January 3, 1919] 



SCIENCE 



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of us who are older can recall the distinguished 

 iiames that brought to Johns Hopkins its prestige 

 in research. 



President Goodnow has characterized science as 

 a power let loose for destruction during the late 

 war, a giant that has discovered its strength. 

 Everything depends upon how the power is ap- 

 plied, but I am sure that science prefers to apply 

 its strength in public service rather than in de- 

 struction. The great war has been called a war 

 of science, but I trust that this kind of service 

 that science has been called upon to render is but 

 a prelude to a recognition of the fact that the 

 progress of a peaceful civilization is also based 

 upon scientific research. 



Speaking for this association, I am sure that 

 we are ready to pledge ourselves to use our 

 science in constructive work, for the advancement 

 of knowledge and for the public welfare. 



In accordance with the present con- 

 stitution, notice was served by Dr. Edward 

 L. Nichols that a revised constitution and 

 by-laws will be presented next year to be 

 voted upon, the principle changes being 

 those of increase in the number of sec- 

 tions and a condensation in form of the 

 present constitution. 



Meeting in affiliation with the associa- 

 tion were twenty-one other organizations, 

 as follows, many of these affiliated socie- 

 ties having certain sessions in conjunction 

 with corresponding sections of the asso- 

 ciation : • 



American Federation of Teachers of the Mathe- 

 matical and Natural Sciences, 

 American Physical Society, 

 Optical Society of America, 



Society for Promotion of Engineering Education, 

 Geological Society of America, 

 Association of American Geographers, 

 Paleontological Society of America, 

 American Society of Naturalists, 

 American Society of Zoologists, 

 American Association of Economic Entomologists, 

 Botanical Society of America, 

 American Phytopathological Society, 

 Ecological Society of America, 

 American Anthropological Association, 

 American Psychological Association, 

 American Folk-Lore Society, 



American Metric Association, 



Society of American Bacteriologists, 



American Society for Horticultural Science, 



.Society of American Foresters, 



School Garden Association of America. 



Two of the affiliated societies met on 

 Monday and Tuesday in advance of the 

 opening meetings of the association: The 

 School Garden Association of America and 

 the American Phytopathological Society, 

 the sessions of the latter organization con- 

 tinuing till Saturday. 



The various meetings were held in Gil- 

 man, Hall, the Civil Engineering Build- 

 ing, and the Mechanical and Electrical 

 Engineering Building, at the splendid 

 new site of Johns Hopkins University at 

 Homewood, towards the northern part of 

 Baltimore, and the accommodations for the 

 meetings of the various societies and sec- 

 tions were found to be convenient and 

 amply sufficient. Inexpensive and ample 

 lunches were provided in the Mechanical 

 and Electrical Engineering Building. 



There were held perhaps the usual num- 

 bers of dinners and smokers, at which ad- 

 dresses of retiring presidents, invitation 

 papers, or other interesting features were 

 presented. The Phytopathological Society 

 had a dinner on Wednesday evening and 

 the Ecologists an informal dinner on 

 Thursday evening, while after the open- 

 ing session of the association, the biologists 

 gathered for an informal smoker. On 

 Friday evening, dinners were held by the 

 botanists, the American Metric Associa- 

 tion, the American Society for Horticul- 

 tural Science, while the Society of Amer- 

 ican Foresters had a .smoker and "Round 

 Table Talks." On Saturday night the 

 American Society of Naturalists held a 

 dinner, at the close of which Vernon L. 

 Kellogg was to have spoken on "The Ger- 

 man Philosophy of the War" but was de- 

 tained in France. The annual dinner of 



