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Dr. Carrel has been granted leave of ab- 

 sence by the French government to come to 

 New York to give personal supervision of tlie 

 work of the temporary hospital. He is assisted 

 in his work by Dr. Adrian V. S. Lambert, of 

 the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 



The war demonstration hospital has been or- 

 ganized with the approval and active coopera- 

 tion of the war and navy departments. In ad- 

 mitting surgeons to follow the demonstrations 

 and cases that are treated, preference will be 

 given to members of the army and navy med- 

 ical corps. 



THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA 



The second summer meeting of the associa- 

 tion will be held by invitation of Western Re- 

 serve University and Case School of Applied 

 Science at Cleveland, Ohio, in conjunction 

 with the siunmer meeting of the American 

 Mathematical Society, b^inning with a joint 

 dinner at 6 :30 o'clock Wednesday evening, 

 September 6, and a joint session at nine o'clock 

 Thursday morning, September 6, and continu- 

 ing Thursday and Friday. The meeting of 

 the American Mathematical Society begins 

 Tuesday morning, September 4. The meet- 

 ings will be held in the lecture room of the 

 Physics Building of Case School of Applied 

 Science. 



The program committee consists of C. S. 

 Slichter, Chairman; L. S. Hulburt, and E. J. 

 Wilczynski. The program is as follows : 



THURSDAY, 9:00 A.M. 



Joint session of the Mathematical Association of 

 America with the American Mathematical So- 

 ciety. Address by Professor L. P. Eisenhart, of 

 Princeton University — "Darbonx's contribution to 

 geometry. ' ' 



10:30 A.M. 



' ' Undergraduate mathematical clubs ' ' — Pro- 

 fessor H. E. Hawkes, Columbia University. Dis- 

 cussion, led by Professor E. C. Archibald, Brown 

 University, and Professor D. A. Rothrock, Indiana 

 University. 



2:00 P.M. 



Presidential Eetiring Address: "The signifi- 

 cance of mathematics" — Professor E. E. Hedrick, 

 University of Missouri. "Geometry for juniors 



and seniors" — Professor E. B. Stouffer, Univer- 

 sity of Kansas. Discussion, led by Professor 

 Arnold Emch, University of Illinois, and Professor 

 L. W. Dowling, University of Wisconsin. 



FRIDAY, 9:30 A.M. 



"The treatment of the applications in college 

 courses in mathematics" — Professor L. C. Plant, 

 Michigan Agricultural College. Discussion, led by 

 Professor W. B. Carver, Cornell University, Pro- 

 fessor G. H. Ling, University of Saskatchewan. 



The committee on arrangements consists of 

 T. M. Focke, Chairman; F. N. Cole, W. D. 

 Cairns, E. V. Huntington, A. D. Pitcher, and 

 D. T. Wilson. Members and visitors are re- 

 quested to register as early as possible; this 

 will be a distinct aid in helping those in at- 

 tendance to become acquainted with one 

 another and thus further one of the chief aims 

 of the meetings. Registration will be held in 

 the library of the Physics Building of Case 

 School of Applied Science. It is hoped that, 

 as at the meeting last year in Cambridge, 

 members may wish to bring their wives to 

 share in this sojourn in Cleveland and in the 

 social hours which always accompany the 

 meetings. 



Hotel Statler has been selected as the official 

 headquarters for the summer meetings of the 

 American Mathematical Society and the 

 Mathematical Association of America. Lunch- 

 eon will be served each day, to those attending 

 the meetings, at the Case Club. This build- 

 ing will be at the disposal of members and their 

 friends for the afternoons and evenings dur- 

 ing the meetings. The joint dinner of the As- 

 sociation with the American Mathematical 

 Society will be held at the Hotel Statler, Wed- 

 nesday evening, September 5. 



W. D. Cairns, 

 Secretary-Treasurer 



Oberlin, Ohio, 

 August 18, 1917 



JOHN OREN REED AND KARL EUGEN GUTHE 



Tablets to the memory of John Oren Reed 

 and Karl Eugen Guthe were unveiled in the 

 physics building of the University of Mich- 

 igan at commencement. Following a short ad- 

 dress by Professor Harrison McA. Randall, of 



