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Meeting of April 7, 1936 



The meeting was called to order at 8 :25 p.m. at the Museum 

 of Natural History by Vice-President F. E. Denny, with 62 

 members present. Miss Laura W. Abbot, R.F.D.#1, Bristol, Pa., 

 was unanimously elected to field membership. 



The scientific program consisted of an address by Dr. 

 William Crocker, Director of the Boyce Thompson Institute 

 for Plant Research, on "Time Lapse Motion Pictures of Plant 

 Movements," which was illustrated by two motion picture 

 films. This address stimulated an unusual amount of discussion, 

 particularly in relation to ethylene as an anesthetic and as a 

 means of hastening the ripening or coloring of fruits. 



The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. 



NEWS NOTES 



The degree of Doctor of Science was conferred on Ira N. 

 Gabrielson, Chief of the United States Biological Survey, at 

 the commencement exercises of Oregon State College on June 1. 

 The following tribute was read by Dr. W. J. Kerr, chancellor 

 emeritus and former president of the college: "Ira Noel Gabriel- 

 son — Biologist; naturalist; authority on alpine plants; for 20 

 years a trusted representative of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture in charge of rodent control in Oregon ; executive of large 

 resources and scientist of wide recognition, long cherished as one 

 of Oregon's leading citizens, and recently honored by being ad- 

 vanced to the high post of chief of the U. S. Bureau of Bio- 

 logical Survey." 



