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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXXIV. No. 881 



Vice-presidents — 

 A — Mathematics and Astronomy, Edwin B. 



Frost, Yerlies Observatory, Williams Bay, 



Wis. 

 B — Physics — Robert A. Millikan, University of 



Chicago, Chicago, 111. 

 C — Chemistry — Frank K. Cameron, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 D — Mechanical Science and Engineering — 



Charles S. Howe, Case School of Applied Sci- 

 ence, Cleveland, Ohio. 

 E — Geology and Geography — Bohumil Shimek, 



State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 

 F — Zoology — Henry F. Naehtrieb, University of 



Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 G — Botany — Frederick C. Neweombe, University 



of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 H — Anthropology and Psychology — George T. 



Ladd, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 

 I — Social and Economic Science — J. Pease Nor- 

 ton, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 

 K — Physiology and Experimental Medicine — 



William T. Porter, Harvard Medical School, 



Boston, Mass. 

 L — Education — Edward L. Thorndike, Columbia 



University, New York, N. Y. 

 Permanent Secretary — L. O. Howard, Smithsonian 



Institution, Washington, D. C. 

 General Secretary — John Zeleny, University of 



Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Secretary of the Council — Theodore S. Palmer, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 

 Secretaries of the Sections — 



A — Mathematics and Astronomy — George A. 



Miller, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. 

 B — Physics — A. D. Cole, Ohio State University, 



Columbus, Ohio. 

 C — Chemistry — C. H. Herty, University of North 



Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 

 D — Mechanical Science and Engineering — G. W. 



Bissell. Michigan Agricultural College, East 



Lansing, Mich. 

 E — Geology and Geography — F. P. Gulliver, 



Norwich, Conn. 

 F- — Zoology — Maurice A. Bigelow, Columbia 



University, New York, N. Y. 

 G — Botany — Henry C. Cowles, University of 



Chicago, Chicago, 111. 

 H — Anthropology and Psychology— George 

 Grant MacCurdy, Yale University, New 

 Haven, Conn. 

 I — Social and Economic Science— Seymour C. 

 Loomis, 69 Church Street, New Haven, Coim. 



K — Physiology and Experimental Medicine — 

 George T. Kemp, 8 West 25th Street, Balti- 

 more, Md. 

 L — Education— C. Eiborg Mann, University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. 

 Treasurer — R. S. Woodward, Carnegie Institution, 



Washington, D. C. 

 Assistant to Permanent Secretary — ^F. S. Hazard, 

 Office of the A. A. A. S., Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, Washington, D. C. 



The following societies have indicated their 

 intention to meet in Washington during con- 

 vocation V7eek in affiliation with the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science: 



American Anthropological Association. — Meets 

 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 

 December 27 to 30, in the Public Library. One 

 afternoon to be devoted to discussion of topic, 

 ' ' Environment and Culture. ' ' Joint meeting with 

 American Polk-Lore Society on Thursday, Decem- 

 ber 28. Secretary, Dr. George Grant MacCurdy, 

 Yale University Museum, New Haven, Conn. 



Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of . 

 America. — Meets on Wednesday, Thursday and 

 Friday, December 27 to 29, in Carnegie Institu- 

 tion. Secretary, Professor William J. Hussey, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Society of -American Bacteriologists. — Meets on 

 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December 27 

 to 29, in the Cosmos Club. Joint meetings with 

 Section K and American Phytopathological So- 

 ciety. Secretary, Dr. Charles E. Marshall, East 

 Lansing, Mich. 



American Society of Biological Chemists. — Meets 

 in Baltimore, Md., from Wednesday morning, De- 

 cember 27, to Friday noon, December 29. Joint 

 session to be held in McKinley Manual Training 

 School, Washington, D. C, with the Biological Sec- 

 tion, American Chemical Society, on Friday after- 

 noon, December 29. Secretary, Professor A. N. 

 Richard, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



Botanical Society of America. — ^Meets on Wednes- 

 day, Thursday and Friday, December 27 to 29, in 

 the Business High School. Joint session with Sec- 

 tion G and American Phytopathological Society on 

 Friday, December 29. Secretary, Dr. George T. 

 Moore, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. 



American Chemical Society. — Meets on Wednes- 

 day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 

 27 to 30, in the McKinley Manual Training School. 

 Biological Section meets in joint session with 

 American Society of Biological Chemists on Fri- 



