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Society of American Foresters—Will meet 
on Friday and Saturday, December 27 and 
98. President, Filibert Roth. Secretary, E. 
R. Hodson, U. S. Forest Service, Washington, 
D. C. 
School Garden Association of America.— 
Will meet on dates to be announced. Presi- 
dent, J. H. Francis. Acting Secretary, V. E. 
Kilpatrick, 124 West 30th St., New York, 
N. Y. 
The officers for the Baltimore meeting are: 
President—John Merle Coulter, University 
of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 
Vice-Presidents—A (Mathematies and As- 
tronomy) : George D. Birkhoff, Harvard Univer- 
sity, Cambridge, Mass. B (Physics): Gordon 
F. Hull, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. 
C (Chemistry): Alexander Smith, Columbia 
University, New York. D (Engineering): 
Tra N. Hollis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 
Worcester, Mass. E (Geology and Geog- 
raphy): David White, U. S. Geological Sur- 
vey, Washington, D. C. F (Zoology): Wil- 
liam Patten, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 
N. H. G (Botany): A. F. Blakeslee, Cold 
Spring Harbor, N. Y. H (Anthropology and 
Psychology): AleS Hrdlitka, U. S. National 
Museum, Washington, D. C. I (Social and 
Economie Science): John Barrett, Pan Amer- 
ican Union, Washington, D. OC. K (Physiol- 
ogy and Experimental Medicine): Frederic 
S. Lee, Columbia University, New York. L 
(Education): Stuart A. Courtis, Department 
of Educational Research, Detroit, Mich. M 
(Agriculture): Henry P. Armsby, State Col- 
lege, Pa. 
Permanent Secretary—u. O. Howard, Smith- 
sonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 
General Secretary—O. E. Jennings, Car- 
negie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Secretary of the Cowncil—(No election). 
Secretaries of the MSections—A (Mathe- 
matics and Astronomy): Forest R. Moulton, 
University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. B (Phys- 
ics): George W. Stewart, State University of 
Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. C (Chemistry): 
Arthur A. Blanchard, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. D (Engi- 
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neering): F. L. Bishop, University of Pitts- 
burgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. E (Geology and Geog- 
raphy): Rollin T. Chamberlin, University of 
Chicago, Chicago, Ill. F (Zoology): W. C. 
Allee, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill. 
in absence of Herbert V. Neal. G (Botany): 
Mel T. Cook, Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion, New Brunswick, N. J. H (Anthro- 
pology and Psychology): HE. K. Strong, Jr., 
1821 Adams Mill Road, Washington, D. C. 
I (Social and Economie Science) : Seymour 
‘C. Loomis, 82 Church Street, New Haven, 
Conn. K (Physiology and Experimental 
Medicine) : A. J. Goldfarb, College of the City 
of New York, New York, N. Y. L (Eduea- 
tion): Bird T. Baldwin, Walter Reed General 
Hospital, Washington, D. C. M (Agricul- 
ture): Edwin W. Allen, U. 8. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Treasurer—R. §. Woodward, Carnegie Insti- 
tution of Washington, Washington, D. C. 
Assistant Secretary—F. S. Hazard, Office 
of the A. A. A. S., Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, D. C. 
SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 
A JOURNEY ROUND THE ARCTIC COAST OF 
ALASKA 
A LETTER written by Archdeacon Stuck, at 
Fort Yukon, Alaska, in June of this year, de- 
scribing a journey made by him last winter 
round the whole Arctie coast of Alaska, is ab- 
stracted in the British Geographical Journal. 
The journey, which naturally involved no 
small amount of hardship, afforded an un- 
rivalled opportunity for gaining acquaintance 
with the Eskimo throughout the great stretch 
of country traversed, as well as for a compara- 
tive study of the work carried on among them 
by the various Christian organizations busy in 
that remote region. These Eskimo, the writer 
says, are “surely of all primitive peoples the 
one that has the greatest claim to the generous 
consideration of civilized mankind. Where 
else shall a people be found so brave, so hardy, 
so industrious, so kindly, and withal so cheer- 
ful and content, inhabiting such utterly naked 
country lashed by such constant ferocity of 
weather?” Everywhere he received from them 
