January 7, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



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Thompson, of the university, and Dr. T. C. Men- 

 denhall, past-president of the association, were 

 extremely happy. Dr. Thompson welcomed the 

 association on the part of the university, city and 

 the commonwealth, and Dr. Mendenhall, finding 

 that his predecessor had included practically all 

 Ohio of to-day in his address, welcomed the asso- 

 ciation on the part of the shades of deceased Ohio 

 men of science, sketching briefly the career of a 

 number of Ohio's great men of science of the past 

 century. President Eliot 's address entitled ' ' The 

 Fruits, Prospects and Lessons of Eecent Biolog- 

 ical Science" was published in the last number of 

 Science. 



Following the opening meeting a crowded re- 

 ception was held in the beautiful new library 

 building. 



Owing to the death of Retiring Vice-president 

 F. W. Taylor, of Section D, and the absence of 

 Eetiring Vice-presidents XJ. S. Grant, of Section 

 E, and Edgar F. Smith, of Section C, there were 

 no vice-presidential addresses delivered before these 

 sections. The address of Retiring Vice-president 

 Clark Wissler, of Section H, on "Psychological 

 and Historical Interpretations oif Culture" .and 

 that of R. M. Pearce, of Section K, on " The Work 

 and Opportunities of a University Department 

 for Research in Medicine ' ' were read by title and 

 will be published in Science. 



Addresses by retiring vice-presidents were de- 

 livered as follows: 



Section A: H. S. White, "Poncelet Polygons." 



Section B; Anthony Zeleny, "The Dependence 

 of Progress in Science upon the Development of 

 Instruments. ' ' 



Section P: F. R. Lillie, "The History of the 

 Fertilization Problem. ' ' 



Section G: G. P. Clinton, "Botany in Relation 

 to American Agriculture. ' ' 



Section I: Elmer E. Rittenhouse, "Upbuild- 

 ing American Vitality, the Need for a Scientific 

 Investigation. ' ' 



Section L: Paul H. Hanus^ "City School Su- 

 perintendents ' Reports. ' ' 



Section M: L. H. Bailey, "The Forthcoming 

 Situation in Agricultural Work." 



There were three public lectures complimentary 

 to the eitizens of Columbus. On Tuesday night. 

 Dr. Douglas W. Johnson, "Surface Features of 

 Europe as a Factor in the War. ' ' Wednesday 

 night, by Dr. Raymond P. Bacon, Mellon Insti- 

 tute of Pittsburgh, "The Industrial Fellowships 

 of the Mellon Institute: Five Years' Progress in 

 a System of Industrial Service. ' ' Friday night, by 



Dr. Frank K. Cameron, of the Bureau of Soils, 

 Washington, "The Fertilizer Resources of the 

 United States." 



The council after an extended discussion 

 adopted the recommendation of the committee on 

 policy to the effect that members of the affiliated 

 societies including the component societies of the 

 old Pacific Association of Scientific Societies, not 

 now memljers of the Amerian Association, be in- 

 vited to join the American Association during the 

 year 1916, without payment of the usual entrance 

 fee of $5.00. 



Two amendments to the constitution were in- 

 troduced and will be acted upon at the next an- 

 nual meeting. 



1. Amend Article 22 of the constitution by 

 omitting after the word ' ' Chemistry ' ' in the second 

 line, the words "including its application to Agri- 

 culture and Arts. ' ' 



2. Amend Article 9 of the constitution by add- 

 ing in line 8 after the words ' ' Permanent Secre- 

 tary, ' ' the words ' ' and the iSecretaries of Sec- 

 tions. " This amendment, if adopted, will permit 

 the reelection of secretaries of sections, after the 

 expiration of the five-year term and seems espe- 

 cially desirable in case of secretaries who are will- 

 ing to continue the work. 



Dr. Chas. Henry Hitchcock, Dr. Eugene W. Hil- 

 gard and Rev. Louis C. Wurtele were made life 

 memlbers imder the Jane M. Smith fund. 



Dr. J. McK. C'attell, Dr. W. J. Humphreys and 

 Professor H. L. Fairchild were reelected members 

 of the committee on policy. 



There was, unfortunately, only a small attend- 

 ance at the meeting of the committee of one hun- 

 dred on research, and but one report was pre- 

 sented, namely, that by Professor C. R. Cross, 

 chairman of the subcommittee on research funds. 



The societies which meet at Columbus in affilia- 

 tion with the American Association were: Ameri- 

 can Association of Economic Entomologists: 

 American Mathematical Society; American Micro- 

 scopical Society; American Nature Study Society; 

 American Physical Society; American Phyto- 

 pathological Society; American Society of Nat- 

 uralists; Association of Official Seed Analysts of 

 North America; Botanical Society of America; 

 Entomological Society of America; Society for 

 Horticultural Science; Southern Society for Phi- 

 losophy and Psychology; Students and Collectors 

 of Ohio Archeology; Wilson Ornithological Club. 



The total registration at the association olfiee 

 was seven hundred and fifty, making the meeting 

 one of the largest of the second group. The geo- 



