Report of the Representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This year the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is 110 years old and its weekly publication "Science" is 75 years old. The present membership, according to a recent release, is 56,000. Activities of interest during the year are as follows: At the annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana in December 1957 considerable concern was expressed over the possibility that the post-Sputnik shock in the U.S. would lead to poorly designed schemes to place greater stress on science and scientific education. There was also much expressed concern over the possibility of furthering the gap between the physical and social sciences by too focused attention to the former. Thus it was decided to highlight these matters by holding a "Parliament of Science" as soon as possible whose reports would be made available to the public, to the U.S. Congress, etc. The parliament was held in March 1958, "at which approximately 125 scientists, who were nominated for attendance by the 18 sections of AAAS, discussed a number of problems of science and public policy: the support of science; organization and administration of the nation's scientific effort; communication among scientists and communication of scientific ideas; the selection, guidance, and assistance of students; and the improvement of teaching and education.