628 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS.—De- 
cember 27 and 28. Joint meeting with Geological 
Society of America on afternoon of December 28. 
President, Nevin M. Fenneman, New York City; 
secretary, O. L. Fassig (absent). 
PALEONTOLOGICAL Society or AMERICA.—De- 
cember 28. President, F. H. Knowlton, U. S. Na- 
tional Museum; secretary, R. S. Bassler, U. S. 
National Museum, Washington, D. C. 
AMERICAN Society or NATURALISTS.—Decem- 
ber 28. Annual dinner, Saturday night. Vice- 
president, Guy N. Collins (in the chair); secre- 
tary, Bradley M. Davis, Statistical Division, U. S. 
Food Administration, Washington, D. C. 
AMERICAN Society oF ZooLocists.—December 
26 to 28. Joint session with American Society of 
Naturalists Saturday morning, December 28. 
President, George Lefevre, University of Missouri; 
acting secretary, W. C. Allee, Lake Forest College, 
Lake Forest, Il. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF EcoNoMICc ENTOMOL- 
oGISTS.—December 26 and 27. President, H. D. 
Ball; secretary, Albert F. Burgess, Gipsy Moth 
Laboratory, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 
BoTaNIcAL SocieTy or AMERICA.—December 26 
to 28. Joint session with Section G, A. A. A. S., 
and American Phytopathological Society on Thurs- 
day afternoon, December 26. Joint sessions with 
American Phytopathological Society on Friday 
and Saturday, December 27 and 28. Joizit session 
with Ecological Society of America on Saturday 
morning, December 28. President, William Tre- 
lease, University of Illinois; secretary, J. R. 
Schramm, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SocieTy.—De- 
cember 23 to 28. Joint meetings with Botanical 
Society of America on Friday and Saturday, De- 
cember 27 and 28. Tenth anniversary dinner, 6.30 
P.M., Wednesday, December 25. President, H. M. 
Freeman; secretary, C. L. Shear, U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
EcoLoGicaL SocrrTy or AMERICA.—December 26 
to 28. Joint session with American Society of 
Zoologists, Friday morning, December 27. Joint 
session with Botanical Society of America on Sat- 
urday morning, December 28. President, Henry 
C. Cowles, University of Chicago; secretary, For- 
rest Shreve, Desert Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona. 
AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.— 
December 26 to 28. Joint session with Section H, 
A, A, A. S., on December 26, and joint session with 
American Folk-Lore Society on December 27. 
President, A. L. Kroeber, Affiliated Medical Col- 
SCIENCE 
[N. S. Vou. XLVIII. No. 1251 
leges, San Francisco; acting secretary, Bruce W. 
Merwin, University of Pennsylvania) Museum, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
AMERICAN PsycHOLoGicaAL ASSOCIATION.—De- 
cember 27 and 28. Will hold joint sessions with 
Sections H and L. Secretary, Herbert 8. Lang- 
fleld, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
AMERICAN FouK-Lorre Society.—December 27. 
Will hold joint session with American Anthropo- 
logical Association. President, C. Marius Barbeau; 
secretary, Charles Peabody, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
AMERICAN Metric ASsocIATION.—December 27 
to 28. The session of Saturday will be held at the 
Bureau of Standards, Washington. President, 
George F. Kunz; secretary, Howard Richards, Jr., 
156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
SocieTy oF AMERICAN BACTERIOLOGISTS.—Will 
meet on Friday and Saturday, December 27 and 
28. President, R. C. Buchanan, University of Wis- 
consin; secretary, A. Parker Hitchens, Army Med- 
ical School, 462 Louisiana Avenue, Washington, 
D. C. 
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE. 
—December 27 and 28. President, C. A. McCue; 
secretary, C. P. Close, College Park, Md. 
Society oF AMERICAN ForEstERS.—December 
27 and 28. President, Filibert Roth, U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture; secretary, E. R. Hodson, U. 
S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C. ; 
ScHooL GARDEN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.— 
December 23 and 24. President, J. H. Francis; 
vice-president and acting secretary, V. E. Kil- 
patrick, 124 W. 30th Street, New York, N. Y. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY Pro- 
FESSORS.—December 28. President, Professor 
John M. Coulter, University of Chicago; secretary, 
Dr. H. W. Tyler, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, Boston, Mass. 
SCIENCE 
A Weekly Journal devoted to the Advancement of 
Science, publishing the official notices and pro- 
ceedings of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science 
Published every Friday by 
THE SCIENCE PRESS 
LANCASTER, PA. GARRISON, N. Y. 
NEW YORK, N. Y. 
Entered in the post-office at Lancaster, Pa., as second class matter 
