November 22, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



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David J. Satterfield, D.D., President, Scotia Semi- 

 nary, Concord, North Carolina. 



Miss Clara B. Sayre, South Bethlehem, Pa. 



Wm. J. Sutton, Geologist, Esquimalt & Nanaimo 

 Ry. Co., Victoria, B. C. 



E. S. G. Titus, Entomologist, Nat. Hist. Bldg., 

 Urbana, 111. 



David M. Totman, M.D., Physician and Surgeon, 

 303 Montgomery St., Syracuse, N. Y. 



Andrew J. Tovpnson, President, Board of Educa- 

 tion, Granite Building, Eochester, N. Y. 



Dr. Frederick C. Waite, Assistant Professor of 

 Histology and Entomology, Medical Dept., Western 

 Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Charles R. Walker, M.D., Concord, New Hamp- 

 shire. 



Joseph R. Watson, Professor of Natural Science, 

 Berea College, Berea, Ky. 



Wm. G. Wilkins, Professor of Mining Engineering, 

 Western Univ. of Pa., Westinghouse Bldg., Pittsburg, 

 Pa. 



THE AMERICAN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the 

 Society was held in Denver, August 29 to 

 31. As anticipated, the attendance was not 

 large, yet the strong series of papers pre- 

 sented and the completion of the Spencer- 

 Tolles Fund make the occasion a note- 

 worthy one. At the business session on 

 Thursday there were read reports of the 

 secretary, treasurer and custodian on the 

 condition of the Society, and the usual 

 committees were appointed. Some minor 

 changes in the by-laws of the Society were 

 recommended and subsequently adopted. 

 The report of the Committee on the Spen- 

 cer-Tolles Fund showed that it had finally 

 been brought to the limit of $1,200, set at 

 the New York meeting, and recommended 

 that a specific sum be set aside yearly from 

 the income for the encouragement of such 

 definite research of a microscopical charac- 

 ter as shall be approved. The committee 

 reported $50 available for use in the current 

 year, and the final apportionment of the 

 amount was left to the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



The meeting on Thursday evening was 



in charge of the Colorado Microscopical So- 

 ciety. After an address of welcome by* the 

 president of that organization. Dr. A. M. 

 Holmes, and a response by the retiring 

 president of the American Microscopical 

 Society, Dr. A.M. Bleile,^ the annual ad- 

 dress was read by the incoming president, 

 Dr. C. H. Eigenmann, on ' The Solution of 

 the Eel Question.' The paper was illus- 

 trated by both charts and lantern slides and 

 proved of great interest. At the close a 

 most pleasant informal reception was ten- 

 dered the visiting society and guests by 

 the Colorado organization, to whom most 

 cordial thanks are due for many hospitali- 

 ties. 



The following papers were among those 

 presented at the general sessions of the 

 Society : 



' The Early Morphogenesis and Histogenesis of the 

 Liver in the Pig ' : D. C. Hilton, Chicago, 111. 



' The Histology of the Stigmata and Stomata in the 

 Peritoneum ' : A. E. Hebtzler, Halstead, Kas. 



' A Rearrangement of the Families and Genera of 

 the Conjugatse': C. E. Bessey, Lincoln, Neb. 



'A New Species of Crinothrix (C. manganifera)' : 

 D. D. Jackson, New York City. 



' The Amount of Dissolved Oxygen and Carbonic 

 Acid in Natural Waters and the Effect of these Gases 

 on the Occurrence of the Microorganism': G. C. . 

 Whipple and H. N. Parker, New York City. 



' Notes on Colorado Protozoa, with Description of 

 New Species': A. E. Beardsley, Greeley, Col. 



' Notes on Colorado Entomostraca ' : A. E. Beards- 

 ley, Greeley, Col. 



' A Review of the American Species of Cocldeoph- 

 o)-HS and Curvipes^: R. H. Wolcott, Lincoln, Nebr. 



' An Apparently New Hydra from Montana ': M. J. 

 Elrod, Missoula, Mont. 



' Some Histological Features of EchinorhyncJii ' 

 (Illustrated): H. W. Graybill, Lincoln, Neb. 



' The Debt of American Microscopy to Spencer and 

 Tolles ' : W. C. Krauss, Buffalo, N. Y. 



' Mounting Soft Tissues for Microscopical Examina- 

 tion': M. A. D. Jones, New York City. 



' Modification of Some Standard Laboratory Appa- 

 ratus ': S. H. Gage, Ithaca, N. Y. 



' Laboratory Photographic Apparatus ' : S H. GAaB, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



' The Plankton of Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind. ' : 

 CHAUNCEY JUDAYi 



