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This was discussed at length by Mr. Noyes 

 and certain other members. 



Mr. Noyes moved the appointment of a sub- 

 committee of three to report at an early date 

 on this matter. The chairman appointed as 

 this committee, Messrs. Humphreys, Hale and 

 Stratton. 



[At this time the committee adjourned for 

 dinner and reconvened at 8 p.m.] 



The permanent secretary read a letter from 

 Mr. George E. Hale, chairman of the National 

 Research Council of the National Academy of 

 Sciences, inviting the association to appoint a 

 committee of three to confer with the com- 

 mittee of three of the National Research 

 Council to discuss measures by which the 

 A m erican Association for the Advancement of 

 Science may cooperate in the research coun- 

 cil's work. 



On motion, it was moved that the president 

 of the association appoint a committee of three, 

 including himself, to act in this manner. On 

 account of its urgency, it was considered de- 

 sirable to take this action without awaiting 

 the meeting of the council. Carried. 



Mr. Noyes reported that the committee ap- 

 pointed from the National Research Council 

 for this purpose consisted of Messrs. Welch, 

 Conklin and Noyes. 



Messrs. Charles Baskerville and N. L. Brit- 

 ton, of the local executive committee, ap- 

 peared by invitation and Mr. Cattell made a 

 statement of arrangements for the New York 

 meeting. 



On motion, the committee expressed its ap- 

 proval of scientific exhibits at the New York 

 meeting. 



On motion, it was recommended that a mem- 

 ber of the local executive committee cooperate 

 with the permanent secretary in preparing the 

 Preliminary Announcement and in arranging 

 the program. 



On motion, the nomination of Dr. Henry M. 

 Howe, as vice-president of Section D, in place 

 of Dr. Elmer L. Corthell, deceased. 



The matter of " members emeritus," dis- 

 cussed at some length at the Columbus meet- 

 ing and referred to the committee on policy for 

 recommendation, was brought up by the per- 



manent secretary. It was moved and carried 

 to report to the council that, in the opinion of 

 the Committee on Policy, the Jane M. Smith 

 Fund will care for the most deserving of the 

 cases of the kind under consideration in the 

 council discussion. 



At 10 p.m., it was moved and carried to ad- 

 journ until Tuesday, December 26, immediately 

 after the meeting of the Committee of One 

 Hundred on Scientific Eesearch at the Hotel 

 Belmont. L. O. Howard, 



Secretary 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



On nomination of the Sectional Committee 

 of Section G (Botany) of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, Dr. C. 

 Stuart Gager, director of the Brooklyn Bo- 

 tanic Garden, has been elected vice-president 

 and chairman of Section G for the coming 

 New York meeting in place of Dr. Thomas J. 

 Burrill, deceased. On similar nomination by 

 Section D (Engineering), Dr. Henry M. Howe, 

 past-president of the American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers, has been elected vice-presi- 

 dent and chairman of Section D for the New 

 York meeting, in place of Dr. Elmer L. Cor- 

 thell, deceased. 



By vote of the board of trustees a bronze 

 bust of Professor Thomas Chrowder Chamber- 

 lin will be placed immediately in Rosenwald 

 Hall, University of Chicago, thus recognizing 

 his long service to the university. Dr. Cham- 

 berlin has been professor and head of the de- 

 partment of geology since resigning the presi- 

 dency of Wisconsin University in 1892. 



Dr. Hermann von Ihering has resigned the 

 directorship of the Museu Paulista, Sao Paulo, 

 Brazil. His present address is Joinville- 

 Hansa, Estado de St. Catharina, Brazil. 



The health of Professor James H. Kemp, 

 head of the department of geology of Colum- 

 bia University, has much improved. The 

 trustees of the university have, however, 

 granted him a further leave of absence for one 

 year. 



Dr. Robert W. Lovett, professor of ortho- 

 pedic surgery at the Harvard Medical School, 



