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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XVI. No. 412. 



The opening session of the Association will 

 be held at 10 o'clock a.m., on Monday, January 

 3, in Lafayette Theater. Most of the sections 

 and of the affiliated societies will meet in the 

 buildings of the Columbian University. 



Bailroad Rates. — A rate of one fare and 

 one third has been secured for all persons 

 attending the meeting, and tickets may be 

 purchased from December 15 to January 3, 

 and will be accepted until January 15. 



For all matters relating to the local ar- 

 rangements, transportation, and hotel and 

 boarding-house accommodations, address the 

 local secretary. Dr. Marcus Benjamin, Colum- 

 bian University, 1420 H Street, Washington, 

 D. C, or consult the preliminary announce- 

 ment which will shortly be mailed to all mem- 

 bers. The hotel headquarters of the Associa- 

 tion will be the Arlington Hotel ($4 per day, 

 American plan). Other hotels, including the 

 Ebbitt House ($2 per day, American plan), 

 will be chosen as headquarters for several of 

 the affiliated societies. 



For information relating to the presenta- 

 tion of papers, members should address the 

 secretaries of the respective sections. Titles 

 and abstracts of papers should be sent to the 

 permanent secretary. 



Nominations to membership and letters re- 

 lating to the general business of the Associa- 

 tion should be sent to the permanent secre- 

 tary at the address given below. 



Members paying their dues before December 

 20 will receive their tickets by mail at once, 

 and will thus save time in registering on 

 their arrival at Washington, provided they 

 bring their tickets with them. Do not forget 

 to bring your ticket if you have already paid 

 your annual dues for 1903. 



The register for the Washington meeting 

 will be open at 10 o'clock a.m.^ on Friday, 

 December 26, at the general office of the 

 local and permanent secretaries, in the library 

 on the first floor of the main building of 

 Columbian University, corner of Fifteenth 

 and H streets, northwest. 



L. O. Howard, 

 Permanent Secretary. 



Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C. 



The rough program is as follows : 



MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1902. 



Meeting of the council at 9 a.m. in the 

 assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. 



First general session of the Association at 

 10 A.M. at the Lafayette Theater. The meet- 

 ing will be called to order by the retiring 

 president. Professor Asaph Hall, U.S.N., who 

 will introduce the president elect, Doctor Ira 

 Eemsen. Addresses of welcome. Reply by 

 President Eemsen. Announcements by the 

 general, permanent and local secretaries. 

 Agreement on the hours of meeting. Ad- 

 iournment of the general session, to be fol- 

 lowed by the organization of the sections in 

 their respective halls. 



Addresses of the vice-presidents in the 

 afternoon as follows: 



At 2:30 P.M. 



Vice-President Hough before the Section of 

 Mathematics and Astronomy. 



Vice-President Weber before the Section of 

 Chemistry. 



Vice-President Derby before the Section of 

 Geology. 



Vice-President Culin before the Section of An- 

 thropology. 



Vice-President Welch before the Section of 

 Physiology and Experimental Medicine. 



At 4:00 P.M. 



Vice-President Franklin before the Section of 

 Physics. 



Vice-President Flather before the Section of 

 Mechanical Science and Engineering. 



Vice-President Nutting before the Section of 

 Zoology. 



Vice-President Campbell before the Section of 

 Botany. 



Vice-President Wright before the Section of 

 Social and Economic Science. 



At this hour also will be delivered the address 

 of the President of the Astronomical and Astro- 

 physical Society of America, Professor Simon 

 Newcomb. 



The annual address of the retiring presi- 

 dent. Professor Asaph Hall, U.S.IST., will be 

 given at 8 p.m. 



SUCCEEDING DAYS. 



The council will meet daily at 9 a.m., in 

 the lecture room on the west side of the first 



