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charge of the St. Paul local committee and 

 will be announced in the regular program. A 

 public lecture will be given by Mr. A. B. 

 Stickney on : Should Practical Agriculture 

 and Field Athletics be added to the Curricu- 

 lum of the City Public Schools? 



The Section of Physiology and Experi- 

 mental Medicine will hold a symposium on 

 December 29, at 9.30 on Diseases Caused by 

 Filterable Organisms. The topic will be sub- 

 divided into the following: Human diseases, 

 animal diseases, plant diseases, experimental 

 ■diseases. 



Addresses by retiring vice-presidents will be 

 given at 2.30, as follows : 



Vice-president Bauerj before the Section of 

 Physics. Title : The Physical Bearing of Problems 

 in Terrestrial Magnetism. 



Vice-president Minot, before the Section of 

 Physiology and Experimental Medicine. Title: 

 The Method of Science. 



Vice-president Hayford, before the Section of 

 Mechanical Science and Engineering. Title: The 

 Eelations of Isostasy to Geodesy, Geology and 

 Geophysics. 



Vice-president Holt, before the Section of Social 

 and Economic Science. Title: Causes and Effects 

 of High Land Values. 



On December 30 there will be a symposium 

 on Aviation under the auspices of Section D. 



All meetings of the sections of the associa- 

 tion and of affiliated societies will be held at 

 the University of Minnesota. Beginning with 

 Wednesday, the sections and societies will 

 hold their regular sessions. It is expected that 

 there will be joint meetings when the same 

 subjects are covered, and that additional meet- 

 ings will be arranged of general interest to all 

 members of the association. No definite ar- 

 rangements have been made as yet for some 

 of the general evening functions after Tues- 

 day night — such as dinners and meetings of 

 special societies and groups, smokers and in- 

 formal meetings. 



Attention is called to the following resolu- 

 tions of the council : 



Resolved, That at the annual meetings of the 

 association each section shall prepare a program 

 of general interest to scientific men, which shall 

 occupy an afternoon session, or, if desired by the 



sectional committee, both morning and afternoon 

 sessions of the same day. This program shall 

 include the vice-presidential address. 



Resolved, That, as it is the policy of the asso- 

 ciation to avoid competition with programs pre- 

 sented before the special national societies, the 

 sections are recommended to arrange no programs 

 of special papers for the annual meetings; pro- 

 vided, that the corresponding national society 

 meets at the same time and place. 



The following societies have indicated their 

 intention to meet in Minneapolis during 

 " convocation week " in affiliation with the 

 association : 



Botanical Society of America. — Meets on Tues- 

 day, Wednesday and Thursday, December 27, 28 

 and 29. Will hold joint session with Section G 

 as in former years. Room 29, second floor. Pills- 

 bury Hall. Secretary, Dr. George T. Moore, Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. 



Botanists of the Central States. — Meets in con- 

 junction with Section G and Botanical Society of 

 America. Room 29, second floor, Pillsbury Hail. 

 Secretary, Dr. Henry C. Cowles, University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



American Chemical Society. — Meets on Wednes- 

 day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 

 28 to 31, in Chemical Laboratory. Secretary, 

 Professor Charles L. Parsons, New Hampshire 

 College, Durham, N. H. 



Entomological Society of America. — Will hold 

 meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 

 27 and 28, 1910. Room 23, School of Mines Build- 

 ing. Secretary, Professor C. R. Crosby, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Amerioan Association of Economic Entomolo- 

 gists. — Will hold sessions on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, December 28 and 29, 1910. Room 24, 

 School of Mines Building. Secretary, A. F. Bur- 

 gess, Gipsy Moth Parasite Laboratory, lilelrose 

 Highlands, Mass. 



American Federation of Teachers of the ilathe- 

 . maiical and Natural Sciences. — Will hold meet- 

 ings on Friday and Saturday, December 30 and 31, 

 1910. Joint meetings with Section L will be held 

 on Friday, December 30, 1910. Room 301, Folwell 

 Hall. Secretary, Eugene R. Smith, Polytechnic 

 Preparatory School, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Ainerican Mathematical Society (Chicago Sec- 

 tion). — Will hold sessions on Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, December 28, 29 and 30, in Room 

 102, Folwell Hall. Joint session with Sections A 

 and D on Friday, December 30, in Room 209, 

 Folwell Hall. (Report will be presented from the 



