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could be devoted to the purposes of the na- 

 tion; our scientific men were able to meet on 

 terms of equal performance those of every 

 other nation. In like manner it is agreed that 

 science and scientific workers have a great 

 part to play in the reconstruction period on 

 which we are entering. The whole future of 

 the nation rests on the proper development 

 and distribution of our resources in natural 

 wealth and in men. We must now decide to 

 lead in scientific research and in the applica- 

 tions of science for the welfare of the people 

 of the coimtry. 



This requires education and organization. 

 Every scientific worker and all those who ap- 

 preciate the fundamental place of science in 

 national welfare should unite to do their part 

 through our scientific organizations. They 

 should be members, and active members, of 

 the special society in their field, of their local 

 society or academy, and of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and these bodies should cooperate to advance 

 their common interests. 



The next meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion and its affiliated societies will be held in 

 St. Louis, beginning on December 29, 1919, 

 to be followed by a meeting at Chicago a year 

 later. The occasion should be taken to 

 strengthen the association and its work in the 

 central states, which have in recent years 

 assumed such leadership in scientific research. 

 It would be well if the meetings might be 

 celebrated by the affiliation with the associa- 

 tion of the strong state and city academies of 

 the central states and the organization of a 

 central branch of the association on the lines 

 that have proved successful on the Pacific 

 coast. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICAN FORESTERS 



Theodore Eoosevelt was an honorary mem- 

 ber of the Society of American Foresters. 

 The following resolution was adopted as an 

 expression of the esteem in which he was held 

 by the members of the society: 



lu the death of Theodore Eoosevelt, the Society 

 of American Foresters mourns the loss of its gi'eat- 

 est, most brilliant and most effective leader. The 

 early growth of the profession of forestry in the 

 United Staltes was intimately bound up with his 

 statesmanship while President. As a leader of the 

 conservation movement he brought forcibly home 

 to the American people the need of wise use and 

 protection of the natural resources of this country. 

 The crystallization of the conservation policy and 

 the realization in large measure of forest conser- 

 vation was one of the greatest achievements of 

 Ms administration, and of profound significance in 

 our progress toward national efficiency. 



As a lover of nature and the out-of-doors, he was 

 keenly interested in the forests, mountains, streams 

 and wild life. As a traveler and explorer he ex- 

 panded our knowledge of the forests of remote re- 

 gions, both in Africa and in South America. By 

 his proclamation, 148,000,000 acres of national for- 

 ests were set aside — an amount three times the 

 total proclaimed by all other Presidents since 1891, 

 when the making of National Forest reservations 

 began. It was in his administration and largely 

 because of his advocacy that a true national forest 

 policy was made possible by the transfer of the na- 

 tional forests from the Department of the Interior 

 to the Department of Agriculture, in order that 

 these forests might be placed under technical super- 

 vision. He realized the need of technical foresters 

 in this country for the realization of this national 

 forest policy, and therefore actively furthered for- 

 est education. He became an honorary member of 

 the Society of American Foresters and, while 

 President of the United States, addressed the so- 

 ciety upon the ideals and duties of the American 

 foresters. This address still remains to its mem- 

 bers an inspiration of high purpose and of public 

 service. As long as these ideals remain the guiding 

 principle of the profession, the society will remain 

 in the forefront of progressive thought and action 

 in this country. 



RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT 

 VAN HISE 



The following resolution in memory of the 

 late President Charles E. Van Hise, of the 

 University of Wisconsin, was unanimously 

 voted by the Wisconsin Senate on January 8 : 



Whereas, President Van Hise was a Wisconsin 

 man, born and reared on one of its farms, educated 

 in its schools, and university, throughout his life a 

 citizen of the state and devoting his energies to its 

 service. He became a member of the University of 



