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tinue in directions which his wisdom foresaw. 

 Among the most valuable of his activities was 

 his repeated defense of animal experimenta- 

 tion against unreasonable legislative restric- 

 tions, an activity in which he secured victories 

 likely to preserve freedom of medical research 

 for many years to come. 



The honors received by Dr. Bowditch were 

 many. He was a member of numerous learned 

 societies in this country and abroad. He was 

 a doctor of science at the University of Cam- 

 bridge, and a doctor of laws at Edinburgh, 

 Toronto, Pennsylvania and Harvard. In 1900 

 he was president of the Triennial Congress of 

 American Physicians and Surgeons. 



With sure and sober judgment Dr. Bowditch 

 combined vigor and readiness of action which 

 made him a natural leader. He was a never- 

 failing source of stimulation and encourage- 

 ment to all progressive movements aimed at 

 professional and civic improvement, and his 

 mind was fertile with ingenious and effective 

 ways to secure the accomplishment of worthy 

 ends. These qualities of leadership were com- 

 bined with other qualities — ^keen interest, un- 

 failing courtesy, fairness and good will — that 

 won for him not only the friendship and life- 

 long devotion of the foremost men of medical 

 science in this country and abroad, but also 

 the affection of his students and close associ- 

 ates. Prom the days of his youth, when he 

 began the struggle for ideals, to his last years 

 of failing strength, he met what life brought 

 him with courage and cheerful humor ; and he 

 passed away as much loved for the beauty and 

 strength of his character, as he was admired 

 for his achievements. 



S. Weir Mitchell, 

 EussELL H. Chittenden, 

 William H. Howell, 

 Walter B. Cannon 



TEE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOB THE 

 , ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



The council met at the Cosmos Club, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, on Tuesday, April 18, 1911, at 



5 P.M. 



Mr. Minot reported the following from the 

 Committee on Policy : 



1. To recommend to the council that it look with 

 favor upon the holding of a Pacific Coast meeting 

 in the summer of 1915 and of extending this meet- 

 ing to the Hawaiian and the Philippine Islands. 



2. To recommend to the council that it (the 

 council) recommend to the next general committee 

 that the meeting of 1913-14 be held at Atlanta, 

 Ga., postponing the proposed meeting at Toronto 

 until a later year. 



The council adopted the above resolutions. 

 The secretary of Section I reported nomina- 

 tions of officers for that section as follows: 

 Vice-president and Chairman — Oscar P. Austin. 

 Secretary — Seymour C. Loomis. 



These nominees were elected. 



On motion by Mr. Cattell, the permanent 

 secretary was instructed to inform the officers 

 of the societies usually meeting with the 

 American Economic Association that the 

 American Association would view with pleas- 

 ure closer relations between this association 

 and these societies and would be glad to have 

 them represented upon our council. 



The permanent secretary made announce- 

 ment as to the preliminary work which has 

 been accomplished so far by the local executive 

 committee for the Washington Meeting. 



It was suggested that it would be advisable 

 to instruct the secretaries of the sections, prior 

 to the long vacation, concerning the general 

 interest sessions. 



Messrs. Minot and Welch were appointed as 

 a committee of the council to ask President 

 Taft for some official recognition of the com- 

 ing Washington meeting. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 At the meeting of the National Academy of 

 Sciences on April 20, the following were 

 elected to membership : Edward Emerson 

 Barnard, astronomer, Yerkes Observatory, Wil- 

 liams Bay, Wis. ; Edward Burr Van Vleck, 

 professor of mathematics. University of Wis- 

 consin; John Fillmore Hayford, director of 

 the College of Engineering, Northwestern 

 University; Edwin Herbert Hall, professor of 

 physics. Harvard University; Julius Oscar 

 Steiglitz, professor of chemistry. University of 

 Chicago; Bertram Borden Boltwood, pro- 



