OCTOBEB 30, 190S] 



SCIENCE 



585 



the Asiatic countries, counting only the in- 

 stitutions represented in last year's table, 

 Japan sends 131, China 124 and India 49, 

 as against 116, 84 and 39, respectively, 

 last year. Cornell draws the larg-est num- 

 ber of students from China, followed by 

 Harvard and Yale; Columhia draws more 

 than twice as many students from Japan 

 as the second institution, Yale, while Cali- 

 fornia, as we have seen, leads in India. 



The figures given in the table are in- 

 tended to represent not the birthplace of 

 the students, but their permanent resi- 

 dence, although the absolute accuracy of 

 the table is somewhat impaired by the fact 

 that students occasionally give as their 

 permanent residence the state where the 

 institution at which they are enrolled is 

 located, this being especially true of the 

 state universities, where students take up 

 a temporary residence in the state to escape 

 tuition fees. 



Rudolf Tombo, Jr. 



Columbia Uni\'eesity 



THE DUBLIN MEETING OP THE BRITISH 

 ASSOCIATION, SEPTEMBER 2-9, 190S 



The meeting proved to be one of the best 

 attended and most successful ever held by 

 the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. A total of 2,270 tickets 

 were issued, of which 1,152 belonged to the 

 class of associate members. 



The first day, Wednesday, was devoted 

 to registration, the president's address be- 

 ing delivered in the evening in the gradua- 

 tion hall of the university. Owing to the 

 terrific storm that had been raging on the 

 British coasts the previous three days, most 

 members put off crossing the Irish channel 

 as late as possible, but even Wednesday 

 afternoon's crossing was slightly rough. 

 Work in the various sections started on 

 Thursday, September 3. Nearly all the 

 sections were housed in the grounds of 

 Trinity College, and an inter-sectional auto- 



mobile service, arranged through the gen- 

 erosity of local members, provided swift 

 means for reaching oiitlying meeting places. 

 The usual post-office information bureau, 

 news stand, excursion coi^nter, and loiTuge 

 were located in the examination hall, and 

 the daily journal gave prompt information 

 as to the doings of the sections. A welcome 

 and most efficient innovation were the "in- 

 dicator boards," announcing what papers 

 were being read in each section. The 

 boai'ds contained the letters A to L, repre- 

 senting the various sections, and under- 

 neath each letter was hung a card bearing 

 the number of the paper under discussion 

 at the moment. The "indicator boards" 

 were kept up to date by four special opera- 

 tors for each section, telephonic communi- 

 cation proving very helpful. The number 

 of abstracts of the papers read supplied 

 to members proved for once adequate to 

 the demand. 



Thursday was ushered in by heavy rains, 

 which marred the success of the Provost's 

 garden party in the afternoon, held in the 

 Fellows' garden. The party was well at- 

 tended, however, and afforded the usual 

 enjoyable opportunity for meeting old 

 friends whilst listening to the music of the 

 band and taking tea in the marquees. 



Guiness's brewery was visited by parties 

 of members on several days, and other 

 works in the vicinity were also thrown open 

 for inspection. A very interesting series of 

 Irish plays was being given at the Abbey 

 theater, and the many who went there en- 

 joyed the novel, excellent and characteristic 

 acting in the native plays. A record crowd 

 attended the conversazione given by the 

 Royal Dublin Society in the evening at 

 Leinster House. Most of the members 

 (about 3,000) of the society attended with 

 friends, and their number was swelled by 

 about 1,500 British Association members. 

 The large house, together with the beautiful 

 rooms in which are placed the collections 



