Apeil 25, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



657 



SPRIXG MEETING OF THE GOUSCIL OF THE 



AMERWAIS! AS80CIATI01<i FOB THE 



ADTASGEMEi'T OF SCIENCE. 



The Council of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science met on 

 April 17 in the Assembly Hall of the Cos- 

 mos Club at Washington. President Minot 

 occupied the chair and President-elect 

 Asaph Hall was in attendance as were also 

 Messi's. Benjamin, Cattell, Clarke, Fewkes, 

 Galloway, Gilbert, Gill, Howard, Hyde, 

 Lee, McGee, Morley, Nichols, Pearson, 

 Peters, Stiles, von Schrenk, Welch, Wood- 

 ward and Wright. 



The Permanent Secretai-y presented a re- 

 port upon the operations of his office since 

 the midwinter meeting of the Council held 

 at Chicago, 111., January 1. The delay 

 in the publication of the Denver volume 

 was explained in part by the delay in the 

 receipt of certain manuscripts from Sec- 

 retaries of Sections and in part by the new 

 conditions which govern the administration 

 of the firm of printers which has handled 

 the volume the past two years. The vol- 

 ume is now entirely in type and will prob- 

 ably be ready for distribution in a week or 

 so. A list of the new members elected by 

 the subcommittee of the Council empowered 

 to act promptly on applications was pre- 

 sented and the statement was made that 

 in past fifteen months 1,566 persons have 

 been elected, of whom 1,406 have com- 

 pleted membership. 



Arrangements for the Pittsbiirg meeting 

 are progressing favorably. The Permanent 

 Secretary visited Pittsburg on March 22, 

 and met about fifty members of the Local 

 Committee, selected the rooms for the 

 meetings of the different sections and the 

 affiliated societies, ascertained that a sub- 

 stantial fund had been subscribed, and 

 that the people of Pittsburg are interested 

 in the meeting and are looking forward to 

 it with pleasure. It was also announced 

 that preliminary arrangements are already 



being made for the probable Washington 

 meeting during Convocation Week, begin- 

 ning December 28, 1902. The Columbian 

 University and Georgetown University 

 have promised the use of all of their Uni- 

 versity biiildings for meeting rooms. 



The financial report of the Permanent 

 Secretary for the calendar year 1901 was 

 presented and was approved by the Council 

 and ordered placed before the Association 

 at the Pittsburg meeting. The report 

 shows receipts during the year of $21,- 

 373.59, and a balance on hand December 

 31, 1901, of $12,285.83, after transferring 

 to the Treasurer the sum of $2,050.00 



The committee appointed at the mid- 

 winter meeting with power to act upon 

 the application of the Bibliographical So- 

 ciety of Chicago vsdth regard to a biblio- 

 graphic exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition, reported, through Mr. Cattell, 

 that the committee had notified the Society 

 that the Association regards it as desirable 

 for the Exposition to secure the advice of 

 expert bibliographers in the compilation of 

 its publications and to arrange if possible 

 for an international bibliographical exhibit. 



The Committee on Convocation Week re- 

 ported, through its chairman. Dr. Minot, 

 that since the last report agreements to 

 'Convocation Week' arrangements have 

 been received from a number of univer- 

 sities and colleges, including the University 

 of Illinois, Lehigh, Cincinnati, Indiana, 

 Van Rensselaer, Dartmouth, Iowa, Brown, 

 Smith, McGill, Lafayette, Ohio, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Toronto, 

 Georgetown, making a total of 54 in all, 

 only two of which are outside of the United 

 States. 



An intimation having been received by 

 the Council that the American Philological 

 Association, the Archaeological Institute of 

 America and the American Philosophical 

 Association might welcome an invitation 

 from the Association to affiliate with the 



