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There were present delegates from the states 

 of Oregon and Washington. The afternoon 

 program was taken up with a discussion of 

 " The Role of Eesearch in the Development 

 of Northwest Colleges" and also with a dis- 

 cussion of special papers. The evening pro- 

 gram was given over to a symposium on pre- 

 medical education. The following papers 

 were read: 



' ' The premedieal education as a surgeon sees 

 it," by Dr. Richard B. Dillehunt, of Portland. 



' ' The premedical education as the medical school 

 would like it," by Dr. H. B. Myers, University of 

 Oregon Medical School. 



"A premedical education and chemistry," by 

 Dr. W. C. Morgan, of Reed College, Portland. 



"A premedical education and biology," by Dr. 

 H. B. Torrey, of Eeed College, Portland. 



"A premedical education as a university 

 course, ' ' by Dr. J. F. Bovard, University of Ore- 

 gon. 



The papers were followed by a general dis- 

 cussion. At the business meeting Dr. G. B. 

 Eigg, of the University of Washington, was 

 elected Divisional Secretary for the ensuing- 

 year. 



John F. Bovaed, 



Secretary 



THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL 

 SOCIETY 



The two hundred and eighth regular meeting of 

 tflxe American Mathematical Society was held at 

 Codumbia University on Saturday, February 28, 

 1920, extending through the usual morning and 

 afternoon sessions. The attendance included 

 twenty-eight members. Vice-president K. G. D. 

 Richardson occupied the chair. The following new 

 members were elected: F. J. Burkett, Pennsylvania 

 State College; A. D. Campbell, Cornell University; 

 Y. R. Chao, Cornell University; R. E. GilmaB, 

 Brown University; D. C. Kazarinoff, University 

 of Michigan; Norman Miller, Queen's University; 

 6. M. Robison, Cornell University; Jung Sun, 

 Pekin Academy; W. H. Wilson, State University of 

 Iowa; S. D. Zeldin, Massaahusetts Institute of 

 Technology. Six applications for membership were 

 received. 



Professor Oswald Veblen, of Princeton Univer- 

 sity, was appointed to succeed Professor E. W. 

 Brown, resigned, as representative of the society in 



the division of physics of the National Research 

 Council. 



Steps were taken to submit the question of the 

 incorporation of the society to the vote of the 

 members at the April meeting. 



The following papers were read at this meeting: 



Joseplli Lipka: "On the general problem of dy- 

 namics. ' ' 



A. R. Schweitzer: "On the iterative properties 

 of the algebra of logic." 



A. R. Schweitzer: "On improper pseudogroups, 

 with application to the abstract field." 



G. H. Hardy: "On the representation of num- 

 bers as sums of squares and in particular of five 

 and seven." 



J. W. Alexander : ' ' On the representation of any 

 n-dimensionai two-sided manifold as a generalized 

 Riemann surface." 



J. W. Alexander : ' ' On the equilibrium of a 

 fluid mass at rest." 



T. H. Gronwall: "Qualitative properties of the 

 ballistic trajectory (second paper)." 



T. H. Gronwall: "On the distortion in con- 

 formal mapping." 



A. A. Bennett : ' ' Fictitious matrix roots of the 

 characteristic equation. ' ' 



Pierre Boutroux: "On multiform functions de- 

 fined by differential equations of the first order." 



B. H. Camp : ' ' The significance of a difference, 

 and the value of a sample. ' ' 



J. H. M. Wedderburn: "On division algebras." 

 Edward Kasner: "Geodesies of surfaces and 

 higher manifolds. ' ' 



The next meetings of the Society will be at Chi- 

 cago, AprU 9-10; San Francisco, April 10, and 

 New York, April 24. The summer meeting and 

 colloquium of the society will be held at Chicago. 

 F. N. Cole, 

 Secretary 



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