1892.] Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 879 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
American Association for the Advancement of Science.— 
The forty-first meeting of this body was held at Rochester, N. Y., in 
the University Building, commencing Wednesday, August 17, and 
adjourning Tuesday, August 23. The officers of the meeting were as 
follows: President, Joseph LeConte, Berkeley, California. Vice-Pres- 
idents—A. Mathematics and Astronomy, J. R. Eastman, Washington, 
D. C.; B. Physics, B. F. Thomas, Columbus, Ohio; C. Chemistry, 
Alfred Springer, Cincinnati, Ohio; D. Mechanical Science and Engin- 
eering, John B. Johnson, St. Louis, Mo.; E. Geology and Geography, 
H. S. Williams, Ithaca, N. Y.; F. Biology, S. H. Gage, Ithaca, N. Y.; 
H. Anthropology, W. H. Holmes, Washington, D. C.; I. Economic 
Science and Statistics, Lester F. Ward, Washington, D. C. Per- 
manent Secretary, F. W. Putnam, Cambridge (office Salem), Mass. 
General Secretary, Amos. W. Butler, Brookville, Ind. Secretary of 
the Council, T. H. Norton, Cincinnati, Ohio. Secretaries of the Sec- 
tions.—A. Mathematics and Astronomy, Winslow Upton, Providence, 
R. I.; B. Physics, Brown Ayres, New Orleans, La.; C. Chemistry, 
Jas. Lewis Howe, Louisville, Ky.; D. Mechanical Science and Engin- 
eering, Olin H. Landreth, Nashville, Tenn.; E. Geology and Geog- 
raphy, R. D. Salisbury, Madison, Wis.; F. Biology, Byron D. Hal- 
stead, New Brunswick, N. J.; H. Anthropology, W. M. Beauchamp, 
Baldwinsville, N. Y.; I. Economie Science and Statistics, Henry 
Farquhar, Washington, D. C. Treasurer, William Lilly, Mauch 
Chunk, Pa. 
In the afternoon of Wednesday, August 17, Prof. H. S. Williams, 
Chairman of the Geological Section, delivered an address on the 
Scope of Paleontology and its Value to Geologists. In the Biological 
Section Chairman Prof. S. H. Gage delivered the address on Respira- 
tion. The address of Mr. W. H. Holmes was, On the Evolution of 
the Aesthetic. 
Section E, Geology and Geography.—Thursday, August 18.—The 
following papers were read: Terminal Moraines in New England, by 
C. H. Hitchcock ; A Passage in the History of the Cuyaltoga River, 
by E. W. Claypole; Notes Bearing Upon the Changes of the Pre- 
glacial Drainage of Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa, by Frank 
Leverett; Extra-morainie Drift in New Jersey, by A. A. Wright ; 
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