SCIENCE 



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taken at the Philadelphia meeting permit- 

 ting sectional committees to dispense with 

 a sectional program whenever an affiliated 

 society meets with the section, and to turn 

 over all technical papers to a joint program 

 of the society and the section. In dis- 

 cussing this question there appeared a wide 

 divergence of opinion as to what action was 

 immediately necessary. There was re- 

 ported from some of the sections a strong 

 sentiment in favor of making this action 

 mandatory rather than permissive. The 

 reaffirmation was accepted as a temporary 

 expedient, and a resolution was adopted in- 

 structiug the officers of sections to confer 

 with the officers of the corresponding socie- 

 ties usually meeting in affiliation with 

 reference to programs and policy, and to 

 report to the permanent secretary for pre- 

 sentation to the council at the next meeting 

 of the association. 



The importance both to the association 

 and to science of the proper solution of 

 this problem of affiliation was clearly recog- 

 nized. Conditions influencing it are dif- 

 ferent in the case of different sections, and 

 some degree of patience and of toleration 

 on the part of all concerned is called for 

 during the effort to work it out. At Chi- 

 cago the relations between the sections and 

 the societies were of the most cordial na- 

 ture, and this condition augurs well for 

 the effort to arrive at a better working 

 arrangement. 



In accordance Avith various resolutions 

 of the council the following committees 

 were appointed by the president : 



Additional members of the Committee on Policy, 

 Messrs. Wm. H. Welch and N. L. Britton. 



On preservation of the national resources, 

 Messrs. T. C. Chamberlin, Irving Fisher, M. T. 

 Bogert, W. F. M. Goss and Gifford Pinchot. 



On organization and membership, Messrs. R. S. 

 Woodward, L. 0. Howard and J. McK. Oattell. 



Section C appointed a committee to look 

 into the question whether the report 

 adopted by the section some years ago re- 



garding the spelling of chemical terms 

 represents the best present usage, or now 

 has the endorsement of the section. The 

 committee named consists of Messrs. W. A. 

 Noyes, Chairman, L. P. Kinnicutt and C. 

 L. Parsons. 



In accordance with the recommendation 

 of the Committee on Grants there was 

 granted $100.00 to the Concilium Biblio- 

 gi'aphicum and $100.00 to the Committee 

 on Cave Fauna. An appropriation of 

 $50.00 from the general fund was made to 

 pay the expenses of the committee on seis- 

 mology. 



The engineers and mathematicians dined 

 together on Monday evening. The annual 

 dinner of the American Society of Natural- 

 ists and that of the American Association 

 of Geographers occurred on Tuesday even- 

 ing. The former was followed by the ad- 

 dress of the president of the society. Dr. 

 J. P. McMurrich. On Wednesday evening 

 there was held a smoker for the American 

 Society of Naturalists, the Association of 

 American Anatomists, the American Phys- 

 iological Society, the American Society of 

 Biological Chemistry, the American Society 

 of Bacteriologists, the American Society of 

 Zoologists and the Botanical Society of 

 America. The annual banquet of the 

 Sigma Xi Society was held on Thursday 

 evening. 



Social events ended with the meeting in 

 a fitting climax at the dinner in honor of 

 Professor Albert A. Michelson recent re- 

 cipient of the Copley medal and the Nobel 

 prize. Noteworthy among those present on 

 this occasion was Professor Edward W. 

 Morley, sometime a collaborator of the 

 guest in honor, and who was present with 

 Professor Michelson at the meeting of the 

 Royal Society in December and received on 

 that occasion the society's Davy medal. 



The general committee fixed the place of 

 the next regular meeting at Baltimore and 

 the time Convocation "Week 1908-9. It 



