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SCIENCE 



[N. 8. Vol. LIII. No. 1379 



The following resolution was adopted to be 

 reported for approval to the National Academy 

 of Sciences, the National Research Council, 

 and the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science : 



Besolved: That it "be recommended by the com- 

 mdttees appointed by the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, the National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, and the National Research Coun- 

 cil that they form a continuing joint committee on 

 national conservation representing those organiza- 

 tions, and that this committee be authorized to set 

 up an executive and secretarial agency for the 

 active prosecution of its work. 



To carry forward the purposes of this reso- 

 lution the following motions were passed: 



Moved: That a Project Committee of three 

 members be appointed by the chairman to draw 

 up a plan of action to be presented to a Ways 

 and Means Committee for execution. 



Moved: That a Ways and Means Committee 

 be appointed by the chairman to consist of one 

 representative each from the National Academy of 

 Sciences, National Research Council, and Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science; 

 and, conditioned upon the approval of the resolu- 

 tion just adopted, by these three organizations, to 

 undertake (1) to secure means for meeting the com- 

 paratively small expenses of these three initial com- 

 mittees, and (2) to secure larger funds for the 

 permanent support of a conservation movement as 

 outlined in this discussion. 



The resolution adopted by these committees 

 has been approved by the Council of the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences, the Executive 

 Board of the National Research Council, and 

 the Council of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science at the recent 

 meetings of those bodies and funds have been 

 provided for defraying the immediate ex- 

 penses of these committees. 



Albert L. Barrows, 

 Secretary, pro tempore 



THE WESTERN SOCIETY OF NATUR- 

 ALISTS—SAN JACINTO SECTION 



The San Jacinto Section of the Western Society 

 of Naturalists held its spring meeting in San 

 Diego and La Jolla, California, on Friday and 



Saturday, April 1 and 2, 1921. The Friday ses- 

 sion convened at 2:30 at the San Diego Museum 

 of Natural History in Balboa Park, President H. 

 S. Eeed, of Riverside, presiding. The following 

 papers were presented at this session: 



Bryan, W. A. (Museum of History, Science, and 

 Art, Los Angeles) : ' ' Observations on the fauna 

 and flora of some seldom visited Pacific islands." 



Sumner, F. B. (Scripps Institution for Scientific 

 Research, La Jolla) : ' ' Responsibility of the bi- 

 ologist in the matter of preserving natural con- 

 ditions. ' ' 



Taylor, W. P. (Bureau of Biological Survey, 

 Dept. of Agriculture) : "Distribution of mammals 

 and birds on Mount Ranier. ' ' 



Frost, H. B. (Citrus Experiment Station, River- 

 side) : "International language in relation to sci- 

 ence. ' ' 



Conklin, E. G. (Princeton University) : ' ' The 

 chromosome theory of heredity applied to ontogeny 

 and phylogeny. ' ' 



Carsner, Eubanks (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr.) : "A serious disease of the sugar- 

 beet in California." 



The society adjourned at 6:00 o'clock to the 

 San Diego Hotel for the annual dinner and a 

 short business meeting at which Dr. F. B. Sumner, 

 of the Scripps Institution, La Jolla, was elected 

 president for the coming year, and Dr. F. J. 

 SmUey, of Occidental College, Los Angeles, re- 

 elected secretary. After the business meeting the 

 following papers were presented: 



Essenberg, Christine (Scripps Institution) : "An 

 interesting group belonging to the marine fauna 

 of San Diego Bay." 



Allen, W. E. (Scripps Institution): "Investi- 

 gation of the ocean pasturage. ' ' 



Halma, F. E. (Citrus Experiment Station) : 

 ' ' Regeneration of the roots of sour orange. ' ' 



Barnhart, P. S. (Scripps Institution): "Obser- 

 vations on the habits of the trap-door spider." 



Saturday morning the section assembled in La 

 Jolla and visited Torrey Pines Park, a reservation 

 for the protection of one of California's rarest 

 trees {Finns Torrey ana Parry). The afternoon 

 was devoted to an inspection of the Scripps Col- 

 lection of Watercolors illustrating the flora of 

 California at the home of Miss Ellen Scripps, and 

 to visiting the Scripps Institution. 



The next meeting is to be held at the call of 

 the president and secretary. 



F. J. Smiley, 

 Secretary 



