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logical Section of the Botanical Society of 

 America were of special imjiortanee. 



Section N (Medical Sciences) presented a 

 symposium on "The Health and Development 

 of the Child." The successful efforts of Dr. 

 A. J. Goldfarb, of the College of the City of 

 New York, secretary of Section N for the 

 Toronto meeting, in arranging this program 

 were greatly appreciated. 



The extraordinary success of the meeting 

 was due mainly to the tireless and varied activi- 

 ties of the members of the Local Committee 

 for the second Toronto meeting, who foresaw 

 all needed arrangements and added many 

 pleasant and convenient extras. Most of the 

 general arrangements were practically com- 

 plete at the time of the general and permanent 

 secretaries' preliminary visit to Toronto 

 (November 21-23), and the three following 

 weeks were occupied in working out the mani- 

 fold details. The permanent secretary wishes 

 to empliasize the efficient and cordial spirit of 

 cooperation and help with which the members 

 of the Local Committee responded to all 

 requests and inquiries from Washington during 

 the somewhat hectic weeks just before the 

 meeting. 



The Local Committee consisted of the fol- 

 lowing members : J. C. Fields, Chairman; 

 P. A. Moure, Hon.-Treasurer ; H. L. Seymour, 

 Secretary ; the Honorable Henry Cockshutt, 

 Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario; J. W. Bain; 

 E. W. Banting; S. G. Bennett; E. A. Bott; 

 G. S. Brett; E. F. Burton; J. R. Cockburn; 

 the Honorable Manning Doherty; D. A. Dun- 

 lap ; Su' Robert Falconer, President of the 

 University of Toronto; Lady Falconer; Sir 

 Joseph Flavelle; A. E. Gooderham; the Hon- 

 orable R. H. Grant; A. Hunter; A. G. Hunts- 

 man; H. V. F. Jones; A. D. LePan; J. J. 

 MacKenzie; J. C. McLennan; J. P. McMur- 

 rieh; W. L. Miller; C. H. Mitchell; J. M. D. 

 Olmsted; Sir Edmund Osier; I. R. Pounder; 

 Sir Clifford Sifton; Sir Edmund Walker; 

 C. H. C. Wright. The Local Subcommittees, 

 with their respective chairmen, were as fol- 

 lows : Hospitality, Sir Robert Falconer ; En- 

 tertainment and Dinners, I. R. Pounder; 

 Ladies, Lady Falconer; The Hart House Con- 

 versazione, S. G. Bennett; Dormitories, 



J. M. D. Olmsted; Hotels, G. S. Brett; Trans- 

 portation and Reception, C. H. C. Wright : 

 Meeting Places, E. A. Bott; Exhibits, E. F. 

 Burton; Signs and Messenger Service, E. W. 

 Banting; General Program and Other Print- 

 ing, J. P. McMurrich; Publicity, A. G. Hunts- 

 man; Membership, H. V. F. Jones; Registra- 

 tion Room, J. R. Cockburn. 



Dr. Fields and Mr. Seymour are to be 

 thanked for their indefatigable attention to all 

 details, which made the meeting so exceptional. 

 Especially was the very artistic official badge 

 praised. It is a metal button with a narrow 

 raised margin and the design in relief. The 

 design consists of the figure of a beaver with 

 a wreath of maple leaves, and the woi'ds 

 "Toronto, A. A. A. S., 1921." This badge 

 will serve as a worthy commemoration of one 

 of the most satisfactoi'y meetings of the asso- 

 ciation. 



All those present keenly appreciated the 

 kindness, efficiency and facility with which Sir 

 Robert Falconer and Lady Falconer repre- 

 sented the University of Toronto, and they 

 received the thanks of all for their personal 

 hospitality as well as for that of the university. 

 Visitors could not avoid noticing how much 

 the university staff had put themselves out 

 (frequently in the literal as well as in the fig- 

 urative sense) so that the rooms might be 

 available for the scientific sessions, and so 

 forth. It is no inconsiderable inconvenience 

 to a university staff to have their rooms occu- 

 pied by others during practically the whole of 

 the holiday vacation, and the hearty thanks of 

 the association are due to the members of the 

 University of Toronto. 



As chairman of the subcommittee on Ex- 

 hibits, Professor E. F. Burton did a great 

 service to the association and to the cause of 

 science; so satisfactory was the Toronto exhi- 

 bition that it is hoped an exhibition of scien- 

 tific apparatus may become a regular part of 

 the annual meetings. 



The very onerous and pressing work of 

 caiing for the publication of the general pro- 

 gram was done by Dr. J. P. McMurrich, who 

 handled this very difficult and confusing com- 

 plex of details with great skill. It should be 

 noted that the entire program — a book of 95 



