The Hungarian Association for the Advancement of Science

Abstract

BUDAPEST, August 28 THE twenty-second meeting of the Hungarian Association for the Advancement of Science has just been concluded. It was held at Debreczin a town of 52,000 inhabitants, and the capital of the great Hungarian Plain. Two hundred and eighty members were present, and of these 132 joined the Medical Section, while the remainder were divided pretty evenly between the Physical and Economic Sections. The Physical Section includes Chemistry, Mathematics, and Astronomy; and the Economic Section includes matters relating to Social Science and Agriculture. Unfortunately the Association does not represent Hungarian science. There is a strong University party in Budapest opposed to its existence; and they give it no countenance either by their presence or otherwise. Nevertheless we are persuaded that the influence of the Association is good.