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side at Amsterdam were the impressive parts 

 of the congresses. 



S. I. F. 



JOINT MEETING OF MATHEMATICIANS 

 AND ENGINEERS 



On the occasion of the annual convocation 

 of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science in Chicago during the Christ- 

 mas holidays, 190Y, it is proposed to hold a 

 meeting of mathematicians and engineers 

 under the joint auspices of Sections A and T) 

 of the American Association and the Chicago 

 Section of the American Mathematical So- 

 ciety. 



The program includes (1) a session on 

 Monday afternoon, December 30, to consider 

 the present status of the teaching of mathe- 

 matics to students of engineering, both in this 

 country and abroad; (2) a banquet on Mon- 

 day evening for the promotion of acquaint- 

 ance and good fellowship among mathemati- 

 cians and engineers; (3) a symposium on 

 Tuesday morning, December 31, on the topic 

 " What is needed in the teaching of mathe- 

 matics to students of engineering ? " (a) What 

 range of subjects ? (h) To what extent in the 

 various subjects ? (c) By what methods of 

 presentation? (d) What should be the chief 

 aims? 



The joint sessions will be held in the Eyer- 

 son Physical Laboratory, University of Chi- 

 cago. Prominent engineers and mathemati- 

 cians have already promised to take part in 

 this program. It is hoped that a large num- 

 ber of those interested may thus be brought 

 together to discuss these matters of the highest 

 mutual importance. Announcements giving 

 full details of the program and speakers will 

 be mailed in advance of the time of the meet- 



ing. 



G. A. Miller, 

 Secretary of Section A of the American 

 Association 



W. T. Magruder, 

 Secretary of Section D of the American 

 Association 



H. E. Slaught, 

 Secretary of the Chicago Section of the 

 American Mathematical Society 



THE CONVOCATION WEEK MEETINGS OF 

 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science and the national scientific 

 societies named below will meet at the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago during convocation week, 

 beginning on December 30, 1906. 



American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. — December 30-January 4. Retiring presi- 

 dent, Professor W. H. Welch, The Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. ; president-elect, Pro- 

 fessor E. L. Nichols, Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. ; permanent secretary, Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C; general secre- 

 tary. President F. W. McNair, Houghton, Mich. 



Local Executive Committee. — Charles L. Hutch- 

 inson, chairman local committee; John M. Coulter, 

 chairman executive committee; John R. Angell, 

 Thomas C. Chamberlin, Joseph P. Iddings, Frank 

 R. Lillie, Charles R. Mann, Robert A. Millikan, 

 Charles F. Millspaugh, Alexander Smith, J. Paul 

 Goode, local secretary. 



Section A, Mathematics and Astronomy. — ^Vice- 

 president, Professor E. 0. Lovett, Princeton Uni- 

 versity; secretary. Professor G. A. Miller, Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 



Section B, Physics. — ^Vice-president, Professor 

 Dayton C. Miller, Case School of Applied Science; 

 secretary, Professor A. D. Cole, Vassar College, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Section C, Chemistry. — Vice-president, Professor 

 H. P. Talbot, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- 

 ogy; secretary, Professor Charles L. Parsons, New 

 Hampshire College, Durham, N. H. 



Section D, Mechanical Science and Engineering. 

 — Vice-president, Professor Olin H. Landreth, 

 Union College; secretary. Professor Wm. T. Ma- 

 gruder, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 



Section E, Geology and Geography. — -Vice-presi- 

 dent, Professor J. P. Iddings, University of Chi- 

 cago; secretary, Dr. Edmund 0. Hovey, American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York City. 



Section F, Zoology. — Vice-president, Professor 

 E. B. Wilson, Columbia University; secretary, 

 Professor C. Judson Herrick, University of Chi- 

 cago. 



Section G, Botany. — ^Vice-president, Professor 

 C. E. Bessey, University of Nebraska; secretary, 

 Professor F. E. Lloyd, Desert Botanical Labora- 

 tory, Tucson, Arizona. 



Section H, Anthropology. — ^Vice-president, Pro- 

 fessor Franz Boas, Columbia University; secre- 

 tary, George H. Pepper, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City. 



