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papers were presented. There was also 

 held a joint session with Section G for the 

 reading of papers on plant and animal 

 breeding. The secretary of the section 

 says that the attendance at the meetings 

 was from 100 to 300. 



Section G held three independent ses- 

 sions for the reading of papers. About 

 thirty papers were presented. Members 

 of the section also took part in one joint 

 session with Section F, and attended large- 

 ly the meetings of the Botanical Society 

 of America, one of which was held at the 

 Botanical Garden in Bronx Park. 



The program of Section H and its two 

 affiliated societies contained forty-nine 

 papers. 



The programs of Section I, including the 

 joint session with the Anthropological As- 

 sociation and Section H, contained eighteen 

 papers. 



Section K, together with its affiliated 

 societies, held four sessions. 



Much more than one half of the papers 

 of the meeting belonged to the affiliated 

 societies rather than to sections of the asso- 

 ciation. From this point of view the meet- 

 ing was a confederation of affiliated socie- 

 ties to a greater extent than it was a meet- 

 ing of a group of sections of a compact 

 organization. 



The subject of the address of the retiring 

 president of the association, Professor C. 

 M. Woodward, was 'The Science of Educa- 

 tion.' A vice-presidential address was de- 

 livered before each section. 



The relations between the sections and 

 the affiliated societies were entirely har- 

 monious, the officers cooperating with each 

 other in making arrangements for meet- 

 ings. 



Columbia University placed its buildings 

 at the disposal of the association and the 

 greater number of sections met at the tini- 

 versity. Certain meetings were held else- 

 where, notably, the meetings of Section K 



at the Eockefeller Institute and at the 

 College of Physicians and Surgeons. Ap- 

 propriate thanks were tendered by the 

 president of the association at the closing 

 general sessions to the local committee, the 

 authorities of Columbia University and to 

 many others who, in their capacities as 

 hosts, contributed to the success of the 

 meeting. 



The following general events contributed 

 to the success of the meeting and the pleas- 

 ure of those in attendance: (1) a recep- 

 tion by the president of Columbia Univer- 

 sity at Earl Hall on Thursday evening; 

 (2) a general meeting with addresses and 

 luncheon at the College of the City of New 

 York at noon on Saturday; (3) on Satur- 

 day afternoon exercises at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, connected 

 with the unveiling of the busts of ten 

 American men of science, presented to the 

 museum by Mr. Morris K. Jesup; (4) on 

 Saturday evening a gathering at the mu- 

 seum to see the collections and special ex- 

 hibits arranged for the occasion. The cul- 

 tivation of acquaintance among the mem- 

 bers was also promoted by many smokers, 

 dinners and other special events which 

 brought various groups together. The re- 

 ception at Earl Hall on Thursday evening 

 was probably the only occasion at which 

 one found so large a gathering of members 

 at any one place as to give the idea that 

 this meeting of the association was an un- 

 usually large one. Probably most members 

 did not realize that they were attending 

 one of the largest if not the largest meeting 

 of many years. 



The most important actions taken by the 

 council and the association were as follows : 



1. The addition of a new section to the 

 association, namely. Section L— Education. 

 A petition in favor of the formation of 

 such a section was presented to the asso- 

 ciation to which were affixed the signatures 



