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Charles W. Eliot, Harvard University; perma- 

 nent secretary, Dr. L. O. Howard, Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, D. C. ; general secretary, 

 Mr. Henry Skinner, Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pa.; secretary of the 

 council. Professor W. E. Henderson, Ohio State 

 University. 



Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy. — 

 Vice-president, Professor A. 0. Leusohner, Uni- 

 versity of California; secretary. Professor Forest 

 E. Moulton, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Section B — Physics. — Vice-president, Professor 

 Frederick Slate, University of California; sec- 

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

 Bureau, Washington, D. C. 



Section C — Chemistry. — Vice-president, Pro- 

 fessor W. McPherson, Ohio State University; sec- 

 retary, Dr. John Johnston, Geophysical Labora- 

 tory, Washington, D. C. 



Section D — Mechanical Science and Engineering. 

 — Vice-president, Bion J. Arnold, Chicago; sec- 

 retary. Professor Arthur H. Blanehard, Columbia 

 University, New York City. 



Section E — Geology and Geography. — Vice- 

 president, Professor C. S. Prosser, Ohio State 

 University; secretary, Professor George F. Kay, 

 University of Iowa. 



Section F — Zoology. — Vice-president, Professor 

 V. L. Kellogg, Stanford University; secretary, 

 Professor Herbert V. Neal, Tufts College, Mass. 



Section G — Botany. — Vice-president, Professor 

 W. A. Setchell, University of California; secre- 

 tary. Professor W. J. V. Osterhout, Harvard Uni- 

 versity, Cambridge, Mass. 



Section H — Anthropology and Psychology. — 

 Vice-president, Professor G. M. Stratton, Univer- 

 sity of California ; secretary, Professor George 

 Grant MacCurdy, Yale University; New Haven, 

 Conn. 



Section I — Social and Economic Science. — Vice- 

 president, Geo. F. Kunz, New York; secretary, 

 Seymour C. Loorais, 69 Church St., New Haven, 

 Conn. 



Section K — Physiology and Experimental Medi- 

 cine. — Vice-president, Professor F. P. Gay, Uni- 

 versity of California; secretary, Professor C.-E. 

 A. Winslow, Yale University. 



Section L — Education. — Vice-president, Professor 

 E. P. Cubberley, Stanford University; secretary, 

 Dr. Stuart A. Courtis, Detroit, Mich. 



Section M — ^^ncMHwre.— Vice-president, Pro- 

 fessor Eugene Davenport, University of Illinois; 

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

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



COLUMBUS 



The American Physical Society. — December 28- 



30. President, Professor Ernest Merritt, Cornell 

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

 State University, Columbus, Ohio. 



The American Federation of Teachers of the 

 Mathematical and the Natural Sciences. — Secre- 

 tary, Dr. Wm. A. Hedriek, McKinley Manual 

 Training School, Washington, D. C. 



The American Society of Naturalists. — Decem- 

 ber 30. President, Professor Frank E. Lillie, 

 University of Chicago; secretary. Dr. Bradley M. 

 Davis, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



The American Society of Zoologists. — December 

 28-30. President, Professor William A. Locy, 

 Northwestern University; secretary. Dr. Caswell 

 Grave, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



The Entomological Society of America. — De- 

 cember 29-31. President, Professor Vernon L. 

 Kellogg, Stanford University; secretary. Pro- 

 fessor Alexander D. MacGillivray, 603 West Michi- 

 gan Ave., Urbana, III. 



The American Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists. — December 27-30. President, Pro- 

 fessor Glen W. Herrick, Cornell University; sec- 

 retary, A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



The Botanical Society of America. — Presi- 

 dent, Professor John M. Coulter, University 

 of Chicago; secretary, H. H. Bartlett, 335 Pack- 

 ard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 



The American Phytopathological Society. — De- 

 cember 28-31. President, Professor H. H. Whet- 

 zel, Cornell University; secretary. Dr. C. L. Shear, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 



American Nature-Study Society. — December 30- 



31. President, Dr. L. H. Bailey, Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 secretary. Professor E. E. Downing, University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



School Garden Association of America. — Decem- 

 ber 29-30. President, Van Evrie Kilpatrick, 124 

 West 30th St., New York, N. Y. 



American Association of Official Sorticultural 

 Inspectors. — December 28-29. Chairman, W. E. 

 Eumsey, Morgantown, W. Va.; secretary. Pro- 

 fessor J. G. Saunders, State Capitol, Madison, 

 Wis. 



The American Microscopical Society. — Decem- 

 ber 29. President, Professor Chas. A. Kofoid, 

 University of California; secretary, T. W. Gallo- 

 way, James Millikin University, Decatur, HI. 



