PROCEEDINGS

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OF

The American Association

FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE,

FIFTY-THIRD MEETING

HELD AT

ST. LOUIS, MO.

DECEMBER, 1903-JANUARY, 1904.

PUBLISHED BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY

:

EDITED BY

L. O. HOWARD,
Permanent Secretary

PRESS OF GIBSON BROS. WASHINGTON, D. C.

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CONTENTS.

Officers of the St. Louis Meeting

Members of the Council of the St. Louis Meeting

Local Committees of the St. Louis Meeting

Officers for the Philadelphia Meeting

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OFFICERS OF SECTION C

ADDRESS OF VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES BASKERVILLE

PAPERS READ

REPORT OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY

CASH ACCOUNT OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY

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Officers of the St. Louis Meeting.

PRESIDENT.

CARROLL D. WRIGHT, Commissioner of Labor, Washington, D. C.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

A. Mathematics and Astronomy-OTTO H. TITTMANN, Coast and

Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C.

B. Physics-E. H. HALL, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

C. Chemistry-W. D. BANCROFT, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

D. Mechanical Science and Engineering-C. M. WOODWARD, Wash.

ington University, St. Louis, Mo.

E. Geology and Geography-I. C. RUSSELL, University of Michi-

gan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

F. Zoology-EDW. L. MARK, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

G. Botany-T. H. MACBRIDE, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

H. Anthropology-M. H. SAVILLE, American Museum of Natural

History, New York, N. Y.

I. Social and Economic Science-SIMEON E. BALDWIN, New Haven,

Conn.

K. Physiology and Experimental Medicine-H. P. BowDITCH, Har-

vard University, Cambridge, Mass.

PERMANENT SECRETARY.

L. O. HOWARD, Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.

GENERAL SECRETARY.

CH. WARDELL STILES, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service,

Washington, D. C.

SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL.

CHARLES S. Howe, Case School, Cleveland, Ohio