Mat 28, 1909] 



SCIENCE 



851 



advance, as Detroit is liable to be crowded at 

 this time. 



Special arrangement is being made for 

 the entertainment of ladies who accompany 

 members. 



Charles L. Parsons, 

 Secretary 



DUKHAM, N. H. 



FORMATION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE 



ON THE UNIFICATION OF METHODS 



OF ANALYSIS OF FATS AND OILS 



At the last meeting of the Association of 

 Official Agricultural Chemists, held in No- 

 vember, 1908, a committee of three was ap- 

 pointed to join with a similar committee, if 

 such could be appointed, from the American 

 Chemical Society and the American Society 

 for Testing Materials, the object being to try 

 to bring about uniformity in the methods of 

 these three great chemical societies, and also 

 that this joint committee should represent this 

 country in the formation of an international 

 commission upon this same subject. 



The committee appointed by the Association 

 of Official Agricultural Chemists consisted of 

 Mr. L. M. Tolman, chairman, Mr. Percy H. 

 Walker and Mr. A. Lowenstein. The com- 

 mittee from the American Chemical Society 

 consisted of Mr. A. H. Gill, chairman, Mr. 

 David Wesson and Mr. C. E. Waters. The 

 committee appointed by the American Society 

 for Testing Materials consisted of Mr. C. N. 

 Forrest, chairman, Mr. Jerome Frank and 

 Mr. G. W. Thompson. These three commit- 

 tees have united into the formation of a joint 

 committee, Mr. Tolman being elected chair- 

 man, and Mr. Forrest, secretary. 



The work of this joint committee is to bring 

 about as far as possible a uniformity in meth- 

 ods of analysis and statement of results. The 

 first meeting was held in New York at the 

 Chemists' Club on May 25, for the considera- 

 tion of plans of work, and of carrying them on. 



Normal Schools of Washington in cooperation. 

 This is located on the islands of the lower 

 Puget Sound, a region unapproachable for its 

 wealth of marine life. For the session 1909 

 the laboratory will be maintained at Friday 

 Harbor on San Juan Island from June 21 

 until July 10, and at Olga on Orcas Island 

 from July 12 until July 31. The following 

 courses are announced: Exploratory Zoology, 

 C. T. Brues, curator of the Milwaukee Public 

 Museum; Invertebrate Zoology, H. S. Erode, 

 professor of biology. Whitman College; Ver- 

 tebrate Zoology, A. D. Howard, professor of 

 zoology. University of Washington; Insects, 

 A. L. Melander, professor of entomology, 

 Washington State College; Molluscs, James 

 L. Kellogg, professor of zoology, Williams Col- 

 lege; Fishes, E. C. Starks, curator, Stanford 

 University; Phylogeny of Plants, Charles E. 

 Bessey, professor of botany. University of 

 Nebraska; Cryptogamic Botany, Charles O. 

 Chambers, professor of biology. Pacific Uni- 

 versity; Systematic Botany, R. K. Beattie, 

 professor of botany, Washington State Col- 

 lege ; Ecology, T. C. Frye, professor of botany, 

 University of Washington; Algse, Mabel E. 

 Simpson, professor of biology. University of 

 Puget Sound. 



The equipment of the station will include 

 a steam dredging outfit, motor launch, scows, 

 boats, etc. Microscopes and usual apparatus 

 will be supplied. Tuition is free, but a labo- 

 ratory privilege charge of ten dollars will be 

 made for the six weeks courses. The Alaska- 

 Tukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle will af- 

 ford an unusual opportunity of visiting the 

 Pacific coast at low cost. 



An invitation to make the station their 

 headquarters is cordially extended to eastern 

 biologists. Every opportunity will be given 

 for the collection and study of the interesting 

 species of Puget Sound. Correspondence may 

 be addressed to Professor T. C. Frye, Univer- 

 sity, Seattle, or to Professor A. L. Melander, 

 Pullman, Washington. 



TEE PUGET SOUND MARINE STATION 

 A LABORATORY for the study of marine biol- 

 ogy has been established by the State Uni- 

 versity, the State College and the three State 



THE BIOLOGICAL STATION OF THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 

 A STATION for instruction and research in 

 biology will be maintained by the University 



