January 6, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



The American Society of Naturalists. 

 The American Philosophical Society. 

 The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

 The Association of American Anatomists. 

 The Association of American Physicians. 

 The Association of Pathologists and Bacteriolo- 

 gists. 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America. 



The Botanical Society of America. 

 The Geological Society of America. 

 The American Mathematical Society. 

 Active members of the American Ornithological 

 L nicn. 



riie American Philosoi)hieal Association. 

 The American Physical Society. 

 The American Physiological Society. 

 The American Psychological Association. 

 The American Society of Bacteriologists. 

 The Society of Plant jMorphology and Phys- 

 iology. 



The American Zoological Society. 



The following resohation was referred to 

 the committee on policy of the association: 



Resolved, that the year book of this association 

 be hereafter sent bound to such members as may 

 notify the permanent secretary of their desire to 

 receive it in that form. Binding to be in cloth or 

 boards, as the treasurer and secretary may think 

 proper. 



Dr. W. H. Hale introduced the following 

 resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved, That the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science hereby extends its 

 hearty congratulations and best wishes to Dr. 

 Martin H. Boye, a founder of this association, 

 and the only surviving founder of the parent 

 association, that of American Geologists, after- 

 wards called the American Association of Geolo- 

 gists and Naturalists, which was founded in this 

 city in 1840, Dr. Boye being present at that time, 

 as well as at the founding of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science in 1848. 



Professor C. M. Woodward introduced 

 resolutions thanking the officers of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania and other institu- 

 tions that had entertained the association 

 and these were unanimously adopted. 



At the meeting of the general committee, 

 Friday evening, it was decided to hold the 

 next meeting in New Orleans, the work of 



the association to begin Friday, December 

 29, 1905. Bcston was recommended as 

 the place of the meeting in 1906. 



The following officers were elected for 

 the New Orleans ]\Ieeting. 



President — Professor C. M. Woodward, St. 

 Louis, ilo. 



Vice-Presidents : 



Section A — Professor \V. S. Eichelberger, 



Washington, D. C. 

 Section B — Professor Henry Crew, Evanston, 

 1!!. 



Section C — Professor t'has. F. ^labery, C'.eve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Section D — Professor F. W. ilcXair, Hough- 

 ton, ^lich. 



Section E — Professor Wm. North Rice, Jlid- 



dletown, Conn. 

 Section F — Professor H. B. Ward, Lincoln, 



Neb. 



Seciion G — Dr. Erwin F. Smith, Washington. 

 D. C. 



Section H — Dr. Geo. Grant AicCurdy, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Section I — Professor Irving Fischer, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Section K — Professor Wm. T. Sedgwick, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Permanent Secretary — Dr. L. 0. Howard was 

 elected for a period of five years beginning Au- 

 gust, 1905. 



General Secretary — Professor C. A. Waldo, La- 

 fayette, Ind. 



Secretary of Council — Professor .John F. Hay- 

 ford, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary Section K — Dr. Wm. J. Gies, New 

 York City, N. Y. 



Charles S. Howe, 

 General Secretary. 



LINES OF PROGRESS IN ENGINEERING.* 



The engineering army, like the myriads 

 of well-trained, well-equipped and well- 

 organized soldiers of the Mikado, stretches, 

 from high ground to high ground along an 

 extended front, facing the hosts of conser- 

 vatism who are entrenched behind moats 



* Address of the vice-president and chairman of 

 Section D — Mechanical Science and Engineering, 

 1904. 



