22 



SCIENCE 



[X. S. Vol. XXXI. No. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Dr. a. a. Michelson, professor of physics 

 in the University of Chicago, has been elected 

 president of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science for the meeting to be 

 held next year at Minneapolis. Vice-presi- 

 dents of the sections have been elected as fol- 

 lows: 



Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy — Pro- 

 fessor E. H. Moore, University of Chicago. 



Section B — Physics — Dr. E. B. Rosa, Bureau of 

 Standards, Washington, D. C. 



Section C — Chemistry — Professor G. B. Frank- 

 forter. University of Minnesota. 



Section D — Mechanical Science and Engineering 

 — Professor A. L. Rotch, Blue Hill Meteorological 

 Observatory. 



Section E — Geology and Geography — Dr. John 

 M. Clarke, state geologist of New York, Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Section F — Zoology — Professor Jacob Reighard, 

 University of Michigan. 



Section G — Botany — Professor R. A. Harper, 

 University of Wisconsin. 



Section H — Anthropology and Psychology — Pro- 

 fessor Roland B. Dixon, Harvard University. 



Section I — Social and Economic Science — The 

 Hon. T. E. Burton, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Section K — Physiology and Experimental Medi- 

 cine — Professor F. G. Novy, University of Mich- 

 igan. 



Section L — Education — President A. Ross Hill, 

 University of Missouri. 



Permanent Secretary — Dr. L. O. Howard, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



General Secretary — Professor Frederic E. Clem- 

 ents, University of Minnesota. 



Secretary of the Council — Professor John Zel- 

 eny, University of Minnesota. 



Secretary of the Section of Social and Economic 

 Science — Fred C. Croxton, Washington, D. C. 



At the recent Boston meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Naturalists, Dr. D. T. Mae- 

 Dougal, director of the department of botan- 

 ical research of the Carnegie Institution, was 

 elected president and Dr. Charles E. Stockard, 

 of the Cornell Medical School, secretary. 



Professor "W. D. Bancroft, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, has been elected president of the Amer- 

 ican Chemical Society. The councillors at 

 large elected were: A. D. Little, of Boston; Dr. 



Leo H. Baekeland, of Yonkers, N. T., and 

 Professor W. L. Dudley, of Vanderbilt Uni- 

 versity. 



Professor W. B. Pillsbury, of the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan, has been elected president of 

 the American Psychological Association. 



At the recent annual meeting of the New 

 York Academy of Science, Professor James P. 

 Kemp was elected president and Dr. Geo. F. 

 Kunz, Dr. Chas. B. Davenport, Professor Wil- 

 liam Campbell, Dr. Maurice Pishberg, vice- 

 presidents. Honorary members were elected 

 as follows: Dr. P. K. Gobel, professor of bot- 

 any in the University of Munich; Dr. Paul 

 Groth, professor of mineralogy. University of 

 Munich, Professor Alfred Lacrois, Musee 

 d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Dr. August Weis- 

 mann, professor of zoology. University of Frei- 

 burg. 



At the fifth annual meeting of the Southern 

 Society for Philosophy and Psychology, held 

 at Charlotte, N. C, on December 28, 1909, 

 the following oiEcers for the year 1910 were 

 elected: President, Edward Franklin Buchner, 

 Johns Hopkins University; Vice-president, 

 Shepherd Ivory Franz, George Washington 

 University; Secretary-treasurer, Robert Mor- 

 ris Ogden, University of Tennessee. A. Cas- 

 well Ellis, University of Texas, and David 

 Spence Hill, Peabody College for Teachers, 

 were elected members of the council to serve 

 two years, and Bruce E. Payne, University of 

 Virginia, and Haywood J. Pearce, Brenau 

 College, to serve three years. 



Dr. Emil Fischer, professor of chemistry 

 at Berlin, has been given an honorary doc- 

 torate in the natural sciences by the Univer- 

 sity of Brussels. 



M. Simon has been elected a corresponding 

 member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, in 

 the section for anatomy and zoology. 



Lieutenant Colonel D. Prain, director of 

 the Kew Botanic Gardens, and Dr. F. O. 

 Bower, professor of botany at Glasgow, have 

 been elected corresponding members of the 

 Munich Academy of Sciences. 



An oil painting by Mr. William Churchill 

 of Professor William T. Sedgwick, head of 



