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the SeientLfic Problems and Duties at Our Doors." 

 This session was followed hj an informal reception 

 to the faculty of the university and to the visiting 

 members of the association at the home of Presi- 

 dent and Mrs. E. L. Wilbur. 



The third general session of the meeting was 

 held on the evening of Friday, April 6, Dr. J. C. 

 Branner, president of the Pacific Division, presid- 

 ing. At this session the executive committee re- 

 ported the choice of Pasadena as the place for tlie 

 1918 meeting of the division, in response to the 

 invitation given by President Seherer, the time for 

 the meeting to be determined later. The executive 

 committee also reported the election of Dr. D. T. 

 MaoDougal, director of the Desert Laboratory, Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington, Tucson, Arizona, 

 as president of the Pacific Division for the ensuing 

 year, and Dr. Barton W. Evermann, director of 

 the Museum of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 San Praneisco, as vice-president of the division and 

 chairman of the executive committee for a term of 

 three years. Together with the president and vice- 

 president of the division, the executive committee 

 for the ensuing year includes the three members 

 elected at the previous general session of this 

 meeting, and four members whose terms of office 

 had not yet expired, as follows: 



W. W. Campbell, director, Lick Observatory, Mount 



Hamilton, California, 

 E. G. Pranklin, professor of chemistry, Stanford 



University, California, 

 T. C. Prye, professor of botany, University of 



Washington, Seattle, 

 C. E. Grunsky, president, American Engineering 



Corporation, San Praneisco, 

 Vernon L. Kellogg, professor of entomology, Stan- 

 ford University, California, 

 E. P. Lewis, professor of physics. University of 



California, Berkeley, 

 Wm. E. Ritter, director, Scripps Institution for 



Biological Research, La Jolla, California. 



The following resolution introduced from the 

 Pacific Coast Research Committee was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Since experimentation upon animals is indispen- 

 sable to progress in the biological sciences, for the 

 conquest of disease and for the relief of human 

 suffering, 



Be it resolved, That the Pacific Division of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence hereby heartily endorses the use, under proper 

 precautious, of unclaimed, impounded animals by 

 the medical schools and universities of the state of 

 California as contemplated in the Prendergast BiU 

 (before the legislature of California). 



Professor E. J. E. Woodbridge, of the depart- 

 ment of philosophy of Columbia University, then 

 presented a general address upon the subject, 

 "History and Evolution." 



At a meeting of the Pacific Coast Research Com- 

 mittee on Friday afternoon, April 6, together with 

 representatives of the societies affiliated with the 

 Pacific Division, a Pacific Coast Research Confer- 

 ence was organized. The purpose of this confer- 

 ence is expressed in the following resolution, which 

 was introduced from the Pacific Coast Research 

 Committee, and which was unanimously adopted: 



"Whereas, It is the opinion of this committee 

 that the important scientific problems before men 

 of science to-day are those problems relating to 

 preparation for war, which require scientific re- 

 search, 



"Therefore, be it resolved. That this committee, 

 representing the scientific interests of the Pacific 

 Division of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, offer to the State Council of 

 Defense already formed in California, and to such 

 other similar state or national organizations as may 

 be organized, the full support and assistance of 

 this committee in so far as it may be desired for 

 the direction of research upon problems arising out 

 of a condition of preparation for war. ' ' 



Among memorable occasions of the meeting were 

 a series of luncheons given through the courtesy of 

 the university in the Stanford Union on Thursday, 

 Friday and Saturday, April 5 to 7, to which all 

 members of the American Association and affili- 

 ated societies were invited. The opportunity for 

 thus meeting in an informal social hour was 

 greatly appreciated by every one. 



Eleven societies held sessions on the occasion of 

 this meeting. These were: 



California Academy of Sciences, 

 Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 

 Pacific Section, American Mathematical Society, 

 American Physical Society, 



Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America, 

 Pacific Coast Branch, Paleontological Society, 

 California Section, Arnerican Chemical Society, 

 Seismologieal Society of America, 

 Le Conte Club, 



Western Society of Naturalists, 

 Pacific Slope Branch, American Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists. 



On the evening of Saturday, April 7, a dinner 

 was held at the Hotel Sutter, San Francisco, under 

 the auspices of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 which was attended by about 85 members of the 

 societies affiliated with the Pacific Division. Mr. C. 

 E. Grunsky, president of the Academy, presided, 

 and informal addresses were given by the following 

 men: Dr. Wm. E. Ritter, Scripps Institution for 

 Biological Research, La Jolla, California; Dr. D. 

 T. MacDougal, Desert Botanical Laboratory, Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington, Tucson; Pro- 

 fessor Douglas H. Campbell, Leland Stanford 

 Junior University, California, and J. C. Merriam, 

 University of California, Berkeley. 



