January 10, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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Thursday Afternoon 



Vice-president Norton, before the Section 

 of Social and Economic Science. Title : 

 "Comparative ^Measurements of the Chang- 

 ing Cost of Living." 



Other addresses worthy of especial note 

 were the following : 



On Tuesday evening, Dr. W. J. Humph- 

 reys, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, gave an 

 illustrated lecture, complimentary to the 

 members of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science and the affili- 

 ated societies and to the residents of Cleve- 

 land and vicinity, on the subject of "Across 

 the United States with the European 

 Geographers. ' ' 



On Monday afternoon. President Benja- 

 min M. Davis, of the American Nature 

 Study Society, gave an address entitled ' ' A 

 Summary of the Study of Agi'icultural In- 

 struction in Rural Schools." 



President A. B. Macallum, of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Biological Chemists, gave 

 an address on Monday on "The Energy of 

 Muscular Contraction ; Thermodynamic or 

 Chemodynamie. ' ' 



Dr. Edward Lee Thorndike gave his ad- 

 dress on Tuesday, as president of the Amei'- 

 ican Psychological Association, on the sub- 

 ject of "Ideo-motor Action." 



President W. T. Macoun, of the Society 

 for Horticultural Science, also gave his ad- 

 dress on Tuesday on the subject "The Re- 

 lation of Climate to Horticulture." 



On Wednesday evening, Dr. Philip P. 

 Calvert, of the Entomological Society of 

 America, gave a public address on the 

 subject "An Entomologist in Costa Rica." 



On Wednesday, President W. D. Hunter, 

 of the Society of Economic' Entomologists, 

 gave an address on the subject "Insects 

 and Human Diseases." 



On Wednesday afternoon, President 

 John A. Lomax, of the Follv-Lore Society, 

 gave an address on "Stories of an African 

 Prince." 



On Wednesday evening. Professor W. D. 

 Farlow gave the address of the retiring 

 president on "A Comparison of the Pres- 

 ent Conditions in Botany with those in the 

 Early Seventies." 



On Thursday evening. Dr. T. J. Headlee 

 gave his annual address, as president of the 

 American Association of Official Horticul- 

 tural Inspectors, on the subject of "The 

 Federal Plant Quarantine Law." 



On Thursday evening, Professor Edwin 

 G. Conklin gave the annual address as 

 president of the American Society of Nat- 

 uralists on "Heredity and Responsibility." 



A number of sjTiiposiums and sessions de- 

 voted to matters of public interest were held 

 by various sections and affiliated societies. 

 Among these may be mentioned a sym- 

 posium under the auspices of the American 

 Society of Biological Chemists on "Some 

 Recent Applications of Physical Chemistry 

 in Biology." 



A symposium under the auspices of the 

 Botanical Society of America on "Perme- 

 ability and Osmotic Pressure." 



A symposium by the Phytopathological 

 Society on "International Phytopatho- 

 logical Problems. ' ' 



A symposium in charge of the American 

 Society of Naturalists on "Adaptation." 



The section on social and economic 

 science held a symposium on some economic 

 problems of current interest. 



A general interest program on sound 

 and sound waves was held under the 

 auspices of Section B. 



A general interest program devoted 

 largely to broad educational problems, in- 

 cluding a discussion of the National Uni- 

 versity was held under the auspices of 

 Section L. 



The council met daily. Among the chief 

 matters of business transacted were the 

 following : 



Seventy-five new members were elected. 



