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SCIENCE 



767 



changes in tlie electrical polarization of tte 

 membranes; and it seems probable that these 

 variations in electrical polarization are more 

 directly responsible for the characteristic spe- 

 cial effects produced by stimulation — such as 

 increased oxidation, contraction, and the 

 other forms of response which vary from cell 

 to cell. 



Ealph S. Lillie 

 University op Pennsylvania 



THE SOUTHEEN SOCIETY FOE PEILOS- 

 OFHY AND PSYCBOLOGY 



The eighth annual meeting of the Southern 

 Society for Philosophy and Psychology was held 

 at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8 and 9, 1913. 

 Three sessions were held: one on Tuesday after- 

 noon, one on Tuesday evening and one on Wednes- 

 day forenoon. On Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock 

 the members of the society were invited to attend 

 the university lectures on ' ' Bergson 's Doctrine 

 of Time" given by Professor A. O. Lovejoy in 

 the Donovan Eoom of McCoy Hall. The sessions 

 were held in the lecture room of the biological 

 laboratory. President E. M. Ogden presiding. 

 The president 's address, entitled ' ' The Relation 

 of Psychology to Philosophy and Education," 

 was given at the session on Tuesday evening. 

 Preceding this address, the local members of the 

 society entertained the visiting members at a 

 dinner at the Johns Hopkins Club, and after the 

 address they entertained them at a smoker in the 

 rooms of Professor Lovejoy. The following items 

 were passed upon at the business meeting, which 

 was held on Wednesday morning: 



1. It was decided to hold the next meeting at 

 Atlanta, Georgia, during the recess of the Christ- 

 mas holidays, in conjunction with the meetings of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



2. The following officers were elected for the 

 year 1913: President, H. J. Pearee, Brenau Col- 

 lege; Vice-president, A. O. Jovejoy, Johns Hop- 

 kins University; Secretary-Treasurer, W. C. Eue- 

 diger, The George Washington University; Coun- 

 cil for three years, Bird T. Baldwin, Swarthmore 

 College, and Josiah Morse, University of South 

 Carolina. 



3. The following were elected to membership: 

 Professor W. H. Chase, University of North Caro- 

 lina; Professor L. E. Geissler, University of 



Georgia; Miss H. B. Hubberd, Baltimore; Miss 

 E. D. Keller, Baltimore; Dr. Frank A. Manny, 

 Baltimore Training School; Professor Mark A. 

 May, Murphy College; Father Thomas V. Moore, 

 Catholic University of America; Mrs. Jacob Tau- 

 benhaus, Newark, Delaware; Mr. Jacob Ulrich, 

 Baltimore; Professor H. H. Williams, University 

 of North Carolina. 



4. The accounts of the treasurer were audited 

 by a committee of the council and showed a bal- 

 ance on hand, April 9, 1913, of $68.70. 



5. Votes of thanks were extended to the authori- 

 ties of the Johns Hopkins University for the use 

 of the lecture room of the biological laboratory 

 and to the local members for the dinner and the 

 smoker. 



W. C. EUEDIGER, 



Secretary- Treasurer 

 The George Washington Univebsitt, 

 Washington, D. C. 



THE ZOOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE MICH- 

 IGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The nineteenth annual meeting of the Zoological 

 Section met in the zoological lecture room of the 

 University of Michigan at 9 A.M. and 1:30 p.m. 

 on April 3, with Vice-president Peter Okkelberg 

 in the chair. The meetings were well attended and 

 the following program was read. Dr. Bertram G. 

 Smith, of the Ypsilanti State Normal College, was 

 elected vice-president and chairman of the Zoolog- 

 ical Section for the coming year. Hereafter the 

 meetings will be held on the Friday and Saturday 

 after Thanksgiving. 



"Factors Governing Local Distribution of the 

 Thysanoptera, " A. F. Shull. 



"Eesults of the Mershon Espedition to the 

 Charity Islands, Lake Huron Coleoptera, " A. W, 

 Andrews. 



"Types of Learning in Animals," J. F 

 Shepard. 



' ' The Lepidoptera of the Douglas Lake Eegion, 

 Cheboygan County, Michigan," Paul S. Welch. 



' ' Check-list of Michigan Lepidoptera. II 

 Sphingidse (Hawk-moths)," W. W. Newcomb. 



"On the Breeding Habits of the Log-perch,' 

 Jacob Eeighard. 



"A List of the Fish of Douglas Lake, Cheboy 

 gan County, Mich., with notes on their Ecological 

 Eelations, " Jacob Eeighard. 



"May the Eemains of Adult Lepidoptera be 

 Identified in the Stomach Contents of Birds?" F. 

 C. Gates. 



