JANTJAKY 8, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



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Ameriean Nature Study Society. 

 School Garden Association of America. 

 Society of Sigma Xi. 



The formal opening of the association took 

 place on Monday evening at the first general 

 session when the meeting was called to order 

 by the retiring president. Dr. Edmund B. 

 Wilson. Dr. Wilson introduced the president 

 of the meeting, Dr. Charles W. Eliot. After 

 the welcoming address and the reply by the 

 president, the retiring president delivered the 

 annual address, on " Some Aspects of Prog- 

 ress of Modern Zoology." This meeting was 

 followed by a reception to the members of the 

 association and affiliated societies by Provost 

 and Mrs. Smith in the university museum. 



Two public lectures complimentary to the 

 citizens of Philadelphia and vicinity were 

 given during the week. The first was by Dr. 

 Dayton C. Miller on " The Science of Musical 

 Sounds," on Tuesday evening in the Asbury 

 M. E. Church; the second lecture was by Dr. 

 William H. Nichols on " The War and the 

 Chemical Industry," on Wednesday at the 

 same place. Both of these lectures were well 

 attended. 



The sections and affiliated societies held 

 their meetings morning and afternoon during 

 the week and many important papers were 

 read. 



Numerous smokers and dinners were held 

 by the various societies. The University of 

 Pennsylvania very generously furnished lunch- 

 eon each day in the gymnasium for all of those 

 in attendance. 



The vice-presidential addresses given before 

 the sections were as follows: 



Section A: " Tlie Object of Astronomical and 

 Mathematical Kesearehj ' ' by Frank Schlesinger. 



Section B : " Eeeent Evidence for the Existence 

 of the Nucleus Atom," by A. D. Cole. 



Section C : " Theories of Fermentation, " by C. 

 L. Alsburg. 



Section D: "Safety Engineering," by O. P. 

 Hood. 



Section E : " The Relief of our Pacific Coast, ' ' 

 by J. S. Diller. 



Section F : " The Research Work of the Tortu- 

 gas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of 

 Washington," by Alfred G. Mayer. 



Section G : " The Economic Trend of Botany, ' ' 

 by Henry C. Cowles. 



Section H: "The Function and Test of Defi- 

 nition in Psychology," by Walter B. Pillsbury. 



Section I : " The Social and Economic Value of 

 Technological Museums," by Judson G. Wall. 



Section K: "The Classification of Nervous Re- 

 actions," by Theodore Hough. 



Section L : " The American Rural Schools, ' ' by 

 P. P. Claxton. 



Section M : " The Place of Research and of 

 Publicity in the Forthcoming Country-Life De- 

 velopment," by L. H. Bailey. 



The most important actions of the council 

 were as follows : 



The election of 256 members and 620 fellows. 



The committee on policy recommended the 

 following resohitions, which were adopted by 

 the council. 



Hesolved, That the Committee on Policy shall 

 consist of the president, the permanent secretary 

 and nine other members, three to be elected an- 

 nually. Non-attendance at the meetings for one 

 year to constitute resignation from the com 

 mittee. 



Second. The following committee was elected 

 to serve for one year: Messrs. A. A. Noyes, R. S, 

 Woodward and J. McKeen Cattell; to serve for 

 two years, Messrs. D. T. McDougal, W. J 

 Humphreys and E. L. Nichols; to serve for three 

 s. H. L. Fairchild and E. C. Picker 



Third. Dr. Stewart Paton was elected to fill the 

 vacancy on the committee caused by the death of 

 Dr. C. S. Minot. 



Fourth. Dr. Edward S. Morse and Dr. T. C. 

 Mendenhall were made life members of the as- 

 sociation under the terms of the Jane M. Smith 

 Fund. 



Fifth. Herbert A. Gill was appointed as official 

 auditor for the association. 



Sixth. That all committees of the association 

 which have not reported for two years be discon- 

 tinued. 



Seventh. The nomination by the sectional com- 

 mittee of Section I of Mr. Elmer E. Rittenhouse 

 as a fellow and vice-president of that section was 

 approved. 



Eighth. The nomination by the sectional com- 

 mittee of Section D of Dr. Frederick W. Taylor 

 as vice-president of that section was approved. 



Ninth. There was voted an appropriation of 



