562 The American Naturalist. [May, 
Survey, since he has not hitherto experienced any especial 
recognition from that body. And that he shall have such 
recognition from a body controlled by himself, is a foregone 
conclusion. There are, however, many American geologists who 
think that this International Congress should not be used to ad- 
vance the political aspirations of Major Powell. We are of this 
number, and we therefore hope that the Bureau of Europe will 
not accede to the request of the majority of the Committee, but 
will adhere to their original decision that the Congress be held in 
Philadelphia, where it will have a truly international character, 
and be free from the domination of any particular body. The 
date also should be postponed until 1892, in order to allow the 
time requisite for preparation, and to coincide with the approaching 
Jubilee of the University of Pennsylvania. The facilities for 
holding the Congress in Philadelphia are excellent, and they will 
be made fully available by the codperation of the Philadelphia 
members of the Committee of Reception. 
—THE scientific men of Indiana are preparing to give the Ameri- 
can Association for the Advancement of Science a warm welcome 
at Indianapolis the coming summer. If their efforts meet with 
the relative success that they did at the first meeting of the Asso- 
ciation at that city in 1871, the Association will have occasion to 
congratulate itself, We hope however that the local committee 
will arrange that the excursions be postponed until after the close 
of the meetings so that the real business may not be interfered 
with too seriously. Indiana includes within its borders more 
original investigators in science than any state west of the Alle- 
gheny Mountains, and we have no doubt but that the interests of 
science will be well cared for at their hands. 
