SCIENCE. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



TWENTY-NINTH MEETING. 



In conformity with the vote at the last meeting, the 

 Twenty-ninth meeting of the Association will be held at 

 Boston, Mass., commencing at ten o'clock, A. M., on 

 Wednesday the 25th of August, 1880. A large and 

 efficient Local Committee has been formed and through 

 its several subcommittees is engaged in perfecting the 

 local arrangements for the meeting, which will be an- 

 nounced by special circular as early as possible. It is 

 only necessary to state here that the members of the com- 

 mittee are desirous of doing everything in their power to 

 promote the objects of the Association. As it is gener- 

 ally believed that the Boston meeting will be the largest 

 and probably the most important hitherto held by the 

 Association, every effort will be made by the officers of 

 the Association residing in Boston and vicinity, co-op- 

 erating with the Local Committee, to prepare a satisfac- 

 tory general programme for the week (subject to the ap- 

 proval of the Standing Committee) in advance of the 

 meeting, the substance of which will be given in the cir- 

 cular of the Local Committee. To this end several votes 

 were passed at the last meeting of the Standing Com- 

 mittee in Saratoga, and the attention of members is par- 

 ticularly directed to the new clause in relation to titles of 

 papers ; also to the probable necessity of forming ad- 

 ditional subsections. 



The Headquarters of the Association will be at the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where members 

 will register as soon as possible after arrival. The Hotel 

 Vendome, corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Dartmouth 

 St., has been selected for Hotel Headquarters. 



The offices of the Local Committee and of the Perma- 

 nent Secretary will be at the Institute of Technology. 

 The General Sessions will be held in Huntington Hall in 

 the same building. The several Sections, Subsections 

 and Committees will have their places of meeting design- 

 ated on the programme for Wednesday. 



The circular which will soon be issued by the Local 

 Committee will contain full information in relation to 

 Hotels and Boarding houses in Boston and vicinity with 

 which special arrangements have been made. 



The Permanent Subsection of Chemistry will be con - 

 tinued at Boston under the chairmanship of Professor 

 John M. Ordway, of Boston. 



The Permanent Subsection of Microscopy will be pre- 

 sided over by Prof. S. A. Lattimore, of Rochester, and 

 the active co-operation of microscopists is requested. 

 Arrangements have been made for the proper care of in- 

 struments, etc. 



The Permanent Subsection of Anthropology will be 

 under the chairmanship of Prof. J. W. Powell, of Wash- 

 ington. For special circular and information in relation 

 to this subsection, address Judge J. G. Henderson, Secre- 

 tary, Winchester, 111, 



The attention of entomologists is directed to the an- 

 nual meeting of the Entomological Club of the Associa- 



tion, which will be held at the rooms of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History at two o'clock, on Tuesday 

 August 24, at which all interested are invited to be 

 present. Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, President ; 

 Mr. B. P. Mann, of Cambridge, Secretary of the Club. 

 (A special circular concerning this meeting will be sent 

 to all requesting it.) 



At the Saratoga meeting the desirability of forming a 

 new subsection in the Association, which should be de- 

 voted to Physiology and Anatomy, was discussed with 

 the special object of inducing members interested in 

 Human Physiology to bring their papers before the 

 Association and also of obtaining the active co-operation 

 of Physicians and Surgeons in the work of the Associa- 

 tion. The interest taken in the proposition at Saratoga 

 was such that a permanent organization of the new sub- 

 section is expected at the Boston meeting. It will also, 

 probably, be found necessary to form a subsection of 

 Geology and Physical Geography at the Boston meeting. 



Several excursions will be arranged for by the Local 

 Committee. Among others, one is planned for Salem 

 and another down the Harbor. On Thursday, the As- 

 sociation will probably hold a morning session in Cam- 

 bridge, after which visits will be made to the various 

 departments and Museums of the University, followed 

 by a reception at the Botanic Garden and the Observa- 

 tory in the evening. 



All communications relating to the local arrangements 

 for the Boston meeting must be made to the Local 

 Secretaries at Boston, while all matters relating to mem- 

 bership and to the presentation of papers will be at- 

 tended to by the Permanent Secretary. 



Attention is specially requested to the following 

 articles of the Constitution of the Association. 



Art. 3. Any person may become a Member of the Asso- 

 ciation upon recommendation in writing by two members 

 or fellows, nomination by the Standing Committee, and 

 election by a majority of the members and fellows present 

 in general session. 



(Blank forms for recommendation to membership will be 

 furnished on application to the Permanent and Local Sec- 

 retaries, and, until the day of the meeting, they will receive 

 the recommendations for the General Secretary ; after the 

 meeting has begun, recommendations must be given to the 

 General Secretary.) 



Art. 4. Fellows shall be nominated by the Standing 

 Committee from such of the members as are professionally 

 engaged in science, or have by their labors aided in advan- 

 cing science. The election of fellows shall be by ballot and 

 a majority vote of the members and fellows present in gen- 

 eral session. 



Art. 5. Any person paying to the Association the sum 

 of one thousand dollars shall be classed as a Patron, and 

 shall be entitled to all the privileges of a member and to 

 all its publications. 



Art. 7. The name of any member or fellow two years 

 in arrears for annual dues shall be erased from the list of 

 the Association, provided that two notices of indebtedness 

 at an interval of at least three months, shall have been 

 given ; and no such person shall be restored until he has 

 paid his arrearages or has been reelected. 



Art. 33. The admission fee for members shall be five 

 dollars in addition to the annual assessment. On the elec- 

 tion of any member as a fellow an additional fee of two dol- 

 lars shall be paid. 



Art. 34. The annual assesment for members and fel- 

 lows shall be three dollars. 



