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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XX. No. 518. 



of the University of Pennsylvania. The 

 rooms assigned to the various sections of the 

 association and to the affiliated societies are 

 indicated below: 



General Meetings. — The opening session on 

 Wednesday morning and tl;e brief daily ses- 

 sion at 10 A.M. will be held in the Chapel, 

 College Hall. 



Council Room. — The council will meet 

 daily, at 9 a.m., in the auditorium of Houston 

 Hall. 



Permanent Secretary. — The office of the 

 permanent secretary will be located on the 

 first floor of Houston Hall. Here will be 

 found post office, registration, and railroad 

 certificate facilities. 



Section A, Mathematics and Astronomy. — 

 College Hall. 



Section B, Physics. — Morgan Laboratory of 

 Physics. 



Section C, Chemistry. — Harrison Labora- 

 tory of Chemistry. 



Section D, Mechanical Science and Engi- 

 neering. — Mechanical Engineering Building. 



Section E, Geology and Geography. — Geo- 

 logical Laboratory, College Hall. 



Section F, Zoology. — Laboratory of Physi- 

 ology and Pathology. 



Section G, Botany. — Biological Hall. 



Section H, Anthropology. — ^Museum of Sci- 

 ence and Art. 



Section I, Social and Economic Science. — 

 Logan Hall. 



Section K, Physiology and Experimental 

 Medicine. — Laboratory of Physiology and' 

 Pathology. 



American Anthropological Association. — 

 Museum of Science and Art. 



American Chemical Society. — Harrison 

 Laboratory of Chemistry. 



American Folk-Lore Society. — Museum of 

 Science and Art. 



American Philosophical Association. — Lo- 

 gan Hall. 



American Physical Society. — Morgan Labo- 

 ratory of Physics. 



American Physiological Society. — Labora- 

 tory of Physiology and Pathology. 



American Psychological Association. — Psy- 

 chological Laboratory, College Hall. 



American Society of Naturalists. — Labora- 

 tory of Physiology and Pathology. 



American Society of Zoologists {Eastern 

 Branch). — Laboratory of Physiology and 

 Pathology. 



Association of American Anatomists. — Wis- 

 tar Institute of Anatomy. 



Association of Economic Entomologists. — 

 Laboratory of Physiology and Pathology. 



Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America. — College Hall. 



Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S. — Biolog- 

 ical Hall. 



Botanical Society of America. — Biological 

 Hall. 



Entomological Cluh of the A. A. A. S. — 

 Laboratory of Physiology and Pathology. 



Fern Chapter. — Biological Hall. 



Geological Society of America. — Geological 

 Laboratory, College Hall. 



Society of American Bacteriologists. — Labo- 

 ratory of Hygiene. 



Society for Horticultural Science. — Biolog- 

 ical Hall. 



Society for Plant Morphology and Phys- 

 iology. — Biological Hall. 



Society for Promotion of Agricultural Sci- 

 ence. — ^Logan Hall. 



Society of the Sigma Xi. — Houston Hall,, 

 Auditorium. 



Sullivant Moss Chapter. — Biological Hall. 



Wild Flower Preservation Society of Amer- 

 ica. — Biological Hall. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



On the occasion of the birthday of King 

 Edward honors were conferred upon men of 

 science as follows : Mr. W. H. M. Christie, 

 C.B., F.E.S., has been promoted to the rank 

 of Knight Commander of the Order of the 

 Bath (K.C.B. Civil Division). Dr. J. W. 

 Swan, F.E.S., has received the honor of 

 knighthood. The Hon. C. A. Parsons, F.R.S., 

 has been appointed a companion of the order 

 of the Bath (C.B.). 



Oxford University will confer the degree 

 of D.Sc. on Dr. Harald Hoffding of the Uni- 

 versity of Copenhagen. 



The seventieth birthday of Professor G. H. 

 Quincke, professor of physics at Heidelberg, 



