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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLIII. No. 1099 



a later date a more extended account of the 

 fungus will be given. P. J. O'Gaba 



Salt Lake City, UtaHj 

 September 23, 1915 



THE MEETING OF SECTION C AT THE 



COLUMBUS MEETING OF THE 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



The first session was held on the afternoon 

 of Friday, December 31, in Chemistry Hall, 

 Ohio State University, Vice-president William 

 McPherson in the chair, with an attendance of 

 about 70, practically all from the immediate 

 vicinity of Columbus. The following officers 

 were elected: 

 Vice-president and Chairman of the Section — 



Julius Stieglitz, Chicago. 

 Member of Council — W. Lloyd Evans, Colum- 

 bus. 

 Member of General Committee — M. T. Bogert, 



New York. 

 Member of Sectional Committee — A. A. !N"oyes, 



Boston. 



The following papers were read: 



" Some Interesting Physical and Chemical 

 Properties of Clays" (illustrated by experi- 

 ments), by Arthur S. Watts. 



" The Contributions of Chemistry to the 

 Production and Preparation of Human 

 Food," by John F. Lyman. 



" The American Chemist and the War's 

 Problems," by James R. Withrow. 



At six o'clock the members present enjoyed 

 a very pleasant dinner in the Ohio Union. 

 This waa followed at 8 o'clock by a session, 

 attended by about 200, at which Dr. Frank K. 

 Cameron gave an address entitled " The Ferti- 

 lizer Eesources of the United States." 



John Johnston, 

 Secretary of Section C 



THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION 

 OF AMERICA 



On December 30 and 31, 1915, there was 

 held at Columbus, Ohio, the organization 

 meeting of a new mathematical association, 

 the call for which had been signed by 450 

 persons representing every state in the Union, 

 the District of Columbia, and Canada. The 



object of the new association is to assist in 

 promoting the interests of mathematics in 

 America, especially in the collegiate field. It 

 is not intended to be a rival of any existing 

 organization, but rather to supplement the 

 secondary associations on the one hand, and the 

 American Mathematical Society on the other; 

 the former being well organized and effective 

 in their field, and the latter having definitely 

 limited itself to the field of scientific research. 

 In the field of collegiate mathematics, how- 

 ever, there has been, up to this time, no organi- 

 zation and no medium of communication 

 among the teachers, except the American 

 Mathematical Monthly, which for the past 

 three years has been devoted to this cause. 

 The new organization, which has been named 

 the Mathematical Association of America, has 

 taken over the Monthly as its official journal. 



There were 104 persons present at the organ- 

 zation meeting. The constitution and by- 

 laws together with a full report of the pro- 

 ceedings will be published in the January 

 issue of the Monthly. The following officers 

 were elected: 



President, Professor E. R. Hedrick, University 

 of Missouri. 



First Vice-president, Professor E. V. Hunting- 

 ton, Harvard University. 



Second Vice-president, Professor G. A. Miller, 

 University of Illinois. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Professor W. D. Cairns, 

 Oberlin College. 



Publication Committee, Professor H. E. Slaught, 

 University of Chicago, managing editor, Professor 

 W. H. Bussey, University of Minnesota, and Pro- 

 fessor R. D. Carmiehael, University of Illinois. 



These officers, together with the following, 

 constitute the executive council : 



Professor R. C. Archibald, Brown University; 

 Professor Florian Cajori, Colorado College; Pro- 

 fessor B. F. Pinkel, Drury College; Professor D. 

 N. Lehmer, University of California; Professor E. 

 H. Moore, University of Chicago; Professor R. E. 

 Moritz, University of Washington ; Professor M. B. 

 Porter, University of Texas; Professor K. D. 

 Swartzel, Ohio State University; Professor J. N. 

 Van der Vries, University of Kansas ; Professor Os- 

 wald Veblen, Princeton University; Professor J. 

 W. Young, Dartmouth College; Professor Alex- 

 ander Ziwet, University of Wisconsin. 



