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SCIENCE 



[N. 8. Vol. XXXIX. No. 1002 



"Endemic Species from Ancient Strands and 

 Eecently Observed Modifications of Seed-plants on 

 the Beaches of the Salton Sea, ' ' by Daniel T. Mac- 

 Dougal. (Read by title.) 



"Divergent Characters of the Progeny Arising 

 from Seed Maturing in Treated Ovaries of Scroph- 

 ularia occidentalis," by Daniel T. MacDougal. 

 (Bead by title.) 



' ' Association of Hereditary Factors in Partheno- 

 genetic Lines of Hydatiim, " by A. Franklin Shull. 



' ' An Inherited Variation in the Strength of 

 Linkage," by A. H. Sturtevaut (by invitation). 



' ' Size Inheritance in DrosopMla, ' ' by Edward 

 N. Wentworth. (Read by title.) 



' ' Studies on Inheritance in Orthoptera, ' ' by 

 Robert K. Nabours (by invitation). 



"Physiological Resistance to Drought in F, Seg- 

 regates of Certain Maize Crosses, ' ' by Herbert P. 

 Roberts. (Read by title.) 



' ' Partially Sterile Crosses between Species of 

 Nicotiana," by Edward M. East. (Read by title.) 



' ' Reciprocal Crosses between (Enothera biennis 

 and (Enothera muricata," by Bradley JI. Davis. 

 (Read by title.) 



The session of the afternoon consisted of a sym- 

 posium on the subject "The Scope of Biological 

 Teaching in Relation to New Fields of Discovery, ' ' 

 Papers were presented by Michael F. Guyer, Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin — Zoology ; Mintin A. Chrysler, 

 University of Maine — Botany; Robert R. Bensley, 

 University of Chicago — Anatomy and Medicine; 

 George H. Parker, Harvard University — General 

 Physiology. 



In the discussion following the reading of the 

 four principal papers, Drs. Goldfarb, Atkinson, 

 Loeb, Clapp, McMurrich, Morgan, McClung, Le- 

 fevre, Reighard, Henderson and Knower partici- 

 pated. 



The Naturalists' dinner was held on the evening 

 of December 31, at the Hotel Walton, with one 

 hundred and ten in attendance. The president 's 

 address by Professor Ross G. Harrison was en- 

 titled ' ' Science and Practise. ' ' 



The officets of the Society for 1914 are: 



President — Samuel P. Clarke, Williams College. 



Vice-president — Frank R. Lillie, University of 

 Chicago. 



Secretary — Bradley M. Davis, University of 

 Pennsylvania. 



Treasurer — J. Arthur Harris, Carnegie Station 

 for Experimental Evolution. 



Additional Members of the Executive Committee 

 - — ^Raymond Pearl, Maine Agricultural Experiment 



Station; Ross 6. Harrison, Tale University, and 

 Elias P. Lyon, University of Minnesota. 



Beadley M. Davis, 



Secretary 



AMESICAN ASSOCIATION FOB THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



SECTION E GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 



The sixty-fifth meeting of Section E, Geology 

 and Geography, of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science was held in the senate 

 chamber of the state capitol, Atlanta, Ga., De- 

 cember 28, 1913, to January 1, 1914. Vice-presi- 

 dent J. S. Diller presided. Professor U. S. Grant, 

 Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., was 

 elected vice-president of the association and chair- 

 man of Section E for the next meeting to be held 

 in Philadelphia. Dr. E. H. Sellards, state geolo- 

 gist of Florida, was elected a member of the coun- 

 cil. Dr. David White, United States Geological 

 Survey, a member of the sectional committee, and 

 Dr. S. W. McCallie, state geologist of Georgia, a 

 member of the general committee. 



In connection with the meeting the following 

 resolutions were unanimously adopted: 



Whereas, it is recognized that the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science is the 

 great scientific organization of this country, and. 



Whereas, it is hoped that this organization 

 may continue to fulfil its great function as the 

 representative of science in America, 



Be it Besolved, that it is the sense of Section E, 

 an important branch of the parent organization, 

 that the strongest men interested in geology and 

 geography should be urged to assist in every way 

 possible in promoting the best interests of the 

 general organization. 



Furthermore, in the belief that these purposes 

 can be most effectively accomplished by the co- 

 operation of existing geological and geographical 

 organizations, it is recommended that every effort 

 be made to have the meetings of the Geological 

 Society of America and the Association of Amer- 

 ican Geographers held, as frequently as possible, 

 in connection with those of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, 



It is Further Becommended, that the ofiicers of 

 Section E, with the approval of the council, be in- 

 structed to take such steps as are necessary to 

 secure the desired results. 



The address of the retiring Vice-president, Pro- 

 fessor J. E. Todd, was given on the subject, 

 "Pleistocene History of the Missouri River." 



