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should be said of the general f unetioBS and 

 arrangements. It was recognized by all 

 that Columbia University oifered admirable 

 headquarters. Earl Hall not only supplied 

 good facilities for registration, but also 

 provided excellent oiBces and rooms for 

 writing, conversation and smoking. These 

 were increased by the opening of the ad- 

 jacent Faculty Club, where two smokers 

 were held. The restaurant charges in the 

 university commons were low and the serv- 

 ice as good as could be expected for such 

 large numbers. The rooms for the special 

 meetings were often taxed to their full ca- 

 pacity, but were usually adequate, and 

 there was practically no confusion or con- 

 flict. Equally satisfactory were the ar- 

 rangements at the College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons, which is the medical school 

 of Columbia University, the University 

 and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 

 which is the medical school of New York 

 University, the Rockefeller Institute, the 

 New York Botanical Garden and the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. 



Especially to be noted as bringing to- 

 gether large groups of members were the 

 reception given by the president of Colum- 

 bia University in Earl Hall following the 

 address of the retiring president of the 

 association; the luncheon at the City Col- 

 lege, preceded by timely addresses and fol- 

 lowed by an inspection of the beautiful 

 and well-arranged new buildings; the ex- 

 tremely interesting ceremonies connected 

 with the unveiling of ten busts of pioneers 

 of American science, presented to the 

 American Museum by Mr. Morris K. 

 Jesup, and the reception at the museum 

 in the evening, given jointly by the mu- 



seum and the New York Academy of Sci- 

 ences, with an admirable exhibit of scien- 

 tific progress arranged by the academy. 

 Nearly every society and group of scien- 

 tific men had their own smokers and din- 

 ners, so that in spite of the large numbers 

 present, there was opportunity for each 

 one to see those who work in his own field. 

 The arrangements of the meeting prove 

 that while the winter may not be so con- 

 venient as the summer in giving oppor- 

 tunities for informal metings and social 

 intercourse, much can be accomplished in 

 this direction. 



The long line of great men who have 

 filled the presidency of the association was 

 at the New York meeting continued by a 

 president who in rare degree unites dignity, 

 tact and good sense, whose ideas and fit 

 words come directly from broad sympa- 

 thies and noble achievement. He is able 

 to hand on the office to one eminent in his 

 science, a leader in all movements to ad- 

 vance science and to promote the objects 

 of the association from within and from 

 without. The place of meeting is also for- 

 tunate. It will have been forty years since 

 the association last met at Chicago, and in 

 that period the city and the state have be- 

 come notable for scientific activity. Chi- 

 cago is nearer to the center of scientific 

 population than New York, and there is 

 every reason to believe that the meeting 

 next year in that city will rival or excel 

 the great New York meeting. 



REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY 

 The fifty-seventh meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of 

 Science was held at Columbia University, 



