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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LII. No. 1353 



be devoted to an illustrated lecture on The 

 Volcanic Eegion of Katmai, Alaska, by Dr. 

 Robert E. Griggs, of tbe Katmai Expeditions, 

 National Geographic Society. 



Thirty-seven associated societies, many of 

 which are affiliated with the association, will 

 meet with it at Chicago, and their sessions 

 will generally be open to members of the asso- 

 ciation and the public. The retiring presi- 

 dents of many of these societies will read 

 presidential addresses. Also, each of the sec- 

 tions of the association, representing different 

 fields of science, will hold its annual session, 

 and the retiring vice-presidents for the sec- 

 tions will each present an address on some 

 broad aspect of his own field. Also, many 

 invitation papers will be read before the 

 sections. 



The geogTaphical location of Chicago as- 

 sures a large attendance and an exceptionally 

 good representation of all branches of scien- 

 tific endeavor. There have been two meetings 

 of the American Association held at Chicago, 

 one in August, 1868 (with an attendance of 

 259 and a total membership of 686), and the 

 other at the end of 190Y (with an attendance 

 of 725 and a total membership of 5,114). 



For the advancement of science, for the 

 progress of real education, and for the in- 

 crease of knowledge and of the appreciation 

 of knowledge — which is wisdom — among the 

 people of America, it is especially desirable 

 that this Chicago meeting should be well 

 attended. This meeting will be the first of 

 the larger four-year meetings since the close 

 of the recent . war and it will be the most 

 centrally located of the four-j'ear meetings 

 for the nest twelve years.^ The war resulted 

 in an increased appreciation of scientific and 

 educational endeavor and it is of prime im- 

 portance for the immediate future of Amer- 

 ican civilization that public interest in the 

 work of the association be encouraged in all 

 possible ways and with the least possible delay. 

 A large and enthusiastic meeting of the asso- 

 ciation and of the societies associated with it 



1 The 1924-25 meeting will oeeur at Washington 

 and that for 1928-29 will occur at New York ; the 

 1932-33 meeting will be again at Chicago. 



will aid much in this direction, especially at 

 the present time and at such a favorable loca- 

 tion as Chicago. 



It is therefore hoped that each member of 

 the association and of the associated societies 

 will make special effort to be present at 

 Chicago, considering the matter not only from 

 the ordinary personal standpoint but also 

 with respect to its broader aspects that bear 

 upon the most important features of the pub- 

 lic welfare. To the individual, the question 

 as to whether or not he will decide to attend 

 the Chicago meeting is not only one regard- 

 ing the assured benefit he will personally re- 

 ceive by attending; it also involves even the 

 more important question of how much his 

 presence would aid in making the meeting a 

 success and in thus furthering the growth of 

 Tv-ell-founded civilization. 



The local committee for the Chicago meet- 

 ing has arranged for the association head- 

 quarters to be at the CongTess Hotel and has 

 cooperated with the secretaries of associated 

 societies planning to meet with the associa- 

 tion, so that headquarters hotels have been 

 designated for these societies. Information 

 regarding seventeen Chicago hotels is given 

 in the announcement. The registration room 

 (in the Reynolds Club, the University of 

 Chicago, 57th St. and University Ave.) will 

 be in telephonic connection with the hotels. 

 Information regarding these, and also about 

 other hotels and rooms in the vicinity of the 

 university, may be had at the information 

 desk in the registration room. 



The general sessions of the association, and 

 the sessions of the various sections and asso- 

 ciated societies, will occur mainly in the 

 buildings of the University of Chicago, under 

 the auspices of which this meeting is to be 

 held. Specific information regarding the 

 meeting-places of the sections and societies 

 will be given in the General program of the 

 meeting, which will be available on the morn- 

 ing of December 27. Guide-signs and pla- 

 cards will be in evidence where needed, and 

 inquiries may be made at the information desk 

 in the registration room. The three general 

 sessions of the association (evenings of 



