June 1, 1906.] 



SCIENCE. 



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mer of 1907 at the Carnegie Museum in 'the 

 city of Pittsburg. 



TEE ITHACA MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



EXCURSIONS. 



The surroundings of Ithaca in summer are 

 peculiarly attractive and it is proposed to 

 make short trips to neighboring points of in- 

 terest a feature of the coming meeting. 



Some sections intend to make this essen- 

 tially a field meeting and the local committee 

 on excursions has arranged the following list 

 of expeditions for their benefit. 



Botanical Excursions. — Friday morning, 

 June 29, a brief excursion in the immediate 

 vicinity of Ithaca. 



Saturday, June 30, an all day excursion to 

 the morainic region near Cortland, to visit the 

 I)eat-bog formations and also the marl ponds. 

 This excursion will be by rail or by carriage. 



Monday, July 2, an all day excursion to 

 Enfield Gorge some five miles from the uni- 

 versity. The conveyance will be by carriages 

 and tally-hos. 



Details of these excursions will be given in 

 the program of Section G. 



Chemical Excursions. — Thursday, June 28, 

 excursions in charge of several committees 

 have been arranged from 4 to 6 p.m., to visit 

 various points of interest in the buildings and 

 upon the grounds of the university. 



Friday, June 29, an afternoon excursion has 

 been arranged for the members of the Chem- 

 ical Society in the nature of a boat ride on 

 Cayuga Lake with dinner at Sheldrake. 



Geological Excursions. — Friday, June 29, an 

 excursion conducted by Mr. E. H. Whitbeck 

 to Turkey Hill, by carriage or on foot, for a 

 general view of surface geology. A paper on 

 ' Cycles of Erosion ' will be read by Mr. P. 



F. Gulliver. 



Saturday, June 30, an all day excursion to 

 points of interest about the south end of 

 . Cayuga Lake will be conducted by Professor 



G. D. Harris. 



Monday, July 2, Professor Harris will con- 

 duct a party to the points of interest at the 



north end of Cayuga Lake, including a visit 

 to Cayuga to see the lowest rocks exposed in 

 this region, i. e., the Eurypterus beds, and 

 other points of interest. A printed guide to 

 the region will be furnished gratis to each 

 member by the conductor. 



Tuesday, July 3, an excursion to Enfield 

 Glen by carriage will be conducted by Mr. 

 Whitbeck, and a paper on the geography of 

 the region will be read by Professor C. R. 

 Dryer. 



Fuller details of these excursions will be 

 printed in the preliminary announcement and 

 in the programs of the sections. 



Excursion to the George Junior Eepuhlic. — 

 This excursion will be arranged at the time 

 most convenient to the visitors and will be of 

 both general and special interest. 



Opportunities will be afforded also to visit 

 Taughannock Falls, the highest water fall in 

 the state of New York, Enfield Falls and other 

 of the numerous glens in the vicinity of 

 Ithaca. 



Steamers make two round trips daily, Sun- 

 days included, the entire length of Cayuga 

 Lake. Watkin's Glen may be reached by rail, 

 via Geneva or by a twenty-mile carriage drive 

 from Ithaca. 



The excursion announced above by the 

 American Chemical Society on Friday after- 

 noon will take place after the dedication of 

 the new Physical Laboratory. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 Dr. John M. Clarke, of Albany, and Dr. J. 

 J. Sederholm, director of the Geological Sur- 

 vey of Finland, have been elected foreign 

 correspondents of the Geological Society of 

 London. 



Professor David Hilbert, of Gottingen, and 

 Professor Wilhelm Ostwald, have been elected 

 honorary members of the Academy of Sci- 

 ences at Copenhagen. 



The University of Gottingen has awarded 

 the income of the Valbruch foundation of the 

 value of $3,000 to Professor Ossian Asehan, of 

 Helsingfors, for his work on the alicyclic com- 

 pounds. 



