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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXVII. No. 702 



EANOVEB MEETma OF THE AMERICAN 



ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 



OF SCIENCE 



Since the preliminary announcement of the 

 special summer meeting to be held at Han- 

 over, New Hampshire, June 29 to July 3, 

 was published and mailed with the number of 

 Science for May 29, the permanent secretary 

 has learned that Sections I and L will not 

 hold the meetings announced. Section B 

 (Physics), and Section E (Geology and Geog- 

 raphy), will therefore be the only sections to 

 hold stated meetings for the reading of 

 papers at Hanover. These sections will meet 

 in conjunction with the American Physical 

 Society and the Geological Society of 

 America. 



This fact need not deter members who wish 

 to visit Dartmouth College at this time and 

 take the excursions announced. Hanover is 

 a charming little town and has a delightful 

 summer climate. It is in the center of a 

 most interesting region and members are 

 urged to attend the meeting. 



This reduction in the number of sections 

 which will hold sessions makes it all the more 

 important that members of Sections B and 

 E and others who attend should go on the 

 Certificate Plan. Members living only a short 

 distance from Hanover, paying railroad fares 

 of even less than one dollar, should take out 

 a certificate and secure the two thirds of one 

 fare reduction of the original ticket, since, 

 unless at least 100 certificates are viseed at 

 Hanover, the reduction in fare will not be 

 operative. This will mean that, owing to the 

 neglect of nearby members to take out certi- 

 ficates, members coming from a distance may 

 possibly be deprived of the advantage of the 

 reduction. L. O. Howard, 



Permanent Secretary 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, T). C. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 The inaugural session of the Dublin meet- 

 ing of the British Association will be held on 

 Wednesday, September 2, at 8 :30 p.m., when 

 Mr. Francis Darwin assumes the presidency, 

 in succession to Sir David Gill, and will de- 



liver an address. On Friday, September 4, 

 the first evening discourse will be delivered by 

 Professor H. H. Turner, of Oxford Univer- 

 sity, on " Halley's Comet." On Monday, 

 September 7, the second evening discourse will 

 be delivered by Professor W. M. Davis, of 

 Harvard University, on " The Lessons of the 

 Colorado Canoru" The concluding meeting 

 will be held on Wednesday, September 9, at 



3 P.M. 



The following appointments have been made 

 to the staff of the Rockefeller Institute for 

 Medical Research : P. A. Lewis, assistant in 

 pathology; A. I. Kendall, assistant in bacteri- 

 ology; A. R. Dochez, fellow in pathology; A. 

 0. Shaklee, fellow in physiology and pharma- 

 cology. The following promotions have been 

 made : John Auer, associate in pliysiolog-y and 

 pharmacology; Don R. Joseph, assistant in 

 physiology and pharmacology; Alexis Carrel, 

 associate in surgery; J. W. Jobling, associate 

 in pathology; Benjamin T. Terry, assistant 

 in protozoology; Donald D. Van Slyke, as- 

 sistant in biological chemistry; Walter A. 

 Jacobs, assistant in biological chemistry; 

 Bertha I. Barker, fellow in pathology; R. V. 

 Lamar, fellow in pathology. 



Professor F. Silvestri has come to New 

 York for the purpose of studying the col- 

 lections in The American Museum of Natural 

 History, whose guest he will be during the 

 summer months. Professor Silvestri holds the 

 chair of entomology in the School of Agricul- 

 ture, Portici, Italy. 



The towns of Breslau and Bremen have 

 given £500 each; those of Halle and Konigs- 

 berg, £150 each; those of Stettin, Duisburg 

 and Altona, £50 each; and the German Medi- 

 cal Societies' Union, the German Public 

 Health Association and the German Surgical 

 Society, £25 each, towards the establishment 

 of the Robert Koch Institute. 



The University of Pennsylvania has con- 

 ferred its doctorate of science on Dr. Edwin 

 G. Conklin, who leaves the university to ac- 

 cept the headship of the department of biology 

 of Princeton University. 



George Washington University has con- 

 ferred its doctorate of laws on Mr. F. J. V. 



