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Papers may be sent direct to the chairman 

 of the particular section for which they are 

 intended, or to Dr. Alfred Eeginald Allen, 

 Secretary, 111 South 21st Street, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



TEE ELIZABETH THOMPSON SCIENCE FUND 



The thirty-fifth meeting of the board of 

 trustees was held in Boston, Mass., on Feb- 

 ruary 2, 1910. 



The following officers were elected: 



President — Edward C. Pickering. 



Treasurer — Charles S. Kackemann. 



Secretary — Charles S. Minot. 



The secretary stated that during the past 

 year no reports had been received from the 

 following holders of grants: 22, 27, E. Hart- 

 wig; 107, M. W. Travers; 117, E. Salkowski 

 and C. Neuberg; 123, E. C. Jeffrey; 131, F. 

 W. Thyng; 134, C. L. Alsberg. 



The reports received from the following 

 holders of grants were accepted as reports of 

 progress: 98, J. Weinzirl; 109, A. Nicolas; 

 111, E. Hurthle; 119, J. P. McMurrich; 121, 

 E. Debierne; 124, P. Baehmetjew; 133, J. F. 

 Shepard; 136, H. Z. Kip; 137, C. H. Eigen- 

 mann; 138, Mme. P. Safarik; 140, K. Guthe; 

 141, J. P. Patterson; 142, W. J. Hale; 144, G. 

 A. Hulett; 146, M. Nussbaum; 14Y, J. Miiller; 

 148, C. C. Nutting; 149, P. A. Guye; 152, W. 

 D. Hoyt; 154, J. P. Munson. 



It was voted to close the accounts of the fol- 

 lowing grants : 135, A. Negri ; 139, J. Koen- 

 igsberger; 145, J. de Kowalski; 151, O. von 

 Fiirth; 153, W. Doberek, and to close upon re- 

 ceipt of publications the account of grant 143, 

 awarded to Professor R. W. Wood. 



The secretary stated that a fifth publica- 

 tion had been received from Professor E. 

 Wiedemann, acknowledging the aid obtained 

 through grant 127. 



The trustees greatly regretted to be ob- 

 liged to decline several applications which 

 were highly deserving of aid. 



It was voted to make the following new 

 grants : 



155. $300 to Dr. H. P. Holhiagel, Berlin, 

 Germany, for a redetermination of the longer 

 wave-lengths in the extreme infra-red por- 



tion of the spectrum, by an interferometer 

 method. 



156. $100 to Professor E. Thaxter, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., for further studies on the 

 Laboulbeniaceas. 



157. $100 to Dr. L. Mercier, Nancy, 

 France, to study the bacteria living sym- 

 biotically within various invertebrates. 



158. $50 to Professor H. V. Neal, Gales- 

 burg, 111., for a study of nerve histogenesis in 

 Squalus acanthias. 



159. $100 to Dr. B. M. Davis, Cambridge, 

 Mass., for cytological and genetical studies on 

 native species of Oenothera. 



160. $50 to Dr. L. J. Henderson, Boston, 

 Mass., for a research upon the use as indica- 

 tors of aromatic nitro compounds which con- 

 tain phenolic hydroxyl groups, or amino 

 groups, or carboxyl groups. 



161. $100 to Professor O. von Fiirth, 

 Vienna, Austria, for further studies on in- 

 ternal secretion. Charles S. Minot, 



Secretary 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Invitations for the centennial celebration 

 of the University of Berlin, to be held in 

 October of this year, have been sent to the 

 visiting professors who have represented Har- 

 vard University and Columbia University at 

 the University of Berlin. These include Pro- 

 fessors Theodore W. Eichards and W. M. 

 Davis, of Harvard University. 



The official delegation from the Geological 

 Society of America to the eleventh Interna- 

 tional Geological Congress to be held at Stock- 

 holm, Sweden, in August of this year has been 

 constituted as follows : Arnold Hague, Sc.D., 

 U. S. Geological Survey, president of the 

 Geological Society of America; Charles E. 

 Van Hise, LL.D., University of Wisconsin; 

 James F. Kemp, professor of geology, Colum- 

 bia University; Frank D. Adams, D.Sc, dean 

 of the faculty of applied science, McGill Uni- 

 versity, and Edmund Otis Hovey, Ph.D., cura- 

 tor of geology and invertebrate paleontology, 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



Professor Hugh D. Eeed has been ap- 

 pointed delegate from Cornell University to 



