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UNITED STATES.

NATIONAL SOCIETIES.

Actuarial Society of America.

Address.-32 Nassau Street, New York City. Secretary: Arthur Hunter. History.-Founded Apr., 1889.

Ref.: Papers and transactions, v. 6, no. 21 (decennial number), p. 117-135. Object.-Promotion of actuarial science.

Meetings. Annual meeting on 1st Thursday after the 14th day of May, in New York City. A second meeting customarily held each year in the autumn, at such date and place as may be decided upon by the council. Membership.-120 fellows (annual dues, $10 in America, $5 in other countries); 29 associates (annual dues, $5). Membership at first confined to the official and assistant actuaries of life insurance companies, together with a few persons not connected with companies, but eminent in the actuarial profession. In 1898 a class of associates was formed, composed of persons engaged in actuarial pursuits and looking forward to future membership in the society. Admission to this class by examination.

Publications.

TRANSACTIONS. v. I-IX (i. e. no. 1-35). [New York, 1889/90-1906] 8°. semi-annual.

v. 1-6 have title Papers and transactions. Price: 50c. per number. Report of committee on specialized mortality investigation. 1903. Large edition, containing the details of the work, price, $6; small edition, containing results only, price $2.

Distribution.—Exchange limited. On sale by the Secretary.

Agassiz Association.

Address.-Pittsfield, Mass. President and founder: H. H. Ballard. History.—A nature study association founded in 1875, incorporated Apr., 1892.

Membership. About 1,000 chapters, mainly in United States and Canada; a few abroad. Entrance fee for each chapter, $1. Individuals also admitted to membership by the President on payment of 50 cents.

Publications.

The Swiss cross. v. 1-5, Jan. 1887-June 1889. New York, 1887-89. 8°. Merged into "Santa Claus," which published material of juvenile interest contributed by the association until 1890. The following periodicals have also served as organs of the association: St. Nicholas (New York, London), Nov. 1880 to Jan. 1887; Popular science news (Boston, later New York), Jan. 1890 to Jan. 1894 and Mar. 1897 to Dec. 1898; The

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Observer (Portland, Conn.), Jan. 1894 to Oct. 1896; The American boy (Detroit), Mar. 1900 to Mar. 1903; Outdoor world, journal of the Agassiz association, ed. by H. H. Ballard, 1903.

See also American Fern Society; Sullivant Moss Chapter; Wilson Ornithological Club.

American Alpine Club.

Address.-Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary: Henry G. Bryant, 2013 Walnut

Street.

History. First meeting held in Washington, D. C., Jan. 2, 1903.

Ref.: American Alpine Club. By-laws, list of members [and their activities, 1903-04, together with references to published accounts of ascents, explorations, etc.]. 1905.

Object.-Scientific exploration and study of the higher mountain elevations and of the regions lying within or about the Arctic and Antarctic circles; cultivation of mountain craft; promotion and dissemination of knowledge regarding the regions above indicated.

Meetings. At least one stated meeting annually, to be held in December in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Washington, or at such place as may be designated for that year's meeting of the A. A. A. S. The constitution provides for a Pacific section for the purpose of holding meetings for members west of the Rocky Mountains. Membership.—50 active (annual dues, $5; life composition, $50); 7 honorary. Limited to persons who have made ascents of one or more mountain elevations considered acceptable to the board of directors, those who have conducted explorations in the Arctic and Antarctic tracts, or contributed substantially to a knowledge of the natural phenomena of the regions included in the club's field of study, and those who are engaged in a special study of recent glacial phenomena. Publications.

The club proposes issuing a series of monographs on Typical mountains of North America. At present its organ is APPALACHIA, pub. by the Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, Mass. (q. v.).

American Anthropological Association.

Address.-Secretary: George Grant MacCurdy, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Editor: F. W. Hodge, 1333 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

History.-Incorporated in the District of Columbia, Mar. 26, 1902; organized in Pittsburg, June 30, 1902.

Ref.: American Anthropologist, n. s., v. 5, 1903, p. 178-192. Object.-To promote the science of anthropology; to stimulate the efforts of American anthropologists; to co-ordinate anthropology with other sciences; to foster local and other societies devoted to anthropology; to serve as a bond of union among American anthropologists and American anthropological organizations, present and prospective; and to publish and encourage the publication of matter pertaining to anthropology.

Meetings.-Annually in connection with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Membership.-269 members (annual dues, $6; reduced to $5 for members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Folklore Association, and $1 for members of anthropological associations receiving the American Anthropologist; life composition, $100); patrons ($1,000). Publications.

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, new series, v. 1-7. New York, 1899-1902; Lancaster, Pa., 1903-05. 8°. q.

Prices: in North America, $1.25 per number, $4 per annum; in other coun-
tries $1.25 per number, $4.50 per annum. v. 1-7 sold only in sets at
$3.50 per vol. in numbers.

Old series, v. I-XI pub. under the auspices of Anthropological society of
Washington (q. v.).

MEMOIRS . . . v. I, pt. 2. Lancaster, Pa., 1906. 8°.

Contents: Tribes of the Columbia valley and the coast of Washington
and Oregon, by A. B. Lewis. v. I, pt. 1, pub. under the title Memoirs
of the American anthropological and ethnological societies, by the Ameri-
can ethnological society, New York (q. v.).

Distribution.-Correspondence pertaining to subscriptions should be addressed
American anthropologist, 41 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., or to the
Treasurer, B. T. B. Hyde, American museum of natural history, New York
City.

American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Address.-Permanent Secretary: L. O. Howard, Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.

History. First meeting in Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1848, in pursuance of a resolution adopted at Boston in Sept. 1847, by the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists (founded 1840 as Association of American Geologists; " and naturalists" added 1843) to resolve itself into the American Association for the Advancement of Science; incorporated by act of the General Court of Massachusetts, March, 1874. Consists of the following sections: A, Mathematics and Astronomy; B, Physics; C, Chemistry; D, Mechanical Science and Engineering; E, Geology and Geography; F, Zoology; G, Botany; H, Anthropology and Psychology; I, Social and Economic Science; K, Physiology and Experimental Medicine; L, Education. A botanical club and an entomological club have been organized within the association, intended to serve as a nucleus for the gathering of all persons interested in these sciences present at the meetings of the association. The library of the

"Organization and development of the chemical section of the A. A. A. S. By Marcus Benjamin. (In American Chemical Society. Twenty-fifth anniversary, 1901, p. 86-98. Also separate.)

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