November 29, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



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ited, and papers given in this manner are 

 always much better received. 



The current year has been remarkably suc- 

 cessful for The American Chemical Society, 

 and the membership instead of falling off 

 when the dues were increased to $8 

 has been largely augmented, and by the 

 end of the year will be approximately 

 thirty-five hundred. Chemical Abstracts thus 

 far has exceeded all expectations, and some 

 of the earlier numbers have had to be re- 

 printed to meet the demand. This result is 

 especially encouraging when we remember 

 that a printers' strike and other delays, beyond 

 the control of the editor and outside of his 

 office, have made its appearance annoyingly 

 irregular. The attention of members is called 

 to the fact that this matter has received most 

 careful and bufiiness-like attention, and most 

 positive assurances have been received that 

 the new publishers will issue both Journal 

 and Ahstracts on time beginning with the 

 new year. 



The summer meeting at Toronto was emi- 

 nently successful and will be ever remembered 

 by those present. Prospects for the Chicago 

 meeting this winter are very bright, and all 

 members of the society are urged to make 

 every effort to be present. The friendships 

 formed and " esprit de corps " gained at these 

 meetings are of inestimable benefit to the in- 

 dividual and to the profession. 



During the year a number of important 

 committees have been appointed and reports 

 made, all of which are published in the pro- 

 ceedings. The ofiices of editor and secretary 

 have been separated, an associate editor has 

 been engaged whose time is given to the Jour- 

 nal and Ahstracts, and funds for a stenog- 

 rapher have been voted to the editorial office. 



Local sections have been established with 

 headquarters at Syracuse, N. T., St. Louis, 

 Mo., and Madison, Wis. 



President Bogert has been especially inter- 

 ested and active in considering the needs and 

 desires of our industrial chemists, and a com- 

 mittee of prominent chemists representing 

 important lines of industry and headed by 

 William D. Eichardson, of Swift & Co., Chi- 



cago, is now considering the publication of a 

 JourrMl of Industrial Chemistry for the bene- 

 fit of our members. Their success will depend 

 largely upon the size of our membership, as 

 funds are required for all such undertakings. 

 Chakles L. Parsons, 



Secretary 



TEE AMERICA'S PHY8I0L00IGAL SOCIETY 

 The American Physiological Society will 

 hold its twentieth annual meeting in Chicago, 

 during convocation week, beginning on Decem- 

 ber 31, 190Y. Members of the society are 

 requested to inform the secretary at their 

 earliest convenience whether they intend to 

 be present. The society will hold joint ses- 

 sions with the American Society of Biological 

 Chemists and with Section K — Physiology 

 and Experimental Medicine — of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 The place of meeting will be Room 25, Physi- . 

 ology Building of the University of Chicago. 

 Titles of communications to be offered at the 

 meeting may be sent to the secretary. In- 

 quiries regarding apparatus and other necessi- 

 ties for demonstrations may be addressed to 

 Professor A. J. Carlson (for physiological 

 apparatus), or Professor A. P. Mathews (for 

 chemical apparatus), at the University of 

 Chicago. Further details regarding the head- 

 quarters of the society and other local ar- 

 rangements will be announced later. 



Lafayette B. Mendel, 



Secretary 

 Sheffield Scientific School, 

 Yale Univeksitt 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 The committee on policy of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 held a meeting in New York City on No- 

 vember 19. All the members of the committee 

 were present, namely. President R. S. Wood- 

 ward, chairman; Dr. William H. Welch, re- 

 tiring president of the association; Professor 

 Edward L. Nichols, president-elect; Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, permanent secretary; Professor J. 

 McK. Cattell, Professor H. L. Fairchild and 

 Professor Charles L. Minot. The business 



