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SCIENCE 



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the Geological Society was held at the same 

 time elsewhere. The Association of Uni- 

 versity Professors met on Saturday at the 

 Hopkins Cluh. 



In the Botanical Laboratories in Gilman 

 Hall there was displayed an exhibit show- 

 ing the use of sphagnum moss in the prep- 

 aration of surgical dressings, as prepared 

 by Dr. Geo. E. Nichols, Botanical Adviser 

 on Sphagnum for the American Red Gross. 



Some of the most noticeable features 

 of the Baltimore meeting were the tend- 

 ency towards cooperation and team-work 

 among investigators, attacking problems 

 jointly under well-developed plans, and 

 the considerable number of notable ad- 

 dresses, often given by men of large re- 

 sponsibilities in governmental or war work 

 and relating the problems of reconstruc- 

 tion. The experiences of the past two years 

 have had an important bearing on methods 

 of research and an important address was 

 that given by Dr. George B. Hale, entitled 

 "The National Research Council," in 

 which the future organization and func- 

 tioning of that institution were discussed. 

 Altogether it is probably safe to state that 

 about four hundred addresses and shorter 

 papers were presented at the various meet- 

 ings. 



The addresses of the retiring vice-presi- 

 dents were as follows: 

 Section A. — Henry Norris Russell, on 



' ' Some problems of sidereal astronomy. ' ' 

 Section B. — W. J. Humphreys, on "Some 



recent contributions to the physics of 



the air." 

 Section C. — ^William A. Noyes, on "Va- 

 lence. ' ' 

 Section D. — Henry Sturgis Drinker, on 



"The need of conservation of our vital 



and natural resources as emphasized by 



the lessons of the war." 

 Section E. — George Henry Perkins, on 



"Vermont physiography." 



Section F. — Herbert Osborn, on "Zoolog- 

 ical aims and values." 

 Section G. — Burton E. Livingston, on 

 "Some responsibilities of botanical sci- 

 ence." 

 Section H. — E. L. Thorndike, on "Scien- 

 tific personnel work in the army. ' ' 

 Section L. — Edward F. Buchner, on "Sci- 

 entific contributions of the educational 

 survey. ' ' 

 Section M. — Henry J. Waters, on "The 

 farmer's gain from the war." 

 As honorary associates of the Baltimore 

 meeting the council elected Dr. Professor 

 Fabio Frassetto, of the University of 

 Bologna and now of the Royal Italian Em- 

 bassy at Washington, and Dr. Georgio 

 Abetti, vice-secretary of the Italian Society 

 for the Advancement of Science, both of 

 these men being in attendance at the meet- 

 ings. 



The next meeting of the association will 

 be held in St. Louis, beginning the first 

 Monday after Christmas, 1919. The re- 

 sults of elections of oificers for the ensuing 

 year were as follows: 



President: Simon Plexner, director of the 



Eoekefeller Institute for Medical Research, New 



York City. 



Vice-Presidents : 



Section B. — Theodore Lyman, Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Section C — B. F. Lovelace, The Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. 



Section E. — C. K. Leith, University of Wisconsin, 

 Madison, Wis. 



Section F. — ^Wm. M. Wheeler, Bussey Institution, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Section G. — L. H. Pammel, Iowa State College, 

 Ames, Iowa. 



Section H. — E. M. Yerkes, University of Minne- 

 sota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Section L. — V. A. C. Henmon, University of Wis- 

 consin, Madison, Wis. 



Section M. — A. P. Woods, Maryland Agricultural 

 College, College Park, Md. 



Secretary of the Council: 3. P. Abbott, Wash- 

 ington University, St. Louis, Mo. 



