Januaky 14, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



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The council elected 229 fellows from those pro- 

 posed by the various sections. 



The following were elected foreign associates 

 for the Boston meeting: Dr. Hans Hallier, of 

 Leyden; Mr. J. J. Taudin-Chabot, of Holland; 

 Professor Franz Weidenreieh, of Strassburg; 

 Professor C. Runge, of GOttingen. 



The council was authorized to elect to member- 

 ship scientific men of Central and South America. 



The resignation of Mr. E. S. Woodward as 

 chairman of the committee on policy was accepted, 

 and Professor E. L. Nichols was elected to fill the 

 vacancy in the committee on policy. 



The resignation of Mr. R. S. Woodward from 

 the committee on organization and membership 

 was accepted, and Dr. W. H. Welch was appointed 

 to the committee as chairman. 



It was decided that at this Boston meeting the 

 program be given to members of the association 

 only at the time of registration, and that persons 

 not members be charged 25 cents for each copy. 



The committee on the relation of plants to 

 climate reported progress. 



It was resolved that the inquiry regarding the 

 cost of publication, distribution and use of pub- 

 lications of American scientific societies should 

 be extended. 



Grants of .$75 each were made to the Concilium 

 Bibliographicum Zoologicum, Dr. W. P. White, 

 Professor G. 3. Peirce and Professor T. D. A. 

 Cockerell. 



It was resolved that each recipient of a grant 

 be asked for an itemized statement of expendi- 

 tures. 



It was resolved that the American Association 

 tor the Advancement of Science gives its approval 

 to the general plan of the George Washington 

 Memorial Association to collect funds for the 

 purpose of erecting a building in the city of 

 Washington adapted for a meeting place for na- 

 tional and other scientific societies, and other 

 organizations, and that a committee of five be 

 appointed to assist in the effort. 



It was resolved, that with a view to the proper 

 conduct of such investigations as will aid in 

 lessening the waste of life and resources which 

 now characterizes the mining industry of the 

 United States, the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science respectfully urges the 

 Congress of the United States to establish, during 

 its present session, a national bureau of mines. 

 Resolved, that copies of this resolution be sent to 

 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 



President of the Senate and the President of the 

 United States. 



It was resolved that the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science approves the ap- 

 pointment of an eminent astronomer in charge of 

 the Naval Observatory. 



The permanent secretary was authorized to 

 issue the volumes for the Baltimore and Boston 

 meetings under one cover, with separate titles 

 and indexes, but with only one list of members. 



SECTIONAL MEETINGS 



The meetings of the various sections, many in 

 joint session with aifiliated societies, were perhaps 

 the most successful in the history of the associa- 

 tion, as measured by the number of members 

 attending, by the number and quality of the 

 papers presented and by the interest with which 

 the papers were heard and discussed. The num- 

 ber of papers presented before each section and its 

 affiliated societies are approximately as follows: 

 A, 37; B, 54; C, 254; D, 17; E, 141; F, 124; 

 G, 122; H, 63; I, 17; K, 166; L, 30; total, 1,025. 



It has been impossible to obtain a general 

 report from every section, hence specific reports 

 are not made here; the secretaries of the several 

 sections will publish detailed reports. 



GENERAL COMMITTEE 



The general committee met at Hotel Brunswick, 

 at 9:30 o'clock on the evening of Thursday, De- 

 cember 30. It was decided to hold the next meet- 

 ing at Minneapolis, beginning, on the evening of 

 Tuesday, December 27, 1910, with a general ses- 

 sion of welcome, and the address of the retiring 

 president. It was recommended that the meeting 

 of 1911-12 be held in Washington, D. C. 



The following officers were elected for the Min- 

 neapolis meeting: 



President — Professor A. A. Michelson, Univer- 

 sity of Chicago. 



Vice-Presidents und Chairmen of Sections: 



Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy — Pro- 

 fessor E. H. Moore, University of Chicago. 



Section B — PJiysics — Dr. E. B. Rosa. Bureau of 

 Standards, Washington, D. C. 



Section — Chemistry — Professor G. B. Frank- 

 forter. University of Minnesota. 



Section D — MecJianical 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. 



