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SCIENCE. 



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the chief reasons for Dr. van't Hoff's welcome 

 visit to the IJnited States in 1901. 



Theodore W. Eichards. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 

 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The fifty-second annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, and the first of the Convocation 

 Week meetings, will he held in Washington, 

 D. C, December 27, 1902, to January 3, 1903. 

 The retiring president is Professor Asaph 

 Hall, U.S.ISr., and the president elect. Presi- 

 dent Ira Eemsen, Johns Hopkins University. 

 The permanent secretary is Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, and the 

 local secretary. Dr. Marcus Benjamin, -Co- 

 lumbian University, Washington, D. C. 

 President Eoosevelt is honorary president of 

 the local committee. The preliminary pro- 

 gram with information in regard to hotel 

 headquarters, railway rates, etc., will be found 

 in the issue of Science for November 21. 

 The following scientific societies will meet at 

 Washing-ton in affiliation with the Association : 



The American Anthropological Association will 

 hold its first regular meeting during Convocation 

 Week in siffiliation with Section H of the A. A. 

 A. S. President, W J McGee; secretary, George 

 A. Dorsey, Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. 



T/i-e American Chemical Society will meet on 

 December 29 and 30. President, Ira Eemsen; 

 secretary, A. C. Hale, 352A Hancock street, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The American Folk-lore Society will meet in 

 affiliation with Section H of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, George A. Dorsey; vice-presidents, J, 

 Walter Fewkes, James Mooney; secretary, W. W. 

 Newell, Cambridge, Mass. 



The American Microscopical Society will prob- 

 ably hold a business meeting on December 29. 

 President, E. A. Birge, Madison, Wis.; secretary, 

 H. B. Ward, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 

 Nebr. 



Americati Morphological Society will meet on 

 December 30 and 31. President, H. C. Bumpus; 

 vice-president, G. H. Parker; secretary and treas- 

 urer, M. M. Metcalf, Woman's College, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



The American Philosophical Association will 

 meet on December 30 and 31 and January 1. 

 Secretary, H. jSi". Gardiner, Northampton, Mass. 



The American Physical Society will meet in 

 affiliation with Section B of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, Albert A. Michelson; secretary, Ernest 

 Merritt, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The American Physiological Society will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, R. H. Chit- 

 tenden; secretary, F. S. Lee, Columbia University, 

 New York, N. Y. 



American Psyclwlogical Association will meet 

 on December 30 and 31 and January 1. Presi- 

 dent, E. A. Sanford; secretary and treasurer, 

 Livingston Farrand, Columbia LTniversity, New 

 York, N. Y. 



American Society of Naturalists will meet on 

 December 30 and 31. President, J. McK. Cattell; 

 vice-presidents, C. D. Walcott, L. O. Howard, 

 D. P. Penhallow; secretary, E. G. Harrison, Johns 

 Hopkins University, Baltimore, jNId. 



Association of American Anatomists will meet 

 on December 30 and 31. President, G. S. Hunting- 

 ton; vice-president, D. S. Lamb; secretary and 

 treasurer, G. Carl Huber, University of Slichigan, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Association of Economic Entomologists will 

 meet on December 26 and 27. President, E. P. 

 Felt; secretary, A. L. .Quaintance, College Park, 

 Md. 



Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America will meet during Convocation Week, in 

 affiliation with Section A of the A. A. A. S. 

 President, Simon Newcomb; secretary, George C. 

 Comstoek, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 



Botanical Society of America will meet on 

 December 31 and January 1. President, B. T. 

 Galloway; secretary, D. T. MacDougal, New York 

 City. 



Botanists of the Central and Western States 

 will meet on December 30. Committee in charge 

 of the meeting, John M. Coulter, University of 

 Chicago; D. M. Mottier, University of Indiana, 

 Bloomington, Ind. ; Conway MacMillan, Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Geological Society of America will meet on 

 December 29, 30 and 31. President, N. H. Win- 

 ehell; ■s'ice-presidents, S. F. Emmons, J. C. Bran- 

 ner; secretary, H. L. Fairchild, University of 

 Eochester, Eochester, N. Y. 



The National Geographic Society will hold a 

 meeting during Convocation Week. President, 

 A. Graham Bell; vice-president, W J MeGee; 

 secretary, A. J. Henry, U. S. Weather Bureau, 

 Washington, D. C. 



