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3. In discussion of type material modern terms indicating its precise 

 nature will be found useful. Examples of these terms are type (or holo- 

 type), allotype, paratype, cotype, lectotype, neotype, etc. 



4. In all cases in the serial treatment of genera or species and where 

 first used in general articles the authority for the species or genus should 

 be given; and the name of the authority should not be abbreviated. 



5. Where the title of any publication referred to is not written in 

 full, standard abbreviations should be used. 



6. When a species discussed has been determined by some one other 

 than the author it is important that reference be made to the worker 

 making the identification. 



WAR ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 



Because of the urgent necessity of improving means of dealing 

 promptly' and effectively with all problems bearing on the war, a re- 

 organization of the National Research Council was effected on April 1, 

 1918, a summary of which follows. 



The Executive Board has established eight divisions, each under the 

 charge of a chairman who shall give all, or the greater part, of his time 

 and attention to the affairs of his division, so as to be in a position to 

 give immediate consideration to any problems which may arise. The 

 following statement indicates the steps thus far taken. 



Each of the eight divisions is to have an Executive Committee, to 

 include members representing the several committees of the Council 

 included within the Division. All of the former committees that are 

 still active are retained under the new organization and additional com- 

 mittees will be established as the needs of the work may demand. The 

 final organization of the Coun-cil may differ materially from the one 

 indicated, both in the grouping of the various subjects into divisions 

 and in the organization of sections and committees within the divisions. 



General Officers 



George E. Hale, Chairman 



Charles D. Walcott, First Vice-Chairman 



Gano Dunn, Second Vice-Chairman 



Robert A. Millikan, Third Vice-Chairman 



John Johnston, Executive Secretary 



Whitman Cross, Treasurer 



Walter M. Gilbert, Assistant Secretary 



Alfred D. Flinn, Assistant Secretary 



Executive Board 



(Consists of Officers, Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Divisions, 



Chairmen of Sections of Administrative Division, 



and members at large) 



