PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETlEvS 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



BOARD OF MANAGERS 



At the meeting of the Board of Managers on April 30, 1919, the 

 special committee on distribution of the Proceedings reported that 50 

 reserve sets had been wrapped, and arrangements had been made for 

 the distribution of the greater part of the remaining complete sets. 



At the meeting of the Board on May 26, 1919, the following commit- 

 tees were authorized and appointed: Committee to present to the 

 Congressional commission on reclassification of government employees 

 the desirability of enlisting the aid of the National Research Council: 

 P. G. Agnew and W. J. Humphreys; committee to prepare information 

 concerning scientific and technical positions in the government bureaus, 

 for the assistance of the Reclassification Commission: F. L. Ransome, 

 F. V. CoviLLE, E. B. Rosa, C. S. Scoeield, R. B. Sosman, W. T. 

 Swingle. 



At the meeting of the Board on June 30, 191 9, the membership of 

 the Academy in the American Metric Association was continued, and 

 problems of reclassification, salaries, and retirement were discussed. 



At the meeting of the Board on October 27, 1919, a committee con- 

 sisting of Paul Bartsch, F. V. Coville, and F. L. Ransome was 

 requested to make a report concerning the relation of the Shaw Aquatic 

 Gardens to the proposed engineering improvements along Anacostia 

 River. 



The following persons have become members of the Academy since 

 the last report in the Journal: 



Mr. Oscar S. Adams, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Dr. Arthur Chaden Baker, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Herbert Spencer Barber, National Museum, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Dr. Charles Franklin Brooks, U. S. Weather Bureau, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Mr. Albert Franklin Burgess, Bureau of Entomology, Melrose 

 Highlands, Massachusetts. 



Mr. Otis Fisher Black, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Theodore Chapin, U. S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska. 



Mr. Arthur J. Ellis, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Henry C. Fuller, Institute of Industrial Research, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



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