Proceedings of the fifth annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, December, 1896.

Abstract

The fifth annual meeting of the American Psychological Association was held in Boston and Cambridge, December 29 and 30, 1896, the time and place having been chosen with reference to the simultaneous meetings of the American Society of Naturalists and the Affiliated Societies.There were forty-five members in attendance, the largest number since the organization of the Association.Three formal sessions were held, one on the morning of the 29th at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, and two sessions on the 30th at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Cambridge.The morning session of the 30th was given up to papers of a distinctly philosophical character.The members of the Association for the most part attended the discussion on • The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics' before the American Society of Naturalists on the afternoon of the 29th, psychology being represented in the discussion by Professor James, of Harvard.Together with the other Affiliated Societies, the psychologists were present at Mr. Alexander Agassiz's lecture and reception in the evening of the 29th, at the luncheon given by the President and Fellows of Harvard College on the 30th, and at the annual dinner of the Societies at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, on the evening of the same day.President George S, Fullerton presided at all the meetings of the Association.

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