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pies are I thint, these : Absolute freedom 

 to work on any subject desired, a plenti- 

 ful and never-failing supply of fresh material 

 and a well-filled library always at band. 



At the Naples station are found men of 

 all nationalities. Investigators, professors, 

 privatdocents, assistants and students come 

 from Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hol- 

 land, England, Belgium, Switzerland and 

 ' America ' — men of all shades of thought 

 and all sorts of training. The scene shifts 

 from riionth to month like the turning of a 

 kaleidoskope. No one can fail to be im- 

 pressed and to learn much in the clash of 

 thought and criticism that must be present 

 where such divers elements come together. 

 And through all the changes of life and 

 thought Prof. Dohrn and his staff remain 

 always open-minded, courteous, helpful and 

 generous. Isolated, as we are in America, 

 from much of the newer, current feeling, we 

 are able at Naples, as in no other labora- 

 tory in the world, to get in touch with the 

 best modern work. 



During the ten months in which I was in 

 Naples there were seven Americans there 

 for longer or shorter periods. At present 

 we have but one table under the direction 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. It is need- 

 less to add that one table is insufficient for 

 the demands of American students. 



The following list gives the names of those 

 who have occupied the Smithsonian Table : 

 Mr. David Fair child, of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture ; Prof. H. C. 

 Bumpus, of Brown University; Prof. Wm. 

 M. Wheeler, University of Chicago ; Dr. 

 Lewis Murbach, University of Michigan; 

 Prof. Herbert Osborn, Universitj' of Iowa; 

 Prof. T. H. Morgan, Bryn Mawr College ; 

 Mr. Walter T. Swingle, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture ; Dr. J. M. McFar- 

 land, Leland Stanford University. The table 

 has been continuously filled since its estab- 

 lishment, and more applications have been 

 made than it was possible to grant. 



Williams College at one time subscribed 

 to a table for a year, and the University of 

 Pennsylvania had also a table for a year; 

 and more recently other Americans have 

 enjoyed the advantages of a table subscribed 

 for by Prof. Agassiz. 



Major Davis has again and again in re- 

 cent years most generously paid for tables for 

 those who have been unable to And other 

 opportunity, and it is notorious that for 

 many years in the past the Americans in 

 Naples have had to ask for foreign tables. 

 It is to be hoped that a better time is coming. 

 T. H. Morgan. 



Beyn Mawe College. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Mathematical Society was held in New 

 York, on Friday afternoon, December 27, 

 at three o'clock, the President, Dr. G. W. 

 Hill, in the chair. Among those present 

 were Prof. Ernest W. Brown, Prof. F. N. 

 Cole, Dr. J. B. Chittenden, Prof. Edwin S. 

 Crawley, Dr. J. W. Davis, Dr. W. S. Den- 

 nett, Mr. P. A. Lambert, Mr. G. Legras, 

 Prof. A. Macfarlane, Mr. James Maclay, 

 Mr. C. E. Mann, Dr. Emory McClintock, 

 Prof. James McMahon, Prof. Mansfield Mer- 

 riman. Prof. Hubert A. Newton, Mr. J. C. 

 Pfister, Miss A. Rayson, Prof. J. K. Eees, 

 Mr. E. A. Roberts, Prof. J. H. Van Am- 

 ringe. Prof. J. M. Van Vleck, Prof. E. B. 

 Van Vleck, Prof. R. S. Woodward. In the 

 Secretary's report it was stated that the 

 total membership of the Society was 267. 

 The Council and Officers for the coming 

 year are as follows : President, Dr. G. W. 

 Hill ; Vice-President, Prof. H. A. Newton ; 

 Secretary, Prof. F. N. Cole ; Treasurer, 

 Prof. E. S. Woodward ; Librarian, Prof. 

 Pomeroy Ladue ; Committee of Publica- 

 tion, Prof. Thomas S. Fiske, Prof. Alex- 

 ander Ziwet, Prof. Frank Morley ; other 

 members of the Council, Prof. Henry 



