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torney of Pittsburgh, gave an address of welcome 

 on behalf of the mayor of Pittsburgh, to which Dr. 

 Perkins replied. 



The permanent secretary, under instructions 

 from the councU, proposed the following amend- 

 ments to the constitution, which were adopted 

 unanimously: 



1. To amend Article 22 of the constitution by 

 omitting after the word "chemistry" in the second 

 line, the words "including its application to agri- 

 culture and the arts." The article as amended 

 wiU read: 



Sections and Sub-sections 



Art. ii. The Association shall be divided into 



sections, viz: A — Mathematics and Astronomy; B — 



Physics; C — Chemistry; D — Engineering; E — 



Geology and Geography; F — Zoology; G — , " etc. 



2. To amend Article 9 of the constitution by 

 adding in line 8, after the words "Permanent Sec- 

 retary" the words "and the secretaries of the 

 Sections. ' ' 



(Note. — The effect of the above will be to make 

 secretaries eligible for reelection.) The Article as 

 amended will then read: 



"Art. 9. The officers of the association shall be 

 elected by balloting by the General Committee 

 from the fellows and shall consist of a president, 

 a vice-president from each section, a permanent 

 secretary, a treasurer, and a secretary from each 

 section ; that is, with the exception of the perma- 

 nent secretary, the treasurer and the secretaries of 

 the sections, shaU be elected at each meeting for 

 the following one and, with the exception of the 

 treasurer and the permanent secretary and the sec- 

 retaries of the sections, shall not be reelected for 

 the next two meetings. The term of office of the 

 permanent secretary and of the treasurer and of 

 the secretaries of the sections shall be five years. ' ' 



Dr. W. J. Holland, chairman of the local com- 

 mittee, made certain announcements, after which 

 Dr. C. R. Van Hise, retiring president of the as- 

 sociation, gave his address, which had for its title 

 "Some Economic Aspects of the World War," 

 and in this able and strong address President Van 

 Hise set the note for the entire meeting. 



This was followed by a reception in the foyer 

 of the Carnegie Institution by the members of the 

 local committee and their wives. 



Certain special items on the program of the 

 week may be especially mentioned on account of 

 their war bearing. 



Section C held a symposium on "Education in 

 Chemical Engineering. " 



Section M held an important symposium on 

 "Factors concerned in an Increased Agricultural 

 Production." 



Section I listened to a paper by Hon. John 

 Barrett on "The War and the New Pan- Amer- 

 ica, " and before this same section, Howard E. 

 Coffin, president of the Aircraft Board at Wash- 



ington, spoke on the subject of "General Stand- 

 ardization." 



Section B held a general interest session on the 

 subject of ' ' Relationship of Physics to the War. ' ' 



Section G with the Botanical Society of Amer- 

 ica and the American Phytopathological Society, 

 held a joint session on "War Problems in Bot- 

 any. ' ' 



Dr. Vernon L. Kellogg, formerly of the Belgium 

 Relief Commission, and now with Mr. Hoover's 

 board in Washington, gave an exceedingly strong 

 address before the Entomological Society of Amer- 

 ica on "The Biological Aspects of the War." 



Section I held a special symposium on "War 

 Problems. '' 



Section F held a symposium on "Contributions 

 of Zoology to Hiunan Welfare," in which many 

 war problems were discussed. 



Section K held a very important symposium 

 which was packed to the doors, on the subject of 

 ' ' Medical Problems of the War. ' ' This symposium 

 included an address by Lieutenant George Loewy, 

 of the French Army, on ' ' The Treatment of War 

 Wounds by the Carrel Method, ' ' which was illus- 

 trated by moving pictures. 



The School Garden Association of America held 

 a symposium on ' ' Organization of War Gardens. ' ' 



The Association of Economic Entomologists dis- 

 cussed the two following topics at length: "In- 

 sects and Camp Sanitation, ' ' and ' ' How the 

 Entomologist can assist in increasing Food Pro- 

 duction. " 



The Botanical Society of America, and the Amer- 

 ican Phytopathological Society held a symposium 

 on "Phytopathology in relation to War Service." 



Many of these papers will be published in subse- 

 quent issues of this joiirnal, and abstracts of many 

 more will also appear. 



The affiliated societies meeting with the asso- 

 ciation at Pittsburgh were as follows: American 

 Federation of Teachers of Mathematical and Nat- 

 ural Sciences, American Physical Society, Optical 

 Society of America, American Electrochemical So- 

 ciety, Society for the Promotion of Engineering 

 Education, Paleontological Society of America, 

 American Society of Naturalists, Entomological 

 Society of America, American Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists, Ecological Society of Amer- 

 ica, Wilson Ornithological Club, Botanical Society 

 of America, American Phytopathological Society, 

 American Society for Horticultural Science, Amer- 

 ican Fern Society, American Microscopical So- 

 ciety, American Psychological Association, Ameri- 

 can Metric Association, American Nature Study 



