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208 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY Its meetings are attended by the lead- ing professional men of science and at the same time by large numbers of amateurs. The local members at each meeting are likely to exceed a thou- sand, and excellent arrangements are made for their instruction and enter- tainment. The social features are em- phasized, so that there is opportunity for forming personal acquaintances and for those who are only interested in science to meet those most actively engaged in its advancement. The Winnipeg meeting, which opens on August 25, will be presided over by the eminent Cambridge physicist, Pro- fessor J. J. Thomson, who succeeds Mr. Francis Darwin. Addresses of general interest will be given by the president and the presidents of the sections, and by Professor Herdman, Professor Tut- ton, Professor Dixon, Professor Poyn- ting and others, and the sectional meet- ings are certain to have attractive pro- grams. There will also be the usual extensive arrangements for garden par- ties, receptions and excursions. A visit to the Pacific coast, including Alaska and the Seattle Exposition, should be of unusual interest. The Canadian railways offer a single fare, so the return trip from Montreal or Quebec to Winnipeg costs only thirty-six dollars, ^he council of the British Association has courteously voted to admit all members of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science to membership for the meeting, waiving the entrance fee, and the American Association will hold no meeting this summer. A large number of Americans will doubtless take ad- vantage of the generous invitation of their British colleagues and attend the Winnipeg meeting. It is a rare privi- lege that should be taken advantage of by all who find it possible. SCIENTIFIC ITEMS We record with regret the death of i Professor J. D. Cunningham, the an- ( atomist of the University of Edinburgh, 1 and of Dr. M. A. Brezina, the mineralo- gist of Vienna. Among the honors awarded on the birthday of King Edward are knight- hoods to Mr. Francis Galton, Professor J. Larmor, Mr. R. H. I. Palgrave and Professor T. E. Thorpe.— Mr. Orville Wright and Mr. Wilbur Wright were presented on June 19 with the gold medal authorized by congress, a medal on behalf of the state of Ohio and a medal on behalf of the city of Dayton. Dr. W 7 illiam H. Welch, professor of pathology in the Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, has been elected president of the American Medical Association. — Professor E. W. Morley has been elect- ed honorary president and Dr. W. H. Nichols acting president of the Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry, which has accepted the in- vitation extended by the congress through the president and the secre- tary of state, to meet in this country in 1912. Mr. John D. Rockefeller has made a further gift of $10,000,000 to the (Jeneral Education Board. Its endow- ment is now $53,000,000. Mr. Rocke- feller has authorized the board to dis- tribute the principal as well as the income for educational purposes, should this at any future time appear to be
