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SCIENCE. 



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upon at the New York meeting, having 

 been duly read at the last general session 

 of the New Orleans meeting: 



1. Add the words ' and Psychology ' to the name 

 of Section H, making it read 'Anthropology and 

 Psychology.' 



2. Add a new section, to be called Section L — 

 Education. 



POLICY OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



In accordance with the resolution 

 adopted by the last Philadelphia meeting 

 through which a number of national scien- 

 tific societies were accepted as having 

 qualifications for membership equal to the 

 qualifications for fellowship in the Amer- 

 ican Association, several hundred members 

 from these societies were in the usual way 

 made members of the American Associa- 

 tion, were then nominated for fellowship 

 and were electee by the council. 



The committee on policy presented the 

 following resolutions which were adopted 

 by the council: 



1. Resolved, That the terms of office of all 

 officers of the association shall begin with the 

 close of the meeting at which the elections take 

 place. 



2. Resolved, That the position of second assist- 

 ant to the permanent secretary be abolished at the 

 close of the year, 1906. 



3. Resolved, That an invitation be extended to 

 the National Association for the Scientific Study of 

 Education to affiliate with the American Associa- 

 tion on the same terms as other affiliated so- 

 cieties. 



CLOSING GENERAL SESSION 10 A.M. 

 WEDNESDAY. 



The report of the general secretary was 

 read. Resolutions of thanks and apprecia- 

 tion unanimously adopted as follows: 



Resolved: That the appreciative thanks of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science be, and they are, hereby extended 



1. To President Craighead and the board of 

 trustees of Tulane University for the provision of 

 ample and adequate meeting places for most of 

 the sections in the University buildings; further 

 to Dr. Chaille and Dr. Metz for the excellent pro- 



vision made for the Section of Physiology and 

 Experimental Medicine in the medical school of 

 the university; to the board of trade for the use 

 of its building, granted to the ^ Section of Social 

 and Economic Science through the interest of 

 Secretary Mayo, of the New Orleans Progressive 

 Union; to Rabbi Heller and the Congregation of 

 Temple Sinai for the use of that building for the 

 opening session, and to Professor Dixon for having 

 the auditorium of the H. Sophie Newcomb Col- 

 lege opened for the address of the retiring presi- 

 dent of the association, and other purposes. 



2. To Professors Craighead and Anderson and 

 their associates in the committee on meeting places 

 and equipment for their provision of appliances, 

 lantern service and other necessaries for the 

 meetings. 



3. To the sewerage and water board for enabling 

 the Section of Mechanical Science and Engineer- 

 ing to inspect the sanitary improvements now 

 under way in the city; to the officials of the United 

 States NsiVj Yard for courtesies shown to the same 

 section; to the dock commissioners for exhibiting 

 the shipping facilities of the port to the iSeotion 

 of Social and Economic Science; to Mr. Charles 

 Farwell and Dr. Dyer for a demonstration of the 

 workings of the large sugar estate of the former; 

 and to Professor Blouin and Dr. Brown for having 

 the further privilege accorded the visiting chem- 

 ists and others to inspect the Kenilworth Sugar 

 Plantation. 



4. To the Boston Club, the Pickwick Club, the 

 Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, and the Young 

 Men's Gymnastic Club, the Country Club and the 

 Round Table Club, for extending the privileges of 

 their houses to all members of the association. 



5. To the Round Table Club for a general 

 smoker; to the Louisiana Society of Naturalists 

 for an informal reception given to the visiting 

 botanists and zoologists; to Mrs. T. G. Richard- 

 son, whose home was hospitably opened; and to 

 the many other citizens of New Orleans and its 

 vicinity whose welcome was so admirably ex- 

 pressed by Mr. Buck on behalf of the governor of 

 the state, by Mayor Behrman and President Craig- 

 head, and who, in one way or another, have made 

 our visit pleasurable, without interfering with 

 the more serious purposes of the association and 

 affiliated bodies. 



0. To the very efficient press committee and 

 representatives of the newspapers, who have treat- 

 ed our proceedings with umisual interest, intel- 

 ligence and care, thus furthering the general pur- 

 poses of the association, and at the same time 



