LEARNED SOCIETY MEETINGS ATTENDED BY FACULTY

A large number of Dartmouth faculty members attended meetings of learned societies during the Christmas recess, a larger number, perhaps, than in most years, because the length of the vacation made possible a few days of recreation during the trips in addition to the time spent in attendance at meetings.

Professor W. H. Sheldon of the department of philosophy read a paper before the American Philosophical Association, meeting at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., Dr. K. N. Atkins of the Medical School was one of those who presented a paper at the meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists at the Harvard Medical School. Prof. W. H. Wood was a speaker before the Biblical instructors in American colleges and secondary schools, whose session was held at Columbia.

From the Thayer school faculty, Professor Fletcher and Holden went to New York to attend the annual meeting and dinner of the Thayer Society, at which Major General Wiliam M. Black, chief engineer, U.S.A., was the special guest of the evening. They also attended the meetings of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

A lecture illustrated by slides showing work done for the state of New Hampshire in selecting road building material was delivered at the meeting in Boston of the Geological Society of America by Professor James W. Goldthwait. The geologists were especially interested in his telling of the extent to which southern New Hampshire was once part of the bed of the sea.

Prof. C. D. Adams read a paper before the American Philological Association at Pittsburgh and Professors Herbert D. Foster, A. H. Basye and Frank M. Anderson attended the American Historical Association's meeting in Cleveland, Professor Foster read a paper. Those who were present at sessions of the American Mathematical Society in New York were Professors L. C. Mathewson, E. G. Bill and Chester H. Forsyth. The latter read paper. Dr. John Bowler attended the meeting of the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges, which was held at New York. The Dartmouth representative at the American Society of Naturalists' meeting was Professor J. H. Gerould. Professor P. S. Dow attended the meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, in New York, Professor J. H. Gilbert that of the American Physical Society, at St. Louis and Professor William Patten that of the American Society for the Advancement of Science. At this meeting, which was conducted in St. Louis, Professor Patten delivered the vice-presidential address before Section F. Professor L. B. McWhood attended the meetings in Philadelphia of the Music Teachers' National Association, in conjunction with which the meetings of two other organizations of musicians were held.