July 13, 1906.] 



SCIENCE. 



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.day furnished a mid-day lunch to the mem- 

 bers. An appropriate resolution of thanks 

 was adopted. 



The following general events added 

 greatly to the meeting: 



1. The informal smoker at the Town and 

 Gown Club on Thursday evening. 



2. The formal opening and dedication of 

 Kockefeller Hall, the magnificent new Phys- 

 ical Laboratory of Cornell University, on 

 Friday afternoon, with short addresses by 

 President J. G. Schurman, Professor E. L. 

 Nichols, Dr. Elihu Thomson, Dr. W, H. 

 "Welch (the president of the association) 

 and a letter from Professor W. A. An- 

 thony, read by Professor E. Merritt. 



3. An address on Saturday evening by 

 Professor Henry S. Carhart, of the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan, on 'The South African 

 Meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science,' illustrated by a 

 most excellent series of lantern slides. 



4. A reception on Monday afternoon by 

 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew D. A¥hite at their 

 residence on East Avenue. 



5. A public address on the recent Cali- 

 fornia earthquake by Professor J. C. Bran- 

 ner, vice-president of Stanford University, 

 given under the auspices of the local chap- 

 ter of Sigma Xi in commemoration of the 

 twentieth anniversary of the founding of 

 the society. This was immediately followed 

 by a Sigma Xi banquet, which was largely 

 attended. 



There were during the meeting, both 

 within and outside of the council, various 

 discussions of the relations of the associa- 

 tion and of the affiliated societies. The 

 only resolutions passed by the council bear- 

 ing directly upon this matter follow: 



Resolved, That the secretary of each sec- 

 tion be required to prepare for the New 

 York meeting a program of general interest 

 for at least one session of his section. 



Resolved, That the secretaries of the sec- 

 tions be requested to confer with each 



other, and with the secretaries of affiliated 

 societies, regarding the relation of programs 

 for the New York meeting, and 



Further, That the sectional committees 

 be empowered to turn over technical papers 

 to the technical societies, and 



On motion, the permanent secretary was 

 instructed to prepare a list of members of 

 the association who belong to the affiliated 

 societies accepted as possessing proper 

 qualifications, and to submit these names 

 to the council at the New York meeting, 

 with the recommendation that they be 

 elected as fellows. 



The social features of the meeting were 

 unusually pleasant; and, although there 

 was no central rallying point for all the 

 scientific people in attendance, except the 

 luncheon place at 1 o'clock, the opportuni- 

 ties for social converse were many. 



The Ithaca meeting will be remembered 

 by those who attended it as one of moderate 

 size, thoroughly successful as to number 

 and quality of papers presented, character- 

 ized throughout by harmonious relations, 

 especially notable for pleasant and profit- 

 able excursions, and given a tone of pe- 

 culiar charm by scenic surroundings un- 

 rivaled by those of any other college campus 

 in the United States. 



The addresses made at the opening gen- 

 eral session in Barnes Hall on Friday, 

 June 28, are appended to this report. 

 John F. Hayford, 

 General Secretary. 



The first general session of the associa- 

 tion was held in Barnes Hall, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, at 10 o'clock on Friday morning, 

 June 29, 1906. The president of the asso- 

 ciation. Dr. William H. Welch, after call- 

 ing the meeting to order, introduced Dr. J. 

 G. Schurman, president of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, who delivered the following ad- 

 dress of welcome: 



Ladies and Gentlemen: I have very 



