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SCIENCE 



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send titles of papers to the secretary of the 

 eastern branch. If possible, abstracts not ex- 

 ceeding two hundred words should be for- 

 warded at the same time as the titles of papers. 

 In no case will abstracts he received later than 

 the date of the final adjournment of the com- 

 ing meetings. Members are requested to indi- 

 cate the group to which their papers belong in 

 such a scheme as is here given: (1) Compara- 

 tive Anatomy; (2) Embryology; (3) Cytology; 

 (4) Genetics; (5) Comparative Physiology; 

 (6) Ecology; (7) Miscellaneous Subjects. 



The last session of the Zoologists will be 

 held on Thursday, January 1. The meetings 

 of the Naturalists are planned for Wednes- 

 day, December 31. The Naturalists' dinner 

 will be given on Wednesday evening. 



Caswell Grave, 

 Secretary Eastern Branch 



Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore, Maryland 



THE SIOMA XI CONVENTION 

 The fifteenth convention of the society will 

 be held at Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, 

 December 30. It is proposed that the delegates 

 to the convention have luncheon at one o'clock, 

 followed by the meeting for the transaction of 

 business. In the evening there will be a 

 dinner for members of the society and their 

 guests. 



By the rules of the society the convention is 

 held at the time and place of the meeting of 

 the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science unless otherwise provided for 

 by the officers of the society. In view of the 

 distance of Atlanta from the larger scientific 

 centers, the question was submitted to the 

 members of the council. Twenty-nine voted 

 to meet at Atlanta, two to hold the meeting 

 elsewhere or not at all, and three were 

 doubtful. ■ 



There is every reason to believe that a suc- 

 cessful meeting for the transaction of busi- 

 ness will be held at Atlanta. Members of the 

 council who have been influential in the devel- 

 opment of the society have expressed their 

 intention to be present, and it may be ex- 

 pected that the chapters will be adequately 



represented by their delegates. As the scien- 

 tific programs of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science and the affiliated 

 societies will be less crowded than usual, the 

 convention will have time to consider the 

 important questions that will be brought be- 

 fore it. 



DELEGATES TO TEE CONVOCATION WEEK 

 MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSO- 

 CIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE 



At the Cleveland meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 a committee was appointed to address a letter 

 to educational institutions, government bu- 

 reaus and other agencies engaged in scientific 

 research, requesting them to send one or 

 more delegates to the annual convocation week 

 meetings of the American Association and the 

 affiliated societies. This committee, which 

 consists of Professor Charles S. Minot, chair- 

 man, Harvard Medical School; Professor J. 

 McKeen Cattell, Columbia University, and 

 Dr. L. O. Howard, the permanent secretary 

 of the association, has addressed to a list of 

 institutions the following letter: 



At the meeting of the council of this Association, 

 held in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 3, 1913, the 

 following resolutions were adopted: 



1. Resolved: That the Council of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science re- 

 quests the educational institutions, government 

 bureaus and other agencies engaged in scientific 

 research to send one or more delegates to the an- 

 nual convocation week meetings of the Association 

 and its affiliated societies, and that when possible 

 the traveling expenses of the delegates be paid by 

 the institutions which they represent. 



2. Resolved: That a committee of three be ap- 

 pointed by the chair to draw up a list of institu- 

 tions to which this resolution, together with a suit- 

 able letter, shall be sent by the permanent secre- 

 tary. 



The undersigned, in accordance with the above 

 resolutions, were appointed as the committee called 

 for, and we have the honor to invite your institu- 

 tion to send one or more delegates to the next 

 meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science which will be held at At- 

 lanta, Georgia, December 29, 1913, to January 3, 

 1914. We believe it will be of substantial benefit 

 to your institution to be thus represented at our 

 meeting. A considerable number of affiliated na- 



