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SCIENCE. 



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PHILADELPHIA MEF.Tl'SG OF THE AilERI- 



CAX AHUOCIATION I'OR THE AD- 



VAXCEMEXT OF SCIENCE. 



The fifty-fourth annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, and the third of the ' Convocation 

 week ' meetings, will be held in Philadelphia, 

 Pa., December 27, 1904, to December 31, 1904, 

 in the buildings of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Hotel headquarters have been estab- 

 lished at the Hotel Walton, Broad and Locust 

 Streets. 



The officers of the local committee are: 

 President, Provost Charles C. Harrison; vice- 

 president. Professor Edgar F. Smith; secre- 

 tary. Dr. Philip P. Calvert; treasurer. Dr. 

 Samuel G. Dixon; chairman of the executive 

 committee. Provost Charles C. Harrison; of 

 the committee on reception and entertainment, 

 Mrs. Charles C. Harrison; of the committee 

 on hotels and boarding houses. Professor Amos 

 P. Brown ; of the committee on meeting places 

 and equipment. Professor Edwin G. Conklin; 

 of the committee on press and printing, Mr. 

 George E. ISTitzsche; of the committee on 

 transportation, Mr. Walter Wood ; of the com- 

 mittee on finance, Mr. S. E. Houston. 



A railroad rate of one fare and one third 

 for the round trip, on the certificate plan, has 

 been granted by the Central Passenger Asso- 

 ciation, Southeastern Passenger Association, 

 Trunk Line Association and New England 

 Passenger Association. The same rate is ex- 

 pected, and will probably be granted by the 

 Western and the Southwestern Associations. 

 Certificates will also be issued from points in 

 Canada east of and including Toronto. The 

 Transcontinental Passenger Association have 

 on sale daily from Pacific coast points, regular 

 nine months' tourist tickets to Chicago, St. 

 Louis, Memphis and New Orleans, at rates 

 which approximate one fare and one third for 

 the round trip. 



The program for the entire meeting will be 

 issued on Wednesday, December 28. Copies 

 may be obtained at hotel headquarters and at 

 the office of the permanent secretary, in Hous- 

 ton Hall. No ' Daily Program ' will be issued 

 as at former meetings. The following events 

 may be announced in advance: 



Tuesday, December 27, 1904, the regular 

 meeting of the executive committee of the 

 council, consisting of the general secretary, 

 the secretary of the council and the secretaries 

 of the different sections, will be held at noon 

 in the rooms of the permanent secretary, at 

 the Hotel Walton. 



Wednesday, December 28, 1904, meeting of 

 the council at 9 a.m. in the auditorium, Hous- 

 ton Hall. First general session of the asso- 

 ciation at 10 A.M. in the Chapel, College Hall. 

 The meeting will be called to order by the 

 retiring president. Dr. Carroll D. Wright, who 

 will introduce the president-elect. Dr. W. G. 

 Earlow. Addresses of welcome will be deliv- 

 ered by members of the local committee, to 

 which President Earlow will reply. An- 

 nouncements by the general, permanent and 

 local secretaries. Adjournment of the general 

 session, to be followed by the organization of 

 the sections in their respective halls. 



Addresses of the vice-presidents will be 

 given as follows : At 2 :30 p.m. — Vice-Presi- 

 dent Tittmann before the Section of Mathe- 

 matics and Astronomy, in College Hall. 

 Vice-President Bancroft before the Section of 

 Chemistry, in Harrison Laboratory of Chem- 

 istry. Vice-President Eussell before the Sec- 

 tion of Geology and Geography, in Geological 

 Laboratory, College Hall. Vice-President 

 Mark before the Section of Zoology, in Labo- 

 ratory of Physiology and Pathology. 



The address by Dr. Carroll D. Wright, the 

 retiring president of the association, will be 

 given at 8 p.m. 



Thursday, December 29, 1904, at 2 :30 p.m.— 

 Vice-President Hall before the Section of 

 Physics, in Morgan Laboratory of Physics. 

 Vice-President MacBride before the Section 

 of Botany, in Biological Hall. Vice-Presi- 

 dent Baldwin before the Section of Social 

 and Economic Science, in Logan Hall. 



Friday, December 30, 1904, at 2:30 p.m.— 

 Vice-President Woodward before the Section 

 of Mechanical Science and Engineering, in 

 Mechanical Engineering Building. Vice- 

 President SaviUe before the Section of An- 

 thropology, in the Museum of Science and* 

 Art. 



All meetings will be held in the buildings 



