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II. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. The National Academy of Sciences.— The semi centennial 

 meeting of the National Academy was held in Washington on 

 April 22, 23, and 24. The meeting was very largely attended, 

 more so in tact than on any previous occasion, upwards of seventy 

 members being registered. The customary order of events was 

 deviated from m that the usual reading of papers bv members of 

 the Academy was omitted, and a number of formal addresses 

 given by invited guests. President Remsen opened the meetino- 

 on Tuesday and was followed by President A. T. Hadlev who 

 spoke on " The Relation of Science to Higher Education in 

 America." Other addresses given on Tuesday were on "Inter- 

 national Cooperation in Research" by Dr. Arthur Schuster, Sec- 

 retary of the Royal Society of London, and on " The Earth and 

 Sun as Magnets" by Dr. George E. Hale. On Wednesday the 

 program contained the following : « On the Material Basis of 

 Heredity" by Dr. Theodor Boveri of Wtirzburff ; and " The 

 Structure of the Universe" by Dr. J. C. Kapteyn of the Univer- 

 sity of Groningen. 



On Wednesday afternoon, the members of the Academy and 

 guests were received by the President at the White House, 

 upon which occasion the Draper medal was presented to M Henri 

 Deslandres, the Watson medal to Dr. J. C. Kapteyn, and the 

 Agassiz medal to Dr. Johann Hjort ; also the Comstock prize 

 to Prof. R. A. Milhkan. Thursday morning was given to the 

 election of new members, as noted below. In the afternoon an 

 excursion was made on the "Mayflower" to Mt. Vernon. There 

 was a reception on Wednesday evening at the Carnegie Insti- 

 tution, and a dinner for the members of the Academy on Thurs- 

 day evening. The lists of the members and of the foreign 

 associates elected are as follows : 



Members : Henry A. Bumstead, Yale University ; Leonard E 

 Dickson, University of Chicago ; Ross Granville Harrison, Yale 

 University ; Gilbert N". Lewis, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology; Armin Otto Leuschner, University of California: Lafay- 

 ette B. Mendel, Yale University ; George H. Parker, Harvard 

 University ; Louis V. Pirsson, Yale University ; Edward B 

 Rosa, Bureau of Standards ; Erwin F. Smith, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. 



Foreign Associates: Theodor Boveri, Wtirzburg ; William 

 Crookes, London ; Gaston Darboux, Paris ; Henri Deslandres 

 Meudon ; Albert Heim, Zurich ; Albrecht Kossel, Heidelberg ; 

 Karl Friednch Kiistner, Bonn ; Arthur Schuster, London ; 

 Johannes D. van der Waals, Amsterdam ; August Weismann, 

 Freiburg ; Max F. J. C. Wolf, Heidelberg. 



Dr. William H. Welch was elected President of the Academy 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Vice-president and Dr. Arthur L. Day, 

 Secretary. J 



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