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The committee remarks: “The plan of dividing the member- 
ship into classes according to the various branches of science 
represented, essentially that of the French Academy, is appar- 
ently looked upon with favor by many members as offering a 
means of securing a more judicious selection and a fairer distri- 
bution of the honors of membership among the different classes 
of scientific workers.” 
This report was referred to the Council and was printed and 
distributed to the members of the Academy. 
In 1894 the Council reported in favor of still another classifi- 
cation, as follows: 
Crass A. Mathematics and Astronomy. 
Crass B. Physics and Engineering. 
Crass C. Chemistry and Mineralogy. 
Crass D. Geology and Paleontology. 
Crass E. Biology. 
Crass F. Miscellaneous. 
This report was considered in a committee of the whole and 
held under advisement until 1899, when an amendment to the 
constitution was adopted providing for the division of the 
Academy into six standing committees, instead of classes. The 
committees, which are quite similar to the classes proposed in 
1894, are as follows: 
1. Mathematics and Astronomy. 
2. Physics and Engineering. 
3. Chemistry. 
4. Geology and Paleontology. 
5. Biology. 
6. Anthropology. 
This classification was amended in 1911, the committees on 
Biology and Anthropology being replaced by four separate com- 
mittees, as follows: (a) Botany, (b) Zodlogy and Animal 
Morphology, (c) Physiology and Pathology, and (d) Anthro- 
pology and Psychology.” 
The third Henry Draper Medal was awarded in 1890 to 
Professor H. A. Rowland for his researches on the solar spec- 
“Loc. cit., pp. 373) 374- 
“Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1911, p. 14. 
