December 26, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



937 



American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. — President, Professor Edmund B. Wilson, 

 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 AgTiculture, Athens, Ga. 



Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy. — Vice- 

 president, Dr. Prank Schlesinger, Allegheny Ob- 

 servatory; secretary. Professor Forest B.. Moulton, 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Section B — Physics. — Vice-president, Professor 

 Alfred D. 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. O. P. Hood, U. S. Bureau of 

 Mines; secretary, Professor Arthur H. Blanchard, 

 Columbia University, New York City. 



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

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

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



Section F — Zoology.— Viee-presiient, 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 R. 

 Hooker, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



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

 lander P. Claxton, Commissioner of Education, 



Washington, 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 Pox, 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. — De- 

 cember 30. President, Professor C. E. Mann, 

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

 Hedrick, 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, HI. 



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 Phytopathological 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, HI. 



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-JanuaTy 1. President, 

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

 Professor W. C. Ruediger, 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. 

 Miller, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. 



