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The following committees were appointed 

 to serve during the meeting: 



Committee on new members: The permanent 

 secretary and secretary of the council. 



Committee on fellows: The general secretary 

 and the vice-presidents of the sections, Mr. Waldo, 

 chairman. 



Committee on grants: The treasurer and the 

 vice-presidents of the sections, Mr. R. S. Wood- 

 ward, chairman. In the absence of Mr. Wood- 

 ward, the permanent secretary served in his place. 



Mr. Theodore N. Gill was 'chosen auditor of the 

 association. 



After the first session of the council in 

 St. Charles Hotel, all others were held 

 daily, except Sunday, at Tulane University 

 at 9 o'clock A.M. Two general sessions 

 were held on the Friday and Wednesday 

 following at 10 a.m. As in the previous 

 year the vice-presidential addresses were 

 scattered through the week. 



The general program was as follows: 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1905. 



Meeting of tlie executive committee of the 

 council at St. Charles Hotel, 12 a.m. 



Program for the entire meeting proofread and 

 adopted. 



Privileges of associate membership for the meet- 

 ing extended to members of the local committee, 

 residents of New Orleans and vicinity and to 

 affiliated societies. 



Mr. George E. Beyer, executive president of the 

 local committee, outlined arrangements made by 

 his committee for the meeting. 



FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. 



Meeting of the council at 9:15 a.m., St. Charles 

 Hotel. 



In the enforced absence of the retiring president. 

 Dr. Farlow, the incoming president. Dr. C. M. 

 Woodward, presided without the usual formal in- 

 troduction. 



First general session of the association at 10 

 a.m. in Temple Sinai. 



Meeting called to order by the permanent secre- 

 tary, Dr. L. 0. Howard, who introduced the presi- 

 dent elect. Dr. C. M. Woodward. 



Addresses of welcome by Hon. Chas. F. Buck, 

 representing the governor of Louisiana, by Hon. 

 Martin Behrman, mayor of New Orleans, and by 

 Dr. E. B. Craighead, president of Tulane Uni- 

 versity. 



Reply by President Woodward. 



Announcements by the general secretary. 



Adjournment of the general session, followed by 

 the organization of the sections. 



Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, at Tulane University, 

 Section I in the Assembly Room, Board of Trade 

 Building, Section K in Tulane University Medical 

 College. 



I P.M. Ijuncheon to the members of the asso- 

 ciation, provided by the local committee in the 

 refectory of the university. 



Addresses of vice-presidents as follows: (At 

 2:30 P.M.) 



Vice-president Ziwet before the Section of 

 Mathematics and Astronomy, Gibson Hall. Title, 

 ' On the Relation of Mechanics to Physics.' 



Vice-president Kinnicutt, before the Section of 

 Chemistry, Chemical Building. Title, ' The Sani- 

 tary Value of a Water Analysis.' 



Vice-President Smith, before " the Section of 

 Geology and Geography, Gibson Hall. Title, ' On 

 Some Post-Eocene and other Formations of the 

 Gulf Region of the United States.' 



Vice-president Merriam, before the Section of 

 Zoology, Physical Building. Title, ' Is Mutation 

 a Factor in the Evolution of the Higher Verte- 

 brates ? ' 



I'rom 4 to 7 P.M. Mrs. T. G. Richardson re- 

 ceived the association at her residence on Prytania 

 Street. 



At 8 P.M. the address of the retiring president 

 of the association. Dr. W. G. Farlow, was given 

 at Sophie J^^ewcomb College. Subject, ' The Pop- 

 ular Conception of a Scientific Man at the Present 

 Day.' 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1905. 



Meeting of the council at 9 A.M., Gibson Hall, 

 Tulane University. 



Meeting of the sections at 10 a.m. 



At 1 P.M. luncheon to the members of the asso- 

 ciation in the refectory. 



At 2:30 P.M. addresses of vice-presidents as 

 follows : 



Vice-president Magie, before the Section of 

 Physics, Physical Building. Title, ' The Partition 

 of Energy.' 



Vice-president Robinson, before the Section of 

 Botany, Gibson Hall. Title, ' The Generic Con- 

 cept in the Classification of the Flowering Plants.' 



Vice-president Knapp, before the Section of So- 

 cial and Economic Science, Board of Trade Build- 

 ing. Title, ' Transportation and Combination.' 



At 8 P.M. the address of the retiring president 

 of the American Chemical Society, Dr. F. P. Ven- 

 able, Gibson Hall, Tulane University. Title, 

 ' Chemical Research in the United States.' 



