January 19, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



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Opening of the Conference, Dr. Arthur Dean 

 Bevan, chairman of the council on medical educa- 

 tion, Chicago. 



"Progress of the Year in Medical Education," 

 Dr. N. P. Colwell, secretary of the Council on 

 Medical Education, Chicago. 



' ' The Problem of Higher Degrees in Medicine, ' ' 

 Dr. Horace D. Arnold, dean. Harvard Graduate 

 School of Medicine, Boston. 



Symposium: "Economy of Time in Preliminary 

 and Medical Education. ' ' Dr. John L. Heffron, 

 president of the Association of American Medical 

 Colleges, Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. P. P. Claxton, 

 United States Commissioner of Education, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. President Harry Pratt Judson, 

 University of Chicago. Discussion by President 

 George B. Vincent, of the University of Minne- 

 sota, Minneapolis, and Professor C. H. Judd, Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. 



On Monday afternoon the general topic will 

 be medical licensure. The program follows: 



"Practical Examinations by State Licensing 

 Boards," by Dr. Walter P. Bowers, Secretary of 

 the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medi- 

 cine, Boston. 



"Minnesota Practical Examinations — As They 

 Are and As We Should Like to Have Them," Dr. 

 Annah Hurd, member of the Minnesota State Board 

 of Medical Examiners, Minneapolis. 



Discussion opened by Dr. W. J. Means, chair- 

 man. Executive Council, Association of American 

 Medical Colleges, Columbus, Ohio. 



Eeport of Examination Held by the National 

 Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Isadore Dyer, a 

 member of the National Board and Dean of the 

 Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medi- 

 cine, New Orleans. 



Discussion opened by Dr. John M. Baldy, presi- 

 dent, Pennsylvania Bureau of Medical Education 

 and Licensure, Philadelphia. 



' ' The Problem of the Medical Cults, ' ' Dr. David 

 A. Strickler, president of the Eederation of State 

 Medical Boards and secretary of the Colorado 

 State Board of Medical Examiners, Denver. 



Discussion opened by Mr. Harry E. Kelly, for- 

 merly attorney for the Colorado State Board of 

 Medical Examiners, Chicago. 



On Tuesday morning public health topics 

 will be discussed. The program follows: 



Opening of the Conference, Dr. Prank Billings, 

 chairman of the Council on Health and Public 

 Instruction, Chicago. 



"Public Health Training in Medical Colleges," 



Dr. George E. Vincent, president. University of 

 Minnesota, and president-elect, Eockefeller Foun- 

 dation. 



"What Training Should the Public Health Ofla- 

 cer Receive in Medical Colleges," Dr. Hermann E. 

 Biggs, state commissioner of health, New York. 



Discussion opened by Dr. Victor 0. Vaughan 

 and Dr. S. J. Crumbine. 



On Tuesday afternoon there will be a pop- 

 ular discussion of topics relating to medical 

 licensure. The program follows: 



"State Regulation of the Practise of Medicine 

 an Educational Problem," Professor Edmund J. 

 James, president, Illinois State University. 



' ' The State Regulation of the Practise of Medi- 

 cine as an Executive Problem," Honorable James 

 M. Cox, governor of Ohio. 



Discussion opened by Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, Dr. 

 W. B. Hinsdale and Dr. William P. Best. 



ADDRESSES AND LECTURES 



At the thirteenth annual meeting of the 

 Association of American Geographers held in 

 ISTew York, a symposium on " The Geography 

 of the War," was conducted by Professor 

 Douglas Wilson Johnson, of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, the program being as follows: 



INTRODUCTION 



' ' The Geographic Factor in Military Problems, ' ' 

 by Douglas W. Johnson. 



THE WAR ON LAND 



"The Plains of Northern France," by Sumner 

 W. Gushing. 



' ' Rivers and Marshes of the Eastern Front, ' ' by 

 Lawrence Martin. 



' ' The Danube Valley and the Balkan Complex, ' ' 

 by Ellsworth Huntington. 



"The Carpathian Mountains and Transyl- 

 vanian Alps," by Emmanuel De Martonne. 



THE WAR ON WATER 



' ' Geographic Aspects of the War on Water, ' ' by 

 J. Paul Goode. 



THE WAR IN THE AIR 



"Geographic Aspects of the War in the Air," 

 by E. DeC. Ward. 



ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE WAR 



"Economic Geography of the War," by J. 

 Russell Smith. 



Dr. S. W. Williston, of the University of 

 Chicago, gave a lecture on " The Earliest 



