Januaet 13, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



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theater beneath the quadi'angle of the big 

 building was filled three times during the 

 evening; Mr. J. Campbell Mclnnis rendered 

 three very fine song programs, Irish, Scotch 

 and English. The string quartette in the 

 music room was a center of attraction. The 

 band of the 48th Highlanders played near the 

 Great Hall, and the pipers promenaded the 

 corridors. An exhibition in the sketch room 

 attracted those interested in art and architec- 

 ture. Many athletic features were enjoyed, 

 including water polo in the natatorium, indoor 

 base-ball, basket ball, squash in the squash 

 courts, boxing, wrestling and fencing. Supper 

 was served in the Great Hall, in the dining 

 hall of the Faculty Union and in the Graduate 

 Commons. The conversazione will be long 

 remembered by all who were present; it not 

 only furnished entertainment and a very 

 pleasant social evening, but it also provided 

 opportunity to renew friendships and to form 

 new ones and to exchange views regarding the 

 work and plans of those in attendance. 



To give visitors a sample of Canadian winter 

 sports, "A Half Hour with the Toronto Skat- 

 ing Club" was provided on Friday afternoon, 

 in the Arena, with artificial ice. An exhibition 

 of artistic figure-skating was followed by a 

 hockey match between the Varsity Interme- 

 diates and the St. Helen's Intermediates. 



A most interesting showing of scientific 

 apparatus and products was open throughout 

 the meeting, in the room behind Convocation 

 Hall. The arrangements for this exhibition 

 were in charge of the Subcommittee on Ex- 

 hibits, of which Professor E. F. Burton was 

 chairman, and the work of the subcommittee 

 was greatly appreciated. A British firm ex- 

 hibited various articles of fused silica ("vitre- 

 osil"), exceedingly resistant to acids and alkalis 

 and capable of v/ithstanding very high tem- 

 peratures and rapid temperature changes. Dr. 

 MacKenzie's ink polygraph, which makes 

 simultaneous tracings of the beats of the pulse, 

 heart and jugular vein, was among the instru- 

 ments shown. There was an interesting exhibit 

 of the action of Stoechel's tube. A collection 

 of books showing the extension courses given 

 by the University of Toronto, and another on 

 the question of an international auxiliarj- lan- 



guage were interesting parts of the exhibition. 



A collection of Canadian paintings was on 

 exhibition during the meeting, under the 

 auspices of the Eoyal Canadian Academy, in 

 the Art Gallery of Toronto. A collection of 

 fine water-color paintings of mountain and 

 glacier subjects, the work of Professor A. P. 

 Coleman, formed a part of the exhibition in 

 the Convocation Hall building; also an extra- 

 ordinary collection of artistic photographs, 

 exhibited by the Toronto Camera Club. 



A women's reception room was maintained 

 throughout the meeting, in the library building, 

 and tea was served here every afternoon. 



The Toronto meeting was especially interna- 

 tional in character. It emphasized the point 

 that the American Association is an interna- 

 tional organization. Although the majority of 

 its members are residents of the United States, 

 it was clearly visualized at Toronto how much 

 the future of the association depends upon 

 Canadians. The meeting was an occasion for 

 a pronounced increase in the Canadian mem- 

 bership, and it is hoped that the time will soon 

 come when Canadian scientists will all regard 

 the association as theirs. A wonderfully fine 

 spirit of international good-fellowship and 

 understanding prevailed throughout the second 

 Toronto meeting and hovered benignly over 

 the multitudinous and varied sessions. 



The weather throughout the meeting was 

 fine indeed — cold enough to be stimulating and 

 with almost unclouded sky. The use of arti- 

 ficial ice for winter sports in Toronto fur- 

 nished an agreeable surprise to those who had 

 anticipated arctic cold. 



Many well-attended dinners were held dur- 

 ing the meeting, by the various groups of 

 scientists. A list of these follows: (1) For 

 mathematicians, physicists and astronomers; 

 (2) for geoloarists and engineers; (3) for 

 zoologists; (4) for entomologists; (5) for nat- 

 uralists; (6) for eeologists; (7) for botanists; 

 (8) for phytopathologists ; (9) for psycholo- 

 gists; (10) for agriculturists; (11) for for- 

 esters; (12) the annual metric dinner; (13) 

 the Sigma Xi dinner; (14) the Gamma Alpha 

 dinner; (15) the Phi Kappa Phi dinner. Be- 

 sides these, there was the biological smoker. 

 An important feature of the meeting was the 



