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John D. Rockefeller and others, has recently 

 entered upon a new stage of its development. 

 A board of scientific directors has been organ- 

 ized, comprising Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, 

 chairman; Dr. William H. Welch, professor 

 of pathology, Johns Hopkins University, vice- 

 chairman; Professor Irving Fisher, Yale 

 University; Professor Lewellys F. Barker, of 

 the Johns Hopkins University; Prof essor E. E. 

 Southard, of Harvard University and director 

 of the Psychopathic Hospital, Boston, and 

 Dr. C. B. Davenport, secretary of the board 

 and resident director. The board met at Cold 

 Spring Harbor on March 21, and organized 

 its vcork. The aim of the Eugenics Record 

 Office was defined to be as follows. First, to 

 promote researches in eugenics that shall be of 

 utility to the human race. This part of the 

 program includes : the study of America's 

 most effective blood lines; and the methods of 

 securing the preponderance and relative in- 

 crease of the best strains; the study of the 

 origin of and the best methods of restricting 

 the strains that produce the defective and de- 

 linquent classes of the community; the study 

 of the method of inheritance of particular 

 traits; the study of the consequences of the 

 marriages of close kin; the study of miscege- 

 nation in the United States; the study, both 

 in this country and abroad, of the family his- 

 tories of permanent immigrants. Second, to 

 publish the results of these researches. Third, 

 to provide a fireproof building for the preser- 

 vation of eugenical records, including genea- 

 logical works and town-histories. Fourth, to 

 provide an administrative office and staff to 

 carry out the work. The fireproof building 

 that is to form the new home of the office is 

 being rapidly pushed to completion. 



The board of scientific directors of the Eu- 

 genics Record Office will meet each spring at 

 Cold Spring Harbor to consider the projects 

 most worthy of support during the ensuing 

 year, which begins October first, and it will 

 meet again in ISTovember to receive a report of 

 the work of the office in the preceding fiscal 

 year. The resident director has general 

 charge of the plant and its operations and is 

 authorized to ask for and receive, in the name 



of the board, funds to carry on the work of 

 the office. The board voted in favor of the or- 

 ganization of a Eugenics Research Associa- 

 tion, of which a meeting will be called early in 

 June. 



THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 

 The National Academy of Sciences will 

 celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foun- 

 dation at the Smithsonian Institution in 

 Washington April 22-24 inclusive. Following 

 is the preliminary program: 



Tuesday, April 22 

 9:30 a.m. Business meeting of the Academy in 

 National Museum. 

 11:00 a.m. Opening Session, National Museum. 

 Welcome by the President of the Academy. 

 Addresses: 



"The Relation of Science to Higher Educa- 

 tion in America, ' ' President Arthur T. 

 Hadley of Yale. 

 ' ' International Cooperation in Research, ' ' 

 Dr. Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the 

 Royal Society of London. 

 3:00 p.m. Address: 



' ' The Earth and Sun as Magnets, ' ' Dr. 

 George E. Hale, Director of the Mount 

 Wilson Solar Observatory. 

 9 : 00 P.M. Reception by the Secretary and Re- 

 gents of the Smithsonian Institution to the 

 Members of the Academy and their Guests 

 at the National Museum. 



Wednesday, April 23 

 10:30 a.m. Morning Session. 

 Addresses : 



"On the Material Basis of Heredity," Dr. 

 Theodor Boveri, University of Wtirzburg. 

 "The Structure of the Universe," Dr. J. 

 C. Kapteyn, Director of the Astronomical 

 Laboratory, University of Groningen. 

 3:30 p.m. Reception at the White House and 

 Presentation of Medals by the President of 

 the United States. 

 9:00 p.m. Reception by the Trustees of the Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington to the Mem- 

 bers of the Academy and Guests. 



Thursday, April 24 

 9 :00 A.M. Meeting of the Council at the National 

 Museum. 



