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president of the University < of British Columbia, 

 Vancouver. 



The societies holding meetings on this occasion 

 were the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the 

 Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of 

 America, the Western Society of Naturalists, the 

 Pacific Slope Branch, American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists, and the Ecological So- 

 ciety of America. The San Diego Society of Nat- 

 ural History and the Pacific Coast Branch of the 

 American Phytopathological Society also partici- 

 pated in the meetings of the Western Society of 

 Naturalists. 



On Friday afternoon, the Women's Board of the 

 Panama-California International Exposition re- 

 ceived visiting members of the American Associa- 

 tion and of participating societies in the rooms of 

 the board in the California building on the expo- 

 sition grounds. 



The period of the meeting was closed, except 

 for excursions, by a dinner held on the evening 

 of Saturday, August 12, in the XJ. S. Grant Hotel. 

 At this dinner, Mr. Edward L. Hardy, president 

 of the California State Normal School at San 

 Diego, presided, and addresses were presented by 

 Dr. W. W. Campbell, director of Lick Observa- 

 tory, Mount Hamilton, California; Dr. John C. 

 Merriam, professor of paleontology and historical 

 geology, University of California; Dr. E. P. 

 Wesbrook, president of the University of British 

 Columbia, Vancouver; and Dr. P. B. Burnham, 

 San Diego. 



During the days following the meeting, excur- 

 sions were arranged as follows: 



Through the courtesy of the United States Bu- 

 reau of Fisheries, the U. S. S. Albatross was in 

 port at San Diego during the period of this meet- 

 ing, and was made available for a demonstration 

 trip on the morning of Saturday, August 12. 



Automobiles were provided, through the cour- 

 tesy of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, for 

 an excursion to the works of the Western Salt 

 Company, South San Diego, and to the Otay Val- 

 ley and the Coronado peninsula, on Saturday 

 morning, August 12. 



An excursion was arranged on the afternoon of 

 Saturday, August 12, under the auspices of the 

 Ecological Society of America, including in its 

 itinerary the Scripps Institution for Biological 

 Beseareh near La Jolla, an isolated colony of 

 Torrey pines, six miles north of La Jolla, and the 

 beach near the Scripps Institution. 



On Sunday, August 13, through the courtesy of 

 the Hercules Powder Company and of Swift and 



Company, opportunity was afforded members of 

 the association and participating societies to in- 

 spect the processes of the chemical reduction of 

 kelp at the plants recently established in San 

 Diego by these two concerns. 



A notable excursion occupied Sunday and Mon- 

 day, August 13 and 14, in which, as guests of the 

 San Diego Society of Natural History, a party of 

 thirty-two was conducted by automobile through 

 the mountains of. the . central part of San Diego 

 County to the edge of the Colorado Desert, accom- 

 plishing a trip of over two hundred miles. Sat- 

 urday night was spent in camp in the mountains 

 at the edge of the desert. 



In the provision for these excursions, the Pacific 

 Division of the American Association is greatly 

 indebted to Mr. E. W. Scripps, of Delmar, San 

 Diego County, for donating a fund from which a 

 great portion of the expense of these excursions 

 was defrayed. The fund placed these excursions 

 within the reach of a large number of visiting 

 members. 



On Wednesday afternoon, August 9, the dedica- 

 tion of the recently completed museum and li- 

 brary building and the concrete wharf was held at 

 the Scripps Institution for Biological Beseareh at 

 La Jolla. At these exercises Dr. Benjamin Ide 

 Wheeler, president of the University of California, 

 presided. The invocation was given by the Bt. 

 Bev. Joseph H. Johnson, bishop of Los Angeles, 

 and the following addresses were presented: 

 The Training of Scientific Men, David Starr Jor- 

 dan, chancellor emeritus of Stanford University, 

 California. 

 Biological Beseareh Institutions: Organization, 

 Men and Methods, D. T. MaeDougal, director of 

 the department of botanical research, Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington, Tucson. 

 The Sources of the Nervous System, G. H. Parker, 



professor of zoology, Harvard University. 

 What the Scripps Institution is Trying to Do, 

 William E. Bitter, scientific director, Scripps 

 Institution for Biological Beseareh, La Jolla. 

 The total registered attendance at the San 

 Diego meeting included ninety members of the 

 association and of participating societies from 

 outside San Diego, and thirty members from 

 San Diego and vicinity; making a total of one 

 hundred and twenty. The total number of ses- 

 sions was sixteen. In addition to the registered 

 attendance, several of the sessions received a large 

 general attendance from San Diego. 



Albert L. Barrows, 

 Secretary, Pacific Division 



