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Columbia University; retiring president, Professor 

 Edward C. Pickering, Harvard College Observa- 

 tory; permanent secretary. Dr. L. O. Howard 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. ; gen 

 eral secretary. Professor Harry W. Springsteen 

 Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio ; secre- 

 tary of the council, Professor William A. Wors 

 ham, Jr., State College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga, 

 Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy. — Vice- 

 president, Dr. Frank Sehlesinger, Allegheny Ob- 

 servatory; secretary, Professor Forest R. Moulton, 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, HI. 



Section B — Physios. — Vice-president, Professor 

 Alfred T>. Cole, Ohio State University; secretary, 

 Dr. W. J. Humphreys, Mount Weather, Va. 



Section C — Chemistry. — Vice-president, Dr. Carl 

 L. Alsberg, Bureau of Chemistry; secretary. Dr. 

 John Johnston, Geophysical Laboratory, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Section D — Mechanical Science and Engineering . 

 — Vice-president, Dr. 0. P. Hood, U. S. Bureau of 

 Mines; secretary. Professor Arthur H. Blanchard, 

 Columbia University, New York City. 



Section M — Geology and Geography. — Vice-presi- 

 dent, J. S. Diller, U. S. Geological Survey; secre- 

 tary, Professor George F. Kay, University of Iowa. 



Section F — Zoology. — Vice-president, Dr. Alfred 

 G. Mayer, Carnegie Institution of Washington; 

 secretary. Professor Herbert V. Neal, Tufts Col- 

 lege, Mass. 



Section G — Botany. — Vice-president, Professor 

 Henry C. Cowles, University of Chicago ; secretary. 

 Professor W. J. V. Osterhout, Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Section H — Anthropology and Psychology. — 

 Vice-president, Professor Walter B. Pillsbury, 

 University of Michigan ; acting secretary. Dr. E. K. 

 Strong, Jr., Columbia University, New York City. 



Section I — Social and Economic Science. — Vice- 

 president, Judson G. Wall, Tax Commissioner, New 

 York City; secretary, Seymour C. Loomis, 69 

 Church St., New Haven, Conn. 



Section K — Physiology and Experimental Medi- 

 cine. — Vice-president, Professor Theodore Hough, 

 University of Virginia; secretary. Dr. Donald E. 

 Hooker, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



Section L — Education. — Vice-president, Dr. Phi- 

 lander P. Claxton, Commission of Education, Wash- 



ington, D. C; secretary. Dr. Stuart A. Courtis, 

 Liggett School, Detroit, Mich. 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America. — December 29-January 3. President, 

 Professor E. C. Pickering, Harvard College Ob- 

 servatory; secretary, Professor Philip Fox, Dear- 

 born Observatory, Evanston, 111. 



The American Physical Society. — December 29- 

 January 3. President, Professor B. O. Peirce, 

 Harvard University; secretary. Professor A. D. 

 Cole, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 



The American Federation of Teachers of the 

 Mathematical and the Natural Sciences. — Between 

 December 30. President, Professor C. R. Mann, 

 University of Chicago ; secretary. Dr. Wm. A. 

 Hedriek, Washington, D. C. 



The Entomological Society of America. — De- 

 cember 30-31. President, Dr. C. J. S. Bethune, 

 Ontario Agricultural College; secretary. Professor 

 Alexander D. MacGillivray, 603 West Michigan 

 Ave., Urbana, 111. 



The American Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists. — December 31-January 2. President, 

 Professor P. J. Parrott, Geneva, N. Y.; secretary, 

 A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



The Botanical Society of America. — ^December 

 30-January 2. President, Professor D. H. Camp- 

 bell, Stanford University; secretary. Dr. George T. 

 Moore, Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. 



The American Fhytopathological Society. — De- 

 cember 30-January 2. President, F. C. Stewart, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. ; 

 secretary. Dr. C. L. Shear, Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. 



The American Microscopical Society. — December 

 30. Secretary, T. W. Galloway, James Millikin 

 University, Decatur, 111. 



American Association of Official Horticultural 

 Inspectors. — December 29. President, E. L. 

 Worsham, Atlanta, Ga. ; secretary, J. G. Saunders, 

 Madison, Wis. 



The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psy- 

 chology. — December 31-January 1. President, 

 Professor H. J. Pearee, Gainesville, Ga. ; secretary, 

 Professor W. C. Buediger, George Washington 

 University, Washington, D. C. 



The Sigma Xi Convention. — December 30. Presi- 

 dent, Professor J. McKeen Cattell, Columbia Uni- 

 versity; recording secretary, Professor Dayton C. 



