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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Its meetings are attended by the lead- 

 ing professional men of science and at 

 the same time by large numbers of 

 amateurs. The local members at each 

 meeting are likely to exceed a thou- 

 sand, and excellent arrangements are 

 made for their instruction and enter- 

 tainment. The social features are em- 

 phasized, so that there is opportunity 

 for forming personal acquaintances and 

 for those who are only interested in 

 science to meet those most actively 

 engaged in its advancement. 



The Winnipeg meeting, which opens 

 on August 25, will be presided over by 

 the eminent Cambridge physicist, Pro- 

 fessor J. J. Thomson, who succeeds Mr. 

 Francis Darwin. Addresses of general 

 interest will be given by the president 

 and the presidents of the sections, and 

 by Professor Herdman, Professor Tut- 

 ton, Professor Dixon, Professor Poyn- 

 ting and others, and the sectional meet- 

 ings are certain to have attractive pro- 

 grams. There will also be the usual 

 extensive arrangements for garden par- 

 ties, receptions and excursions. A visit 

 to the Pacific coast, including Alaska 

 and the Seattle Exposition, should be 

 of unusual interest. 



The Canadian railways offer a single 

 fare, so the return trip from Montreal 

 or Quebec to Winnipeg costs only 

 thirty-six dollars. The council of the 

 British Association has courteously 

 voted to admit all members of the 

 American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science to membership for the 

 meeting, waiving the entrance fee, and 

 the American Association will hold no 

 meeting this summer. A large number 

 of Americans will doubtless take ad- 

 vantage of the generous invitation of 

 their British colleagues and attend the 



Winnipeg meeting. It is a rare privi- 

 lege that should be taken advantage of 

 by all who find it possible. 



SCIENTIFIC ITEMS 



We record with regret the death of 

 Professor J. D. Cunningham, the an- 

 atomist of the University of Edinburgh, 

 and of Dr. M. A. Brezina, the mineralo- 

 gist of Vienna. 



Among the honors awarded on the 

 birthday of King Edward are knight- 

 hoods to Mr. Francis Galton, Professor 

 J. Larmor, Mr. R. H. I. Palgrave and 

 Professor T. E. Thorpe.— Mr. Orville 

 Wright and Mr. Wilbur Wright were 

 presented on June 19 with the gold 

 medal authorized by congress, a medal 

 on behalf of the state of Ohio and a 

 medal on behalf of the city of Dayton. 



Dr. William H. Welch, professor of 

 pathology in the Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, has been elected president of 

 the American Medical Association. — 

 Professor E. W. Morley has been elect- 

 ed honorary president and Dr. W. H. 

 Nichols acting president of the Seventh 

 International Congress of Applied 

 Chemistry, which has accepted the in- 

 vitation extended by the congress 

 through the president and the secre- 

 tary of state, to meet in this country 

 in 1912. 



Mr. John D. Rockefeller has made 

 a further gift of $10,000,000 to the 

 General Education Board. Its endow- 

 ment is now $53,000,000. Mr. Rocke- 

 feller has authorized the board to dis- 

 tribute the principal as well as thf 

 income for educational purposes, should 

 this at any future time appea- + o be 

 advisable. 



