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rison, Johns Hopkins University; Treasurer, 

 M. M. Metcalf, Woman's College, of Balti- 

 more; Members of Executive Committee, W. 

 T. Sedgwick, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology, and E. B. Wilson, Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 



A MEETING of naturalists of the Central 

 ■States was held at Chicago, January 2, 1902, 

 and it was voted to organize a society of 

 naturalists of the Central States. A commit- 

 tee of five was ordered to be appointed by 

 the presiding officer. Professor S. A. Forbes, 

 to confer with a committee to be appointed by 

 the American Society of Naturalists, and also 

 to report a form of organization and to nomi- 

 nate members in accordance with the consti- 

 tution of the American Society of Naturalists. 

 It was voted to meet next year during con- 

 vocation week at Washington. 



A MEETING of zoologists of tlic Central and 

 Western States was held at Kent Theater, Chi- 

 cago, January 2, 1902. Professor Davenport 

 was chosen moderator. A committee of three 

 was appointed, consisting of Professors 

 Forbes, Eeighard and Davenport, to draw up 

 a constitution. It was voted to meet next 

 convocation week at Washington. 



The American Morphological Society elected 

 the following officers for 1902: President, H. 

 C. Bupmus; Vice-President, G. H. Parker; 

 Secretary and Treasurer, M. M. Metcalf; Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, H. S. Jennings and E. G. 

 Harrison. 



The officers elected by the Association 

 of American Anatomists are as follows: Pres- 

 ident, G. S. Huntington, New York; Vice- 

 President, D. S. Lamb, Washington; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, G. Carl Huber, Ann Arbor; 

 New Memlers of Executive Committee, C. A. 

 Hamann, Cleveland, George A. Piersol, Phila- 

 delphia, and F. IT. Gerrish, Portland, Me. 



The American Psychological Association 

 elected officers as follows: President, E. A. 

 Sanford, Clark University; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, Livingston Farrand, Columbia 

 University; Neiv Members of the Council, G. 

 S. FuUerton, University of Pennsylvania, and 

 -G. T. W. Patrick, Iowa State University. 



At the recent Rochester meeting of the 

 Geological Society of America the following 

 officers were elected: President, N. H. Win- 

 chell, Minneapolis; First Vice-President, S. F. 

 Emmons, Washington; Second Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J. C. Branner, Stanford University 

 Secretary, H. L. Fairchild, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Treasurer, I. C. White, Morgantown, W. Va. 

 Editor, J. Stanley-Brown, Washington; Li- 

 brarian, E. P. Cushing, Cleveland, 0.; Coun- 

 cillors, C. W. Hayes, Washington, and J. P. 

 Iddings, Chicago. 



Captain Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N. (re- 

 tired), known for his publications on naval 

 and military problems, has been elected pres- 

 ident of the American Historical Association. 

 The Association will meet next year at Phila- 

 delphia. 



Col. Jacob L. Greene, of the Connecticut 

 Mutual Life Insurance Co., has been elected 

 president of the Hartford Scientific Society, 

 in place of Dr. Geo. L. Parmele, who declined 

 reelection. 



Professor Virchow, while stepping from a 

 trolley car in Berlin on January 5, fell and 

 was so much injured that it was necessary to 

 carry him to his house. 



Mayor Low has aijpointed Mr. Ernst J. 

 Lederle health commissioner of New York 

 City, with Dr. Herman M. Biggs as medical 

 officer, having charge of the medical affairs of 

 the board. J. M. Woodbury, M.D.,has been ap- 

 pointed street cleaning commissioner. 



Dr. Arthur Smith WooDW/iRD, F.R.S., has 

 been appointed keeper of geology in the Brit- 

 ish Museum in succession to Dr. Henry Wood- 

 ward, F.E.S., who recently retired. It is 

 rumored that Dr. A. S. Woodward is likely to 

 be succeeded in the assistant keepership by 

 Dr. Francis Arthur Bather, who has been an 

 assistant in the museum since 188Y. Dr. 

 Bather is one of the most distinguished mem- 

 bers of the modern school of paleontology in 

 Europe, and is a frequent contributor to 

 Science. He is jiersonally known and 

 esteemed by a large circle of scientific friends 

 in this country. 



Dr. William Somerville, late professor of 

 agriculture at the University of Cambridge, 



