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SCIENCE. 



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in the Academy of Natural Sciences on the 

 subject, 'Recent Discoveries of Extinct 

 Animals in the Rocky Mountain Region 

 and their Bearings on the Present Prob- 

 lems of Evolution.' On the same evening 

 the American Society of Naturalists and 

 the affiliated societies gave a smoker at the 

 University Club. 



Wednesday afternoon, December 28, 

 1904, was held the annual discussion of 

 the American Society of Naturalists on the 

 question 'Mutation Theory of Organic Evo- 

 lution.' This was participated in by Dr. 

 D. T. MacDougal, Professor W. E. Castle, 

 Professor E. G. Conklin, Professor W. B. 

 Scott, Professor T. Dwight, Professor L. 

 H. Bailey and Dr. W. M. Wheeler. In 

 the evening the annual dinner of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Naturalists was held. 



On Thursday evening, December 29, the 

 American Chemical Society held a com- 

 mers at the University Club. The same 

 evening the Psychological and Philosoph- 

 ical Association held a smoker. The same 

 evening the Society of the Sigma Xi held 

 a convention in College Hall. 



Friday evening, December 30, the Amer- 

 ican Alpine Club held its annual dinner 

 at the University Club. 



The council elected as members of the 

 council at large, J. McK. Cattell, J. M. 

 Coulter and H. P. Osborn. 



Professor C. R. Barnes, of the University 

 of Chicago, Dr. H. C Cowles, of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, and Mr. C. L. Shear, 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 were appointed as representatives to the 

 International Botanical Congress to be held 

 in Vienna in 1905. The reports of com- 

 mittees and the list of fellows elected will 

 be printed in the next issue of Science. 



AMENDMENTS. 



The following amendment to the con- 

 stitution which was proposed at the St. 

 Louis moetinji', favorably acted upon by 



the coimcil and reported to the general 

 session, was adopted: 



Amend Article 34 by the omission of the 

 words "On the election of any member as 

 fellow, an additional fee of $2 shall be 

 paid." 



The proposed amendment of article 4, 

 line 2, to read "The members of at least 

 one year's standing, who are professionally 

 engaged in science and have, by their 

 labors, aided in advancing science" was 

 unfavorably reported upon by the commit- 

 tee on policy. 



POLICY OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



The council appointed Mr. R. S. Wood- 

 ward permanent chairman of the commit- 

 tee on policy of the association. 



The council voted that the committee on 

 policy of the association be requested to 

 exercise a general executive control of the 

 preliminary arrangements for meetings and 

 of the publications, subject to the control 

 of the council. 



The committee on policy of the associa- 

 tion reported the following resolutions 

 which were adopted : 



"That the permanent secretary be au- 

 thorized to offer sets of the back volumes of 

 the Proceedings to libraries, which shall be 

 approved by the committee of the associa- 

 tion appointed by the president." 



"That the publishers of Science be re- 

 quested to announce prominently that cut 

 copies will be sent to members who request 

 it." 



"That the committee recommends as 

 members, and if they become members, 

 nominates as fellows, members of the na- 

 tional scientific societies not now members 

 of the association in cases in which the 

 national scientific society has a qualifica- 

 tion for membership equal to that of the 

 qualification of the association for fellow- 

 ship. The following societies are accepted 

 as having such qualifications: 



