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for those Fellows who may wish to visit the 

 Establishment during the noon recess. The 

 president of the University, Dr. Rush Ehees, 

 and the Trustees will tender a reception to the 

 Fellows of the Society ab the president's house 

 on Thursday evening, January 2. The cus- 

 tomary dinner will be arranged, probably for 

 Wednesday evening. 



No special reduction of railroad fare can be 

 secured for the meeting, bub during the holiday 

 season reduced rates can usually be obtained 

 from important railroad centers. 



PROGRAM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 

 NATURALISTS. 



Tuesday, December 31, 1901. 



8.00 P. M.. Kent Theater, University of Chi- 

 cago. — Address of welcome, by President W. 

 R. Harper. Lecture by Dr. Leland O. Howard. 

 Subject : * International Work with Beneficial 

 Insects.' 



9.30 P. M., the President's House. — A Recep- 

 tion to all the Societies, by President Harper. 



Wednesday, January 1, 1902, 



2.00 P. M., Kent Theater. — Business meet- 

 ing. 



3.00 P. M., Kent Theater. — Discussion, Sub- 

 ject : ' The Relation of the American Society 

 of Naturalists to other Scientific Societies.' 

 Charles Sedgwick Minot, Harvard Medical 

 School ; C. B. Davenport, University of Chi- 

 cago ; W J MoGee, Washington ; William Tre- 

 lease, Washington University, St. Louis ; E. A. 

 Birge, University of Wisconsin ; J. McKeen 

 Cattell, Columbia University. 



6.45 P. M., Auditorium Hotel. — Business 

 meeting. 



7.00 p. M., Auditorium Hotel. — Annual din- 

 ner. Address of the President, Professor Wil- 

 liam T. Sedgwick, 'The Modern Subjection of 

 Science and Education to Propaganda.' 



LOCAL COMMITTEES. 



Executive. — C. B. Davenport, Chairman ; E. 

 O. Jordan, Secretary; W. A. Locy, Treasurer; 

 L. F. Barker, C. R. Barnes, John M. Coulter, 

 John Dewey, H. H. Donaldson, G. A. Dorsey, 

 F. R. Lillie, Jacques Loeb, E. P. Lyon, C. O. 

 Whitman. 



Reception. — H. H. Donaldson, Chairman ; C. 

 W. Andrews, Miss Helen Culver, W. R. Harper, 

 Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, G. C. Walker, Mrs. 

 Coonly-Ward, C. O. Whitman. 



Transportation. — Frederick J. V. Skiff, Chair- 

 man ; G. A. Dorsey, F. R. Lillie, Willard A. 

 Smith. 



General. — C. M. Child, C. B. Davenport, 

 George Dreyer, John Dewey, H. H. Donaldson, 

 G. A. Dorsey, W. S. Hall, L. Hektoen, E. O. 

 Jordan, F. R. Lillie, W. A. Locy, Jacques Loeb, 

 A. P. Matthews, A. R. Reynolds, C. O. Whit- 

 man. 



RAILROADS. 



The New England Passenger Association, the 

 Trunk Line, the Central and the Western Pass- 

 enger Associations have granted the usual re- 

 duction (one and one third fares for the round 

 trip) to those attending the meeting and pro- 

 vided with 'certificates.' The certificates, not 

 transferable, must be obtained from the ticket 

 agent at the starting-point (or, if the starting- 

 point is not an important station, at the nearest 

 station issuing certificates) to the place of meet- 

 ing, at least thirty minutes before the train 

 leaves. The going ticket may be purchased 

 not earlier than December 26 or later than De- 

 cember 31. The certificate must state that the 

 object of making the journey is to attend the 

 meeting of the Affiliated Scientific Societies at 

 Chicago, and they must be signed on December 

 31, January 1 or January 2, by Dr. L. W. 

 Williams and by the special railway agent in 

 attendance at the meetings on these three days. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 It is announced by cablegram from Stock- 

 holm that the Nobel prize in medicine has 

 been awarded to Professor Behring, the prize 

 in physics to Professor Rontgen and the prize 

 in chemistry to Professor Van't Hoff. The 

 value of each of the prizes is about $40,000. 

 The prize for the promotion of peace has been 

 divided between Dr. Dumant and M. Passy, 

 and the prize in literature has been awarded to 

 M. Prudhomme. 



The Symons gold medal of the Royal Meteor- 

 ological Society has been awarded to Dr. Alex- 

 ander Buchan, F.R.S. 



