NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 615 



It was voted that steps be taken by the Secretary to arrange 

 for holding one or more meetings during the year in conjunction 

 with the Physics Club of New York City. 



A letter from Vice-President von Nardroff was read regretting 

 his inability to attend the meetings of the Section during the 

 coming year. 



C. C. Trowbridge was elected Chairman of the Section for 

 the ensuing year. 



It was voted to postpone the election of the Secretary until 

 a later meeting. 



The Section then adjourned. 



Roy W. Miner, 



Secretary pro tern. 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



November 27, 1905. 

 Section met at 4.15 p. m., at Columbia University, and 

 8.30 p.m., at the American Museum of Natural History, Vice- 

 President Woodbridge presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read 

 and approved. 



The following program was then offered: 

 Afternoon Session: 

 W. S. Monroe, Smell Discrimination of Students. 

 F. Lyman Wells, Linguistic Standards. 

 F. M. Hamilton, A Study of the Reading Pause. 

 R. S. Woodworth, Vision and Localization during Rapid 

 Eye Movements. 

 Evening Session : 

 J. McKeen Cattell, Measurement of Scientific Merit. 

 Brother Chrysostom, Temperament as Affecting Philosophic 



Thought. 

 W. P. Montague, Are Mental Processes in Space ? 

 C. M. Bakewell, Concerning Empiricism. 



Election of sectional officers for 1906: 

 Chairman, Robert MacDougall. 

 Secretary, R. S. Woodworth. 

 Adjourned at 10 p.m. 



