January 15, 1904.] 



SCIENCE. 



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to order in the auditoriam of the Central 

 High School, at 10 a.m., Monday, December 

 28, 1903, by the retiring president, Dr. Ira 

 Remsen. 



Dr. Remsen introduced the president- 

 elect. Dr. Carroll D. Wright. Addresses of 

 welcome were then made by the Hon. D. 

 R. Francis on behalf of the local committee, 

 by the Hon. C. P. Walbridge on behalf of 

 the city of St. Louis, and by Professor C. 

 M. "Woodward on behalf of the educational 

 institutions of the city and the state. To 

 these addresses President AVright replied 

 for the association. 



President Wright announced that each 

 day the council woiild meet at nine o'clock 

 and the general session at ten o'clock. 



After the adjournment of the general 

 session the several sections were organized 

 in their respective rooms. 



On Monday afternoon the vice-presi- 

 dents ' addresses were given as follows : 



At 2:30 P.M. 



Vice-President Halsted before the Section of 

 Mathematics and Astronomy, in Room B2, en- 

 titled ' The Message of Non-Euclidean Geometry.' 



Vice-President Baskerville before the Section of 

 Chemistry, in Room 102, entitled 'Tlie Elements: 

 Verified and Unverified.' 



Vice-President Davis before the Section of Geol- 

 ogy, in Room 202, entitled ' Geography in the 

 United States.' 



At 4:00 P.M. 



Vice-President Waldo before the Section of Me- 

 chanical Science and Engineering, in Room 310. 



Vice-President Plargitt before the Section of 

 Zoology, in Room 202, entitled ' Some Unsolved 

 Problems of Organic Adaptation.' 



Vice-President Coville before the Section of 

 Botany, in Room 102. 



Vice-President Newcomb before the Section of 

 Social and Economic Science, in the auditorium, 

 entitled ' Some Recent Phases of the Labor Prob- 

 lem.' 



The address of Vice-President Nichols 

 before the Section of Physics was omitted, 

 owing to the absence of Mr. Nichols, who 

 was detained by sickness in his family. 



On Monday evening the address of the 

 retiring president, Dr. Ira Remsen, entitled 



' Scientific Investigation and Progress, ' was 

 given at the Odeon. 



On Tuesday evening. President David 

 Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford Junior 

 University, gave a public lecture on 'The 

 Resources of Our Seas. ' After the lecture 

 the American Society of Naturalists and 

 affiliated societies held their annual smoker 

 at the tiniversity Club. 



On Wednesday morning Dr. George A. 

 Dorsey delivered his address as retiring 

 president of Section H, upon the subject 

 'The Future of the American Indian.' 



On Wednesday afternoon the American 

 Society of Naturalists held their annual 

 public discussion, the subject being 'What 

 Academic Degrees should be conferred for 

 Scientific Work?' 



On . Wednesday • afternoon Professor E. 

 Rutherford, of McGill University, Mon- 

 treal, Canada, gave an illustrated public 

 lecture on the subject 'Radium and Radio- 

 activity.-' 



On Wednesday evening the retiring 

 president of the American Chemical So- 

 ciety, Dr. John H. Long, delivered an 

 address upon the subject 'Some Problems 

 in Fermentation.' 



On Wednesday evening the American So- 

 ciety of Naturalists held its annual dinner 

 at the Mercantile Club, after which was 

 given the address of the retiring president, 

 Professor William Trelease. 



On Wednesday evening the annual din- 

 ner of the American Chemical Society and 

 Section C was given at Faust's. 



On AVednesday evening Dr. S. F. Em- 

 mons gave the president's address before 

 the Geological Society of America at the 

 Planters' Hotel. 



On Thursday afternoon, by invitation of 

 the officers of the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 

 position, the members of the association 

 and affiliated srcieties visited the exposition 

 grounds. A buffet luncheon was tendered 

 the association by the officei's of the exposi- 



