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party will go to New Zealand, where animal 

 and plant life and geological formations are 

 of peculiar interest. The official secretary of 

 New Zealand has written to say that everything 

 possible will be done to make their stay in that 

 country a success. It is expected that the re- 

 turn voyage will end in Vancouver about Sep- 

 tember 9 in time for the opening of the uni- 

 versity. 



THE SECTION OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF 

 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



It may be of some interest, in this period of 

 co-ordination, to know that at the Toronto meet- 

 ing a group of parasitologists, medical entomol- 

 ogists and medical workers met and decided 

 upon the following policy for Section N, Medi- 

 cal Sciences: 



1. That it was extremely desirable and nec- 

 essary that a closer co-ordination between para- 

 sitologists, entomologists and medical workers 

 be worked out. 



2. That the secretary of Section N (Medical 

 Science), after consulation with the secretaries 

 of the related societies, arrange for a program 

 which will avoid eoniliets ivith related groups. 



3. That the secretaries of the allied societies, 

 co-operating with the secretary of Section N 

 (Medical Sciences), suggest those of its mem- 

 bers who might be invited to take part in a 

 symposium at which the significant researches 

 are reported that are of interest to the allied 

 groups of workers. 



4. It was deemed undesirable to attempt for 

 the present any formal co-operation between 

 these related societies. 



5. That the time has come when there is a 

 definite need for the discussion of such papers 

 as affect the interests in the allied gi'oups, both 

 for stimulation and for information. 



6. That each secretary so arrange the papers 

 of its society's program that it may be possible 

 for its members to meet with Section N (Medi- 

 cal Sciences) without too serious a loss. 



7. That the joint meeting be held under the 

 auspices of Section N (Medical Sciences). 



Section N (Medical Sciences) is proceeding 



with this policy on the assumption that such 

 arrangements will in no way confiiet with any 

 progi-am that may be adopted at the Washing- 

 ton conference, held under the auspices of the 

 National Research Council. 



A. J. GOLDFARB, 



Secretary. 



THE BOCHER MEMORIAL PRIZE OF THE 

 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 



The American Mathematical Society an- 

 nounces the foundation of a prize in memory of 

 the late Professor Maxima Bocher, of Harvard 

 University. Soon after the death of Professor 

 Bocher, in 1918, a fund was raised in his mem- 

 ory through the efforts of Professor T. S. Piske, 

 of Columbia University, which was turned over 

 to the American Mathematical Society. On 

 recommendation of a committee of which Pi'o- 

 fessor E. B. Van Vleek, of the University of 

 Wisconsin, was chairman, the council of the so- 

 ciety has decided to devote the interest of this 

 fund to the establishment of a prize, to be called 

 the Bocher Memorial Prize, and to be awaided 

 at five year intervals, for a notable research 

 memoir published in the Transactions of the 

 American Mathematical Society during the pre- 

 ceding five years by a resident of the United 

 States or Canada. The age of the recipient 

 shall not be over forty years, and the prize shall 

 not be awarded twice to the same person. The 

 first award (of $100) is to be made for a 

 memoir published during the period 1918-1922, 

 and W'ill be conferred at some meeting of the 

 society in 1923. 



This prize, which is believed to be the first 

 mathematical prize to be given in this country 

 at regular intervals for research in pure mathe- 

 matics, is an especially appropriate memorial 

 for Professor Bocher, not only because of his 

 achievements in research, but also because of 

 his great services to mathematics in this country 

 as one of the founders and for many years one 

 of the editors of the Transactions of the Ameri- 

 can Mathematical Society; for this latter reason 

 the provision that the prize must be awarded 

 for a memoir published in the Transactions 

 seems particularly appropriate. 



