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established adage that science is international 

 in its scope. After all, the results of every 

 scientific investigation become common prop- 

 erty, irrespective of the nation wbicli under- 

 takes the work. 



My route will be about as follows: At 

 Seattle I will embark on December 8 on the 

 steamer Pensilvania, reaching Seward within 

 a week. There I shall take another steamer, 

 the Dora, which goes directly to Unalaska. I 

 ■do not know as yet exactly in what manner I 

 shall travel around the Aleutian islands. At 

 present only three islands are inhabited: Un- 

 alaska, Atka and Attu. 



But for excavation purposes I must also 

 visit some other islands which are not popu- 

 lated at present, but were so in the past. In 

 the spring of 1910 I expect a Russian naval 

 cruiser to come and take me and my party 

 from the Aleutian islands to the Komandorsky 

 islands, and from there to Petropavlovsk in 

 Kamchatka. Kamchatka I intend to study 

 not only along the coast, but also in the in- 

 terior. In the north I shall try to reach the 

 bay of Baron Korf, and in the south to go as 

 far as Cape Lopatka. Everywhere I shall en- 

 deavor to make excavations of old Kamchadal 

 villages. In the spring of 1911 I hope to re- 

 turn to Russia by way of Vladivostock, visit- 

 ing on the way some of the Kurilian islands. 



My party .consists of myself and two as- 

 sistants, one of whom is my wife, who also 

 accompanied me on the Jesup expedition. 

 Mrs. Jochelson will act in the capacity of both 

 physician and somatologist. 



In closing I wish to express for myself, as 

 well as for the Russian Imperial Geographical 

 Society, my gratitude to the governmental and 

 scientific institutions of New York and Wash- 

 ington for the assistance and attention shown 

 me while preparing for my journey. The 

 secretary of the interior has kindly granted 

 me, at the request of the Russian embassy, 

 permission to make excavations on American 

 territory. The secretary of the treasury has 

 promised to issue the necessary orders to take 

 me from the eastern to the western Aleutian 

 islands by revenue cutter. The Smithsonian 

 Institution and other scientific bodies have 

 furnished me with many publications, and 



maps and also with recommendations, all of 

 which are very valuable to me. The American 

 Museum of Natural History have extended to 

 me their kind hospitality, which I appreciate, 

 and for which I am tmder obligations to the 

 president and the director of the museum. 



Waldemar Jochelson 

 St. Petersbuko 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The Baltimore meeting of the American Chem- 

 ical Society was more largely attended than any 

 previous meeting the society has ever held and 

 was unusually enthusiastic from beginning to end. 



The local committee had made special arrange- 

 ments for the entertainment of the visiting chem- 

 ists, consisting of banquet and smoker, automobile 

 rides, parties and dinners for the attending ladies, 

 and excursions to Annapolis, to the Maryland 

 Steel Company's works, to the various Baltimore 

 breweries, to Sharp & Dohme's works and to 

 various points of interest around the city. In 

 this respect the city of Baltimore kept fully up 

 to its general reputation for hospitality. 



Some four hundred and twenty-five chemists 

 were present and attended the various sectional 

 meetings of the society besides the addresses given 

 in general session. 



These general addresses have proved a very 

 attractive feature of recent meetings and those 

 delivered at Baltimore before the whole society 

 were : 



"The Untilled Field of Chemistry," by A. D. 

 Little. 



"The Use and Abuse of the Ionic Theory," by 

 Gilbert N. Lewis. 



" The Work of Werner on the Constitution of 

 Inorganic Compounds," by Chas. H. Herty. 



" The Future of Agricultural Chemistry," by 

 H. J. Wheeler. 



" The Quantitative Study of Organic Reactions," 

 by S. F. Acree. 



" The Classification of Carbon Compounds," by 

 Edward Kremers. 



" The Efficiency and Deficiencies of the College- 

 trained Chemist when Tested in the Technical 

 Field," by Wm. H. Nichols. 



" To what Extent should College Training Con- 

 fer Practical Efficiency along Technical Lines ? " 

 by Louis M. Dennis. 



" The Attitude of Technical Institutions to Post- 

 graduate Study," by Wm. McMurtrie. 



To these should be added the retiring addresses 



