December 15, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



791 



Section K, Physiology and Experimental Medi- 

 cine.— yice--president, Professor Wm. T. Sedg- 

 wick, Massachusetts Institiite of Technology, Bos- 

 ton, Mass.; secretary, Dr. Wm. J. Gies, College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 

 New York City. 



At New Orleans in conjunction with the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science there will meet : 



The American Chemical Society. — President. 

 F. P. Venable, University of North Carolina; 

 secretary, Dr. William A. Noyes, the Bureau of 

 Standards, Washington, D. C. 



The Botanical Society of America. — January 4. 

 President, Professor R. A. Harper, University of 

 Wisconsin; secretary, Dr. D. T. MacDovigal, N. Y. 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City. 



The Association of Economic Entomologists. — 

 January 1, 2, 3. President, Professor H. Carman, 

 Lexington, Ky. ; secretary. Professor H. E. Sum- 

 mers, Ames, Iowa. 



The American Mycological Society. — January 

 1-4. President, Chas. H. Peck, state botanist, 

 Albany, N. Y. ; secretary, C. L. Shear, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



At Ann Arbor will meet: 



The American Society of Naturalists. — Presi- 

 dent, Professor William James, Harvard Univer- 

 sity; secretary. Professor W. E. Castle, Harvard 

 University. President (Central Branch), Pro- 

 fessor H. H. Donaldson, University of Chicago; 

 secretary. Professor W. J. Moenkhaus, Indiana 

 University. The Eastern Branch will not meet 

 this year. 



The American Society of Zoologists {Eastern 

 and Central Branches).- — December 28, 29, 30. 

 President (Eastern Branch), Professor W. E. 

 Castle, Harvard University; secretary. Professor 

 H. S. Pratt, Haverford College. President (Cen- 

 tral Branch), Professor Frank R. Lillie, University 

 of Chicago; secretary. Professor C. E. McClung, 

 University of Kansas. 



The Society of American Bacteriologists. — 

 December 28, 29, President, Professor Edwin 0. 

 Jordan, University of Chicago; secretary Pro- 

 fessor Frederic P. Gorham, Brown University, 

 Providence, R. I. 



The American Physiological Society. — December 

 27, 28. President, Professor W. H. Howell, the 

 Johns Hopkins University; secretary. Professor 

 Lafayette B. Mendel, New Haven. 



The Association of American Anatomists. — De- 

 cember 27, 28, 29. President, Professor Charles 



S. Minot, Harvard Medical School; secretary, 

 Professor G. Carl Huber, 333 East Ann St., Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. 



The Society for Plant Morphology and Physi- 

 ology. — December ^27, 28, 29. President, Professor 

 E. C. Jeffrey, Harvard University; secretary, Pro- 

 fessor W. F. Ganong, Smith College, North- 

 ampton, Mass. 



At New York City will meet: 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America. — December 28. President, Professor 

 Simon Newcomb; secretary, Professor Geo. C. 

 Comstock, Washburn Observatory, Madison, Wis. 



The American Physical Society. — December 29, 

 30. President, Professor Carl Barus, Brown 

 University; secretary, Professor Ernest Merritt, 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The American Mathematical Society. — Decem- 

 ber 28, 29. President, Professor W. F. Osgood, 

 Harvard University; secretary, Professor F. N. 

 Cole, Columbia University. 



At Cambridge will meet: 



The Ainerican Psychological Association. — De- 

 cember 27-29. President, Professor Mary Whitori 

 Calkins, Wellesley College; secretary, Professor 

 Wm. Harper Davis, Lehigh University. 



The American Philosophical Association. — De- 

 cember 27-29. President, Professor John Dewey, 

 Columbia University; secretary, Professor John 

 Grier Hibben, Princeton University. 



At Ithaca will meet: 



The American Anthropological Association. — 

 December 27-29. ~ President, Professor F. W. Put- 

 nam, Harvard University; secretary. Dr. Geo. 

 Grant MacCurdy, Yale University, New Haven, 

 Conn. 



At Ottawa will meet: 



The Geological Society of America. — December 

 27, 28, 29. President, Professor Raphael Pum- 

 pelly; secretary. Professor Herman L. Fairchild, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OP MATHEMATICS. 



The annual meeting of the Association of 

 Teachers of Mathematics in the Middle States 

 and Maryland was held on Saturday, De- 

 cember 2, in affiliation with the Association of 

 Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Mid- 

 dle States and Maryland. 



The following papers were presented: 

 Professor H. S- White, Vassar College : ' How 

 should the College Teach Analytic Geometry.' 



