January 6, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



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cieties. These questions have been actively 

 discussed before, but they do not seem to 

 be definitely settled in the minds of many. 

 The sections which have been in the habit 

 of giving excursions and those who study 

 objects out of doors, prefer a summer meet- 

 ing, but it seems that a large majority of 

 the association is in favor of the winter 

 meetings, as the general committee unani- 

 mously decided to hold the next meeting 

 during the winter. The committee on 

 policy reported that it had considered this 

 matter and would recommend that this 

 general committee request the next general 

 committee to hold a summer meeting in 

 Ithaca during the summer of 1906. The 

 success of this meeting will undoubtedly 

 have a great deal to do with settling the 

 question of summer meetings. 



There seems to be no objection on the part 

 of the association to holding two meetings 

 each year, one during the winter and one 

 during the summer. The expense involved 

 would be considerable, but the association 

 can bear it and perhaps the best solution of 

 the problem will be two meetings. This is 

 a question which the future must decide. 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



The following Affiliated Societies held 

 sessions in conjunction with the associa- 

 tion : 



American Alpine Club. 



The American Anthropological Association. 

 The American Chemical Society. 

 The American Folk-Lore Society. 

 The American Geographers' Association. 

 The American Mycological Society. 

 The American Philosophical Association. 

 The American Physical Societj'. 

 The American Psychological Association. 

 The American Physiological Society. 

 The American Society of Naturalists. 

 American Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists. 

 Association of American Anatomists. 

 The Association of Economic Entomologists. 

 The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America. 



The Botanical Club of the Association. 

 The Botanical Society of America. 

 The Society for Plant Morphology and Phys- 

 iology. 



The Society for the Promotion of Agricultural 

 Science. 



Sullivant Moss Chapter. 



The Wild Flower Preservation Society of 

 America. 



The Entomological Club of the Association. 



Eastern Branch of American Society of Zoolo- 

 ogists. 



The Fern Chapter. 



The Geological Society of America. 



The Sigma XI Honorary Scientific Society. 



The Society of American Bacteriologists. 



The Society ^or Horticultural Science. 



The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psy- 

 chology. 



The Pelee Club. 



The association is still pursuing the 

 policy of encouraging the great national 

 societies to meet at the same time and 

 place with it. The association secures 

 rooms, provides accommodations, makes ar- 

 rangements with hotels and railways and in 

 all points takes charge of general arrange- 

 ments without expense and without trouble 

 to the affiliated societies. 



Nearly, if not all, of the societies meet in 

 perfect harmony with the respective sec- 

 tions. In almost every case the sections 

 have charge of the general session in one 

 half of the day and the affiliated societies 

 have charge of the meetings during the 

 other half of the day. Thus there is no 

 friction and papers are presented before 

 both bodies, while there is the additional 

 advantage of a larger attendance at both 

 the section and the society. It is hoped 

 that this arrangement will appeal still 

 more to the national societies until all 

 of them enter into this arrangement with 

 the association. 



The attendance of the members of the 

 societies this year indicates that they are 

 willing to cordially cooperate with the as- 

 sociation and turn out in large numbers to 

 attend these joint meetings. There is 



