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example the Laboratory is both grateful and proud. Dr. 

 Benjamin Duggar the noted plant physiologist of the Missouri 

 Botanical garden has been elected as worthy successor to Dr. 

 Osterhout. 



5. Dr. Robert H. Bowen of Columbia University resigned 

 charge of instruction of the course in Invertebrate Zoology after 

 four years of conspicuously successful service in charge, and 

 seven years in all, in order to devote his time more fully to 

 research. Dr. J. A. Dawson of Harvard University an ex- 

 perienced member of the staff of the course for several years was 

 chosen to take charge. 



10. Changes in the By-laws. At the meeting of the Board 

 of Trustees, August 12, 1924, a committee composed of the 

 Treasurer, the Secretary and Dr. C. R. Stockard was appointed 

 to consider and revise the By-laws and to report within six 

 months to the Executive Committee. This report was ac- 

 cordingly prepared and presented to the Executive Committee 

 which considered and approved it, and recommended its adoption 

 by the Board of Trustees at their meeting on August n, 1925. 

 At this time it was considered and finally adopted. 



The following Report was presented by the Committee: 



Your committee has examined the Certificate of Incorporation, 

 Articles of Association, the original By-laws of the Corporation, and 

 the present By-laws. It finds that the By-laws are in a very simple 

 form and that the absence of elaborate rules has been a benefit to the 

 Corporation, and has made its business easy to administer. It does 

 not recommend, therefore, any general change in the form of the By- 

 laws. There are, however, certain minor changes which should 

 perhaps be made, and to this end the members of the committee are 

 agreed in recommending the following alterations: 



1. By-law I. Change last sentence to read as follows: 



The President of the Corporation, the Director and Associate 

 Director of the Laboratory shall also be Trustees ex-officio. 



2. By-law V. Line 3. Change to read: 



They shall elect one of their number President of the Corporation 

 who shall also be Chairman of the Board of Trustees; they shall 

 appoint a Director of the Laboratory; and they may choose, etc. 



