics, 

 XJniversitt op Illinois 



THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SO- 

 CIETY 



The American Physiological Society held a very 

 successful meeting at the XJuiversity of Chicago 

 during convocation week. The scientific program 

 covered three days of December 28, 29 and 30 with 

 two daily sessions each. The evenings were given 

 to general meetings and social intercourse. On 

 the evening of December 28 the Physiologists 

 joined with the other Biological Societies in the 

 annual dinner of the Federation of American So- 

 cieties for Experimental Biology. 



The dinner is looked forward to by the mem- 

 bership as the annual social event of the meet- 

 ings. Dr. Eoswell H. Park, president of the 

 American Society for Experimental Pathology and 

 chairman of the executive committee for the year 

 1920 presided at the dinner. Addresses were made 

 by Dr. Simon Flexner, of the Eockefeller Institute 

 for Experimental Biology and Medicine, and Dr. 

 "William H. Howell, of the School of Hygiene and 

 Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University. A 

 less formal dinner was also held on the evening of 

 December 29. 



The chief events of the two business meetings of 

 the Physiological Society were the following: 



1. Announcement of the forthcoming introduc- 

 tory number of the new journal issued under the 

 auspices of the society, Physiological Reviews, 

 which appeared early in the new year. 



2. The annual dues for 1921 were fixed at $2 by 

 the council. 



3. The council announced the appointment of 

 Donald E. Hooker as managing editor for the 

 American Journal of Physiology for 1921. 



4. The council announced the appointment of 

 Donald E. Hooker as managing editor, and Wm. 

 H. Howell, J. J. E. Macleod, Frederic S. Lee, D. E. 

 Hooker, L. B. Mendel, Eeid Hunt and Gideon H. 

 Wells as the editorial board for Physiological Be- 

 mews for the year 1921. 



5. Eeports of the treasurer were received and 

 audited. 



6. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: 

 President, J. J. E. Macleod, University of Toronto. 

 Secretary, Chas. W. Greene, University of Missouri. 

 Treasv/rer, Joseph Erlanger, Washington Univer- 

 sity, St. Louis. 



Councilman for the term, 19S1-1924, A. J. Carlson, 

 University of Chicago. 



Councilman for the unexpired term of President- 

 elect Macleod, J. A. B. Eyster, University of 

 Wisconsin. 



7. The following new members were nominated 

 by the council and elected by the society: 



J. B. Collip, A.M., Ph.D., assistant professor in 

 physiology and biochemistry. University of Al- 

 berta. 



W. Dennis, A.M., Ph.D., assistant professor of 

 physiological chemistry, Tulane University. 



L. E. Dragstedt, Ph.D., assistant professor of 

 physiology, University of Chicago. 



F. S. Hammett, A.B., M.S., Ph.D., fellow in bio- 

 chemistry at the Wistar Institute. 



Eraser Harris, M.D., D.Sc, professor of physiol- 

 ogy and histology, Dalhousie University, Hali- 

 fax, N. 8. 



Selig Hecht, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiol- 

 ogy, Creighton Medical College, Omaha. 



Davenport Hooker, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., professor of 

 anatomy, University of Pittsburgh, School of 

 Medicine. 



Norman M. Keith, instructor in medicine. Mayo 

 Clinic, Eochester, Mian. 



S. O. Mast, B.S., Ph.D., professor of zoology, Johns 

 Hopkins University. 



Jas. M. D. Olmsted, M.A., Ph.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor in physiology, Toronto University. 



Thos. L. Patterson, A.B., A.M., M.S., Ph.D., as- 

 sistant professor of physiology, University of 

 Iowa. 



Maurice I. Smith, B.S., M.D., pharmacologist, U. 

 S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. 



8. A new fellowship for Eeseareh in Physiology 

 was established under the control of the society 

 by the generous contribution of William T. Porter, 

 of the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Porter con- 

 tributed $1,200 as an annual stipend to establish 

 a fellowship for research in physiology under the 

 auspices of the American Physiological Society and 

 the administration of its council. The acceptance 

 of the proposition was recommended by the coun- 

 cil and accepted with a^ppreeiation by vote of the 

 society. The fellowship will begin October 1, 1921, 

 and is to be filled by nomination by members of 



