SCIENCE. 



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where educational and scientific institutions 

 are making extraordinary advances. Pitts- 

 burg was recommended as the place of meet- 

 ing in 1902. The president was elected by 

 a unanimous vote of the general committee. 

 It was the opinion of all that no one so well 

 deserved this honor as Professor Charles 

 Sedgwick Minot, of the Harvard Medical 

 School, eminent in the great group of sci- 

 ences now first recognized by the Associa- 

 tion, as well as in his labors on behalf of 

 the Association. 



PROCEEDINGS OF TEE ASSOCIATION. 



The forty-ninth annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science began with the meeting of the 

 Council at the Hotel Majestic at noon on 

 Saturday, June 23d, and the first general 

 session of the members was held at Colum- 

 bia University at 11 o'clock on Monday, 

 June 25th. The meeting was called to 

 order by the retiring president, Mr. G. K. 

 Gilbert, of the TJ. S. Geological Survej^, who 

 introduced the president-elect, Professor E. 

 S. Woodward, of Columbia University. 

 President Low welcomed the Association 

 to New York City and to Columbia Univer- 

 sity and Professor Woodward replied. These 

 addresses are published in this number of 

 Science. Governor Roosevelt having tele- 

 graphed that he was unable to be present 

 owing to important engagements, the Hon. 

 James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, 

 was called upon, and made an address em- 

 phasizing the importance of applied science, 

 to which the Department of Agriculture is 

 contributing so much. 



On the adjournment of the general ses- 

 sion, the sections organized and in the after- 

 noon the addresses of the vice-presidents 

 were given. There were only five of these, 

 the addresses by Mr. J. A. Brashear, Pro- 

 fessor C. B. Davenport, Mr. A. W. Butler 

 and Professor C. M. Woodward having been 

 postponed until next year in accordance 



with the plan that will hereafter be followed 

 of having the addresses given by the retir- 

 ing, instead of by the incoming vice-presi- 

 dents. The addresses given at ISTew York, 

 now in course of publication in this Jour- 

 nal, are as follows : 



Section of Mathematics [and Astronomy: 'The 

 Teaching of Astronomy in the United States,' by 

 Professor Asaph Hall, Jr. 



Section of Physics: ' The Kathode Eays and some 

 related Phenomena,' by Professor Ernest Merritt. 



Section of Chemistry: 'The Eighth Group of the 

 Periodic System and some of its Problems, ' by Pro- 

 fessor Jas- Lewis Howe. 



Section of Botany: 'Some Twentieth Century 

 Problems,' by Professor William Trelease. 



Section of Geology: ' Precambrian Sediments in 

 the Adirondacks,' by Professor J. F. Kemp. 



On Tuesday evening the members of the 

 Association were welcomed to the American 

 Museum of Natural History by President 

 Jesup, and Mr. Gilbert gave the address on 

 ' Rhythms and Geologic Time ' published 

 in the last number of this Journal. 



The scientific work of the meeting was 

 presented before the nine sections of the 

 Association and the fifteen affiliated so- 

 cieties meeting with it, and will be reported 

 fully in subsequent issues of this Journal. 



The number of members and fellows in 

 attendance at the time of the last general 

 session was 447, which during the day 

 was probably increased to slightly over 

 450. Dififerent sections of the country were 

 represented as follows: New York by 184 

 members ; District of Columbia, 47 ; Massa- 

 chusetts, 46 ; Pennsylvania, 32 ; Ohio, 22 ; 

 New Jersey, 17 ; Indiana, 13 ; Connecticut, 

 12 ; Wisconsin, 10 ; Michigan, 9; Illinois, 

 8 ; Rhode Island, 7 ; Maryland, 6 ; New 

 Hampshire, 5 ; Virginia, 4 ; three each 

 from Canada, Missouri and North Carolina ; 

 two each from Iowa, Kentucky, West Vir- 

 ginia, Maine, Mississippi, Florida, Minne- 

 sota and Colorado ; one each from Ala- 

 bama, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana, South 

 Dakota, California, Texas, Nebraska, Dela- 

 ware and South Carolina. 



