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1883.] . Scientific News. 575 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
— A number of American workers in biology desiring to have 
established an association of American naturalists for ‘business 
purposes, held a meeting at Springfield, Mass., April 10 and 11, 
when an organization was effected, and discussions as to labora- 
tory methods and other subjects were held. 
The intention is to have an annual meeting for the purpose of 
discussing topics of common interest for which, at present, no 
opportunity is afforded, as for example: 
Museum interests, in connection with which each museum 
director could indicate his plan of work, the special groups of 
which he was making exhaustive collections, so that work may 
not be uselessly duplicated in many places; methods of museum 
work, methods of exhibition, etc. 
Methods of laboratory work; laboratory technique; new and 
valuable points in staining, mounting, cutting and preserving of 
sections 
ns. 
Systems of instruction in various departments of Natural Sci- 
ence; methods with small elective classes; with large college 
classes. 
The position which the observational sciences should hold in 
the college curriculum. 
he amount of natural science which should appear in college 
entrance examinations. The amount and character of such in- 
struction in preparatory schools, etc. me 
$ At the closing session it was voted to name the organization 
iety of Naturalists of the Eastern United States.” Pro- 
fessor A. Hyatt, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
_ Was chosen president; Professors H. N. Martin, of Johns Hopkins 
University, and A. S, Packard, Jr., of Brown University, vice- 
_ Presidents ; and Professor S. F. Clarke, of Williams College, secre 
tary. It has twenty-seven members, representing all prominent 
_ Colleges in its district. 
| avy The Coast Survey will, during the present season, complete 
te triangulation connecting the survey of the coast with that of 
ze § carried on in ten different States, viz, New Hampshire, 
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