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I can not adequately express the deep regret of 

 the committee that the institute must lose your 

 services as its president. We have all been looking 

 forward with the utmost confidence to the sound 

 development and continued prosperity of the in- 

 stitution under your leadership. We have no doubts 

 as to the future but shall never cease to deplore 

 that you were not permitted to make the great con- 

 tribution to the work which your character, person- 

 ality and training would have assured to it. 



I need not add that the severance of the personal 

 relations which have given us so much satisfaction 

 is a source of keen regret to us all. We know, how- 

 ever, that you wdll always remain a friend of the 

 institute and of those who are responsible for the 

 guidance of its affairs. 



The members of the committee and the friends 

 of the institute generally, will cordially unite in 

 wishing you a long, happy and prosperous life and 

 large success in the work to which you propose to 

 devote your effort. 



MEETINGS OF NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC 

 SOCIETIES 



Reduced railroad fares for those attending 

 the Toronto meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science (De- 

 cember 27 to 31) have now been granted by 

 the Southeastern, "Western and Southwestern 

 Passenger Associations, as well as by those 

 named in a recent announcement (Science, 

 54: 353, October 14, 1921). Every member 

 planning to attend the meeting from the re- 

 gions of the Transcontinental Passenger As- 

 sociation should consult his local ticket agent, 

 and purchase a ticket to the nearest main sta- 

 tion lying within the region for which the 

 reduced rates are available. The complete list 

 of passenger associations granting the reduced 

 rates is: The Canadian Passenger Associa- 

 tion, The New England Passenger Association, 

 The Central Passenger Association, The 

 Southeastern Passenger Association, The 

 Western Passenger Association, and the 

 Southwestern Passenger Association. The 

 rate from main stations within the regions of 

 these associations will be a fare and one half 

 for the round trip, on the certificate plan. 



The next meeting of the American As- 

 tronomical Society will be held on December 



29-31, at Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore, 

 Pa. 



The Ecological ;Sooiety of America will hold 

 its annual meeting at Toronto in afB.liation 

 with the American Association from Decem- 

 ber 27-30. In addition to the regular sessions 

 of the society joint sessions will be held with 

 the Entomological Society of America, the 

 American Society of Zoologists and the Bo- 

 tanical Society of America. Members' wish- 

 ing to present papers should furnish the sec- 

 retary with titles and brief abstracts as soon as 

 possible. The society headquarters will be 

 at the King Edward Hotel. Communications 

 in regard to participation in the program 

 and in regard to membership should be sent 

 to the secretary, A. 0. Weese, The Vivarian, 

 Champaign, Illinois. 



The annual meeting of the Pederation of 

 American Societies for Experimental Biology, 

 composed of the American Physiological So- 

 ciety, The American Society of Biological 

 Chemists, The American Society for Pharma- 

 cology and Experimental Therapeutics, and 

 The American Society for Experimental 

 Pathology, will be held in New Haven under 

 the auspices of Yale University on December 

 28, 29, and 30. The American Association of 

 Anatomists will meet at the same date and 

 place. The advantage of one and one half 

 round trip fare on the certificate plan has 

 already been granted by the railroads of the 

 territory east of Chicago and St. Louis and 

 south of the Canadian border. These rates are 

 available to members and their friends at- 

 tending the annual session. The federation 

 meeting is under the executive chairmanship 

 of Dr. J. J. R. MacLeod, of the University 

 of Toronto, president of the American Phys- 

 iological Society. 



The annual meeting of the Association of 

 American Geographers, under the direction of 

 President Ellen Churchill Semple, will be held 

 in Washington, D. C, on December 29, 30 and 

 31, beginning on Thursday at one thirty. 

 Through the courtesy of the ISTational Geog- 

 raphic Society the session will be held at the 

 society building. Morning sessions Friday and 



