SCIENCE. 
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 
MENT OF SCIENCE. 
TWENTY-NINTH MEETING. 
In conformity with the vote at the last meeting, the 
Twenty-ninth meeting of the Association will be held at 
Boston, Mass., commencing at ten o’clock, A. M., on 
Wednesday the 25th of August, 1880. A large and 
efficient Local Committee has been formed and through 
its several subcommittees is engaged in perfecting the 
local arrangements for the meeting, which will be an- 
nounced by special circular as early as possible. It is 
only necessary to state here that the members of the com- 
mittee are desirous of doing everything in their power to 
promote the objects of the Association. As it is gener- 
ally believed that the Boston meeting will be the largest 
and probably the most important hitherto held by the 
Association, every effort will be made by the officers of 
the Association residing in Boston and vicinity, co-op- 
erating with the Local Committee, to prepare a satisfac- 
tory general programme for the week (subject to the ap- 
proval of the Standing Committee) in advance of the 
meeting, the substance of which will be given in the cir- 
cular of the Local Committee. To this end several votes 
were passed at the last meeting of the Standing Com- 
mittee in Saratoga, and the attention of members is par- 
ticularly directed to the new clause in relation to titles of 
papers ; also to the probable necessity of forming ad- 
ditional subsections. 
The Headquarters of the Association will be at the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where members 
will register as soon as possible after arrival. The Hotel 
Vendome, corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Dartmouth 
St., has been selected for Hotel Headquarters. 
The offices of the Local Committee and of the Perma- 
nent Secretary will be at the Institute of Technology. 
The General Sessions will be held in Huntington Hall in 
the same building. The several Sections, Subsections 
and Committees will have their places of meeting design- 
ated on the programme for Wednesday. 
The circular which will soon be issued by the Local 
Committee will contain full information in relation to 
Hotels and Boarding houses in Boston and vicinity with 
which special arrangements have been made. 
The Permanent Subsection of Chemistry will be con- 
tinued at Boston under the chairmanship of Professor 
John M. Ordway, of Boston. 
The Permanent Subsection of Microscopy will be pre- 
sided over by Prof. S. A. Lattimore, of Rochester, and 
the active co-operation of microscopists is requested. 
Arrangements have been made for the proper care of in- 
struments, etc. 
The Permanent Subsection of Anthropology will be 
under the chairmanship of Prof. J. W. Powell, of Wash- 
ington. For special circular and information in relation 
to this subsection, address Judge J. G. Henderson, Secre- 
tary, Winchester, 111 , 
The attention of entomologists is directed to the an- 
nual meeting of the Entomological Club of the Associa- 
tion, which will be held at the rooms of the Boston 
Society of Natural History at two o’clock, on Tuesday 
August 24, at which all interested are invited to be 
present. Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, President ; 
Mr. B. P. Mann, of Cambridge, Secretary of the Club. 
(A special circular concerning this meeting will be sent 
to all requesting it.) 
At the Saratoga meeting the desirability of forming a 
new subsection in the Association, which should be de- 
voted to Physiology and Anatomy, was discussed with 
the special object of inducing members interested in 
Human Physiology to bring their papers before the 
Association and also of obtaining the active co-operation 
of Physicians and Surgeons in the work of the Associa- 
tion. The interest taken in the proposition at Saratoga 
was such that a permanent organization of the new sub- 
section is expected at the Boston meeting. It will also, 
probably, be found necessary to form a subsection, of 
Geology and Physical Geography at the Boston meeting. 
Several excursions will be arranged for by the Local 
Committee. Among others, one is planned for Salem 
and another down the Harbor. On Thursday, the As- 
sociation will probably hold a morning session in Cam- 
bridge, after which visits will be made to the various 
departments and Museums of the University, followed 
by a reception at the Botanic Garden and the Observa- 
tory in the evening. 
All communications relating to the local arrangements 
for the Boston meeting must be made to the Local 
Secretaries at Boston, while all matters relating to mem- 
bership and to the presentation of papers will be at- 
tended to by the P erma 7 ient Secretary. 
Attention is specially requested to the following 
articles of the Constitution of the Association. 
Art. 3. Any person may become a Member of the Asso- 
ciation upon recommendation in writing by two members 
or fellows, nomination by the Standing Committee, and 
election bv a majority of the members and fellows present 
in general session. 
(Blank forms for recommendation to membership will be 
furnished on application to the Permanent and Local Sec- 
retaries, and, until the day of the meeting, they will receive 
the recommendations for the General Secretary ; after the 
meeting has begun, recommendations must be given to the 
General Secretary.) 
Art. 4. Fellows shall be nominated by the Standing 
Committee from such of the members as are professionally 
engaged in science, or have by their labors aided in advan- 
cing science. The election of fellows shall be by ballot and 
a majority vote of the members and fellows present in gen- 
eral session. 
Art. 5. Any person paying to the Association the sum 
of one thousand dollars shall be classed as a Patron, and 
shall be entitled to all the privileges of a member and to 
all its publications. 
Art. 7. The name of any member or fellow two years 
in arrears for annual dues shall be erased from the list of 
the Association, provided that two notices of indebtedness 
at an interval of at least three months, shall have been 
given ; and no such person shall be restored until he has 
paid his arrearages or has been reelected. 
Art. 33. The admission fee for members shall be five 
dollars in addition to the annual assessment. On the elec- 
tion of any member as a fellow an additional fee of two dol- 
lars shall be paid. 
Art. 34. The annual assesment for members and fel- 
lows shall be three dollars. 
