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ments for the meeting with the anthropol- 

 ogists for the discussion of questions of 

 educational research have been described 

 under Section H. 



The joint discussion with the chemistry 

 section on the neglect of science in com- 

 merce and industry will be opened by Mr. 

 E. Blair, the Education Officer of the Lon- 

 don County Council, and Professor Bovey, 

 F.R.S., Principal E. H. Griffiths, F.R.S., 

 Sir William Tilden, P.R.S., and others have 

 promised to take part. This will be in the 

 afternoon of Monday, September 5. 



The joint meeting of the physiologists 

 for the discussion of voice production will 

 occupy the afternoon of the following day, 

 and papers have been promised by Dr. A. 

 A. Gray, Principal Barrell, of Isleworth, 

 Professor Wesley Mills, Mr. W. H. Griffiths 

 and Miss Ormee, of Sheffield. Within the 

 section itself will be discussions on hand- 

 work and science in elementary schools, to 

 be opened by Mr. J. G. Legge, director of 

 education in Liverpool ; and open-air stud- 

 ies in schools of normal type, to which con- 

 tributions have been promised by Mr. J. E. 

 Peasey, of Sheffield, Mr. G. G. Lewis, of 

 Kentish Town, and Professor Mark R. 

 Wright, of Newcastle-on-Tyne ("A Train- 

 ing College under Canvas"). 



In accordance with the usual practise, 

 visits to schools and other educational in- 

 stitutions of interest will be arranged dur- 

 ing the meeting. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL AGRICUL- 

 TURAL CHEMISTS 

 The twenty-seventh convention of the As- 

 sociation of Official Agricultural Chemists 

 will be held in Washington, D. C, at the 

 Raleigh Hotel, opening on November 10, at 

 9 o'clock. As the hotel will provide a large 

 hall on the top floor of the building for the 

 convention, as well as other facilities for the 

 meeting, it is urged that the members make 

 the Raleigh their headquarters, if possible, 

 and reserve their rooms a few days in advance. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS 



Thursday, November 10. 



Morning session: Phosphoric acid; Nitro- 

 gen; Potash; Soils; Inorganic plant constitu- 

 ents. 



Afternoon session: Appointment of com- 

 mittees (resolutions, etc.) ; Insecticides ; 

 Water; Committee A on recommendations of 

 referees ; reports of special committees — 

 (amendments to constitution; appropriation; 

 availability of phosphoric acid; compilation 

 of by-laws; food standards; unification of 

 terms; standardization of alcohol tables; test- 

 ing of chemical reagents; unification of meth- 

 ods of analysis of fats and oils). 

 Friday, November 11. 



Morning session : Food adulteration (re- 

 ports to be called for in order given in list of 

 associate referees). 



President's address (special order for 12 

 o'clock). 



Afternoon session : Food adulteration con- 

 tinued. Separation of nitrogeneous bodies 

 (meat proteids; milk and cheese proteids; 

 vegetable proteids). Committee C on recom- 

 mendations of referees . 

 Saturday, November 12. 



Morning session : Dairy products ; foods 

 and feeding stuffs; Sugar (chemical methods 

 and molasses methods) ; Committee B on 

 recommendations of referees; committees 

 (resolutions, constitution, etc.) ; Tannin. 



Afternoon session : Drugs and medicinal 

 plants. 



H. W. Wiley, 



Secretary 



Washington, D. C, 

 August 13, 1909 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Professor Edward C. Pickering, director 

 of the Harvard Observatory, was reelected 

 president of the Astronomical and Astrophys- 

 ical Society of America at the meeting held in 

 Cambridge on August 19. The other officers 

 of the society, also reelected for the ensuing 

 year, are : First Vice-president, George C. 

 Comstock, University of Wisconsin; Second 

 Vice-president, W. W. Campbell, director of 



