NO-VEMBEB 28, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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University, on Explosives Made and Used in 

 the South during the Civil War. It was de- 

 cided to hold the retiring presidential address 

 on Monday night, December 29. 



A discussion as to the future meetings of 

 the association was taken up and, on motion, 

 it was resolved to recommend to the next 

 general committee that Toronto be selected 

 for the convocation week meeting of 1915- 

 1916. 



It was resolved that efforts be made to hold 

 large representative convocation week meet- 

 ings at four-year intervals, the first to be held 

 in New York in 191&-1917 and the second in 

 Chicago in 1920-1921. 



The permanent secretary was ordered to 

 report to the aifiliated societies that the com- 

 mittee on policy has under consideration the 

 advisability of meeting in 1917-1918 at 

 Columbus, Urbana or Cincinnati, in 1918-1919 

 at Boston, and in 1919-1920 at St. Louis or 

 Nashville. 



On motion, the permanent secretary was 

 instructed to inform the affiliated societies 

 that the committee on policy has recommended 

 that efforts be made to hold large convocation 

 week meetings in New York in 1916-1917 and 

 in Chicago in 1920-1921, and to inform the 

 affiliated societies that he has been instructed 

 to forward this information that the societies 

 may plan accordingly. 



On motion, the committee on organization 

 and membership was authorized to examine 

 into the desirability and feasibility of organiz- 

 ing local branches of the association. 



On motion, it was resolved that the treas- 

 urer, in making re-investment of $20,000 of 

 the permanent funds of the association under 

 the authority of the resolution of the council 

 of December 30, 1911, be authorized by the 

 committee on policy to invest in the best 

 interest-bearing securities permitted by the 

 Massachusetts laws regulating the invest- 

 ment of trust funds and, further, in order to 

 simplify the approval of the committee on 

 policy, as provided for in the resolution, it was 

 resolved that Messrs. Humphreys and Howard 

 be appointed a sub-committee with power to 

 act in approval for the committee on policy on 



the investments selected by the treasurer and 

 to assist him in making the selections. 



THE NEW YOMK STATE MUSEUM 



The New York State Museum has recently 

 acquired by gift and purchase a noteworthy 

 series of collections representing the Iroquois 

 and pre-Iroquois cultural relics from within 

 the state. The O. C. Auringer collection 

 from northeastern New York is especially 

 interesting for its many ancient relics of 

 Eskimauian type and early Algonkian occu- 

 pation. These axe principally from Glen Lake, 

 Saratoga county. 



The Eaymond G. Dann collection is almost 

 entirely from the historic Seneca village of 

 Totiacton, in Monroe county. It is an inter- 

 esting illustration of the articles used at the 

 early contact period. Clay vessels and copper 

 pots were found side by side together with 

 very elaborate articles in bone and shell. 



The E. D. Loveland and Charles P. Oatman 

 collections from Jefferson county comprise 

 extraordinary series of clay and stone pipes, 

 and a large variety of bone implements and 

 polished stone ceremonials. The collections 

 contain objects from the Eskimauian and early 

 Algonkian cultures, and of equal if not greater 

 interest is the fine series illustrating the cul- 

 ture of the early Onondaga-Iroquois. 



The Frederick H. Crofoot collection is from 

 the Genesee valley and represents the various 

 occupations of the middle portion of the 

 valley. Many crude objects show an early 

 and transient occupation, but in the collec- 

 tion are some remarkable specimens from the 

 Iroquois and from the earlier mound-building 

 people. 



The Alva S. Eeed collection, brought to- 

 gether from a site near Eichmond Mills, 

 Ontario county, represents the culture of a 

 prehistoric Seneca village, one of the few 

 found in that region. 



The extensive series brought together by 

 Professor Dwinel F. Thompson, of the Eensse- 

 laer Polytechnic Institute, is a typical assem- 

 blage of the cultural relics of the upper waters 

 of the Hudson. It contains many valuable 



