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operation. This project will be further ad- 

 vanced at the Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress 

 to be held in Honolulu from August 2 to 20. 



Notable features of the meeting were the 

 presidential address by Dr. John C. Merriam 

 who spoke on " The research spirit in the 

 every-day affairs of the average man " and the 

 address by Professor E. W. Brock, of the Uni- 

 versity of British Columbia, on " The last cru- 

 sade under Allenby." On account of illness. 

 Dr. Charles E. St. John, of Mount Wilson 

 Observatory, was unable to give the Sigma Xi- 

 Phi Beta Kappa lecture. His place was sup- 

 plied by Dr. Paul W. Merrill, of Mount Wilson 

 Observatory, who spoke on " The chemistry of 

 the stars." 



Dr. William E. Bitter, director of the 

 Scripps Institution for Biological Eesearch, 

 was elected president of the Pacific Division 

 for the year 1920-21. Dr. William M. Dehn, 

 professor of chemistry. University of Washing- 

 ton and Dr. E. P. Lewis, professor of physics. 

 University of California, were elected mem- 

 bers of the executive committee to serve five 

 years and Dr. E. C. Franklin, professor of 

 chemistry, Stanford University, was elected a 

 member of the executive committee to fill the 

 vacancy caused by the election of Dr. Bitter 

 to the presidency. 



The officers of the Pacific Division for the 

 coming year are accordingly as follows: 



Dr. William E. Bitter, president, Scripps Institu- 

 tion for Biological Eesearch, La Jolla, Calif. 



Dr. Baxton W. Evermann, vice-president and 

 chairman of the executive committee, California 

 Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Calif. 



W. "W. Sargeant, secretary-treasurer, California 

 Academy of Sciences, San Erancisco, Calif. 



MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Dr. Barton W. Evermann, chairman, California 

 Academy of Sciences, San Erancisco, Calif. 



Dr. "William E. Eitter, Scripps Institution for Bio- 

 logical Research, La Jolla, Calif. 



Dr. W. W. Campbell, Lick Observatory, Mount 

 Hamilton, Calif. 



Dr. William M. Dehn, University of Washington, 

 Seattle, Wash. 



Dr. E. C. Franklin, Stanford University, Calif. 



Dr. C. E. Grunsky, Mechanics Institute Building, 

 San Francisco, Calif. 



Dr. T. E. Hunt, University of California, Berkeley, 

 Calif. 



Dr. E. P. Lewis, University of California, Berke- 

 ley, Calif. 



Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Desert Laboratory, Tucson, 

 Arizona. 



An amendment to the constitution of the 

 Pacific Division was proposed in executive ses- 

 sion held Thursday evening June 17 to exclude 

 Arizona and the states of Chihuahua and 

 Sonora in Mexico from the territory of the 

 division. This action was in conformity with 

 that taken by the National Council which has 

 caused these states to be included in a recently 

 organized division of the American Associa- 

 tion. 



As an encouraging sign that the purposes of 

 the annual meeting are being in some measure 

 fulfilled it is noted that considerable publicity 

 was given to the meeting in the Seattle papers. 

 At least two editorials appeared on topics re- 

 lated to the discussions and rei>orts of the 

 meetings were given in some detail. This 

 would indicate that the public is becoming 

 more generally interested in the progress of 

 science and augurs well for the future support 

 of scientific investigation. 



Announcement was made by the executive 

 committee that the next annual meeting would 

 be held in the San Francisco Bay region, the 

 definite time and place to be determined later. 

 This location will accommodate the largest 

 number of members and should insure a good 

 attendance for the 1921 meeting. 



W. W. Sargent, 



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