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SCIENCE 



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Professor William A. 'Worshamj Jr., State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, Athens, Ga. ; secretary of 

 the council, Mr. Henry Skinner, Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy. — 

 Vice-president, Professor Henry S. White, Vassar 

 College; secretary, Professor Forest E. Moulton, 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Section B — Physios. — Vice-president, Professor 

 Anthony Zeleny, University of Minnesota; sec- 

 retary. Dr. W. J. Humphreys, U. S. Weather 

 Bureau, Washington, D. C. 



Section C — Chemistry. — ^Vice-president, Provost 

 Edgar P. Smith, University of Pennsylvania; sec- 

 retary. Dr. John Johnston, Geophysical Labora- 

 tory, Washington, D. C. 



Section D — Mechanical Science and Engineering. 

 — ^Vice-president, Albert Noble, New York; sec- 

 retary. Professor Arthur H. Blanehard, Columbia 

 University, New York City. 



Section E — Geology and Geography.— yits- 

 president. Professor U. S. Grant, Northwestern 

 University; secretary. Professor George P. Kay, 

 University of Iowa. 



Section F — Zoology. — Vice-president, Professor 

 Frank B. Lillie, University of Chicago; secretary. 

 Professor Herbert V. Neal, Tufts College, Mass. 



Section 6 — Botany. — Vice-president, Dr. G. P. 

 Clinton, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion; secretary, Professor W. J. V. Osterhout, 

 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



Section H — Anthropology and Psychology. — 

 Vice-president, Dr. Clark Wissler, American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History; secretary. Professor 

 George Grant MacCurdy, Yale University, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Section I — Social and Economic Science. — Sec- 

 retary, Seymour 0. Loomis, 69 Church St., New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Section K — Physiology and Experimental Medi- 

 cine. — Vice-president, Professor Eichard Mills 

 Pearoe, University of Pennsylvania; secretary. Dr. 

 Donald E. Hooker, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Section L — Education. — Vice-president, Pro- 

 fessor Paul H. Hanus, Harvard University; secre- 

 tary. Dr. Stuart A. Courtis, Liggett School, De- 

 troit, Mich. 



Section M — Agriculture. — Vice-president, Pro- 

 fessor L. H. Bailey, Cornell University; secretary. 

 Dr. E. W. Allen, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



The American Physical Society. — Convocation 



Week. President, Professor Ernest Merritt, Cor- 

 nell University; secretary. Professor A. D. Cole, 

 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 



The American Federation of Teachers of the 

 Mathematical and the Natural Sciences. — De- 

 cember 29. President, Professor C. E. Mann, 

 Carnegie Foundation, New York City; secretary. 

 Dr. Wm. A. Hedrick, McKinley Manual Training 

 School, Washington, D. C. 



The American Society of Naturalists. — Decem- 

 ber 31. President, Professor Samuel F. Clarke, 

 Williams College; secretary, Dr. Bradley M. Davis, 

 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The American Society of Zoologists. — December 

 29-31. President, Professor C. E. McClung, Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania; secretary. Dr. Caswell 

 Grave, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



The Society of American Bacteriologists. — De- 

 cember 29-31. President, Professor Charles E. 

 Marshall, Massachusetts Agricultural College; sec- 

 retary. Dr. A. Parker Hitehens, Glenolden, Pa. 



The Entomological Society of America. — De- 

 cember 31-January 1. President, Professor Philip 

 P. Calvert, University of Pennsylvania; secretary, 

 Professor Alexander D. MacGillivray, University 

 of Illinois, Urbana, 111. 



The American Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists. — December 28-31. President, Pro- 

 fessor H. T. Fernald, Amherst College; secretary, 

 A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



The Geological Society of America. — December 

 29-31. President, Dr. George F. Becker, U. S. 

 Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. ; secretary, 

 Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City. 



The Paleontological Society. — ^December 29-31. 

 President, Dr. Henry P. Osborn, American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York City; 

 secretary, Dr. E. S. Bassler, U. S. National Mu- 

 seum, Washington, D. C. 



The Botanical Society of America. — December 

 29-January 1. President, Dr. A. S. Hitchcock, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture; secretary. Dr. 

 George T. Moore, Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. 



The American Phytopathological Society. — De- 

 cember 29-January 1. President, Dr. Haven 

 Metoalf, U. S. Department of Agriculture; secre- 

 tary. Dr. C. L. Shear, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. 



American Fern Society. — December 28-29. Sec- 

 retary, Charles A. Weatherby, 749 Main St., East 

 Hartford, Conn. 



