October 20, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



581 



what ia the order of blooming in the cotton 

 plant, the normal time between blooms both 

 vertically and horizontally, the inherent ten- 

 dencies toward regularity or irregularity of 

 different varieties, and the factors which influ- 

 ence or determine these things. 



C. K. McClelland 

 Gbobgia Experiment Station 



THE SAN DIEGO MEETING OF THE 



PACIFIC DIVISION OF THE AMER- 

 ICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



The first annual meeting of the Pacific Division 

 of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science was held in San Diego, California, be- 

 tween the dates, August 9 and 12. The head- 

 quarters for the meeting were maintained in the 

 U. S. Grant Hotel, and the three evening sessions 

 of the meeting were held in the assembly room of 

 the hotel. For the day sessions of societies par- 

 ticipating in the occasion convenient meeting 

 places were provided in the San Diego High 

 School by courtesy of the Board of Education of 

 San Diego. 



The first of the general sessions of the San 

 Diego meeting was held on Wednesday evening, 

 August 9, Dr. W. W. Campbell, president of the 

 Pacific Division, presiding. Hon. Lyman Gage, 

 of San Diego, spoke in welcome on behalf of the 

 citizens of San Diego, and Dr. D. T. MacDougal, 

 chairman of the executive committee of the Pa- 

 cific Division, responded on behalf of the Division. 

 These addresses were followed by the address of 

 the president of the Division, Dr. W. W. Camp- 

 bell, director of the Lick Observatory, Mount 

 Hamilton, upon the subject, "What We Know 

 about Comets," illustrated by stereopticon. After 

 this session a reception, given under the auspices 

 of the honorary reception committee for the San 

 Diego meeting, was tendered to the visiting mem- 

 bers of the American Association and of other 

 societies participating in the meeting. 



The second general session of the Division was 

 held on Thursday evening, August 10, Dr. D. T. 

 MacDougal, chairman of the executive committee 

 of the Pacific Division, presiding. At this ses- 

 sion the executive committee of the Division was 

 reelected to serve for the ensuing year, upon nom- 

 ination by a duly appointed nominating com- 

 mittee. The members reelected at this time were: 



E. C. Eranklin, professor of chemistry, Stan- 

 ford University. 



T. C. Frye, professor of botany, University of 

 Washington. 



C. E. Grunsky, consulting engineer, San Fran- 

 cisco. 



G. E. Hale, director of the Mount Wilson Solar 

 Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 

 Pasadena. 



V. L. Kellogg, professor of entomology, Stan- 

 ford University. 



A. C. Lawson, professor of mineralogy and geol- 

 ogy, University of California. 



E. P. Lewis, professor of physics, University of 

 California. 



These seven elected members, together with the 

 president and the vice-president of the Division, 

 elected by the committee, constitute the executive 

 committee of the Division. 



Following the transaction of this business, an ad- 

 dress was given upon the subject, "Modern Nat- 

 ural History Museums, and their Eelation to Public 

 Education," by Dr. Barton W. Evermann, di- 

 rector of the museum of the California Academy 

 of Sciences, San Francisco. This address was il- 

 lustrated with stereopticon views of animal habi- 

 tat groups which are being installed in the mu- 

 seum of the California Academy of Sciences. 



The third general session of the Division was 

 held on Friday evening, August 11, Dr. W. W. 

 Campbell, president of the Pacific Division, pre- 

 siding. At this session the following resolutions, 

 presented by the Western Society of Naturalists, 

 were unanimously endorsed: 



In view of the pact that the great natural re- 

 sources of the sea in this part of the world, long 

 known to naturalists, are beginning to be util- 

 ized; and 



In view op the pact that these developing in- 

 dustries, notably those of tuna fishing and kelp 

 harvesting, are making conspicuous many prob- 

 lems of great interest, both industrial and scien- 

 tific, the solution of which is possible only by long 

 and somewhat expensive investigation; 



Resolved, that the Western Society of Natural- 

 ists urges upon the attention of the government of 

 the United States and the state of California the 

 importance of giving such support, financial, leg- 

 islative, administrative and otherwise, as may be 

 necessary to place the various sea industries on a 

 thoroughly scientific foundation; and 



Resolved, that a committee of five, four from 

 this society and one from the industries be ap- 

 pointed to act in cooperation with other repre- 

 sentatives of the industries for the furthering of 

 the ends indicated in these resolutions. 



Eesolved, that these resolutions be presented to 

 the Pacific Division for its consideration with the 

 hope that its approval may be given. 



Following the business of this session an ad- 

 dress was presented upon the subject, "The Physi- 

 cian of To-morrow," by Dr. F. F. Wesbrook, 



