486 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



One thousand and eighty-sixth Meeting. 



December 10, 1919. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House at 8.15 p. m. 



The President in the Chair. 



Thirty-three Fellows and one guest were present. 



The Transactions of the last Meeting were read and approved. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented a letter from Alexis 

 Carrel, accepting Fellowship. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported the action of the Coun- 

 cil appointing G. R. Agassiz to be Chairman and W. T. Sedgwick 

 to be a member of the House Committee. 



The President announced the receipt of a letter of acknowledg- 

 ment from the editor of "Nature" for congratulations sent on 

 the occasion of its jubilee. 



The President announced the death of the following Fellows: 

 Henry Lee Higginson, Class HI., Section 4; Frederic Pike Stearns, 

 Class I., Section 4; Thomas Franklin Waters, Class HI., Section 3. 



C. H. Haskins read the following report for the Committee on 

 the proposed American Council of Learned Societies devoted to 

 Humanistic Studies : 



As Chairman of the Committee of the American Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences to which the proposed constitution of the 

 American Council of Learned Societies was referred, I beg to 

 report that the Committee held a meeting 12 November, and 

 unanimously voted to recommend to the Academy the ratification 

 of the covenant and constitution as submitted in print by the 

 conference on 19 September 1919. 



It was. Voted, That the Academy accept and ratify the covenant 

 and constitution proposed and submitted for such a Council, 

 thereby assuming a place as one of the constituent societies. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported that the Council of the 

 Academy had authorized the President to appoint two representa- 

 tives of the Academy to attend the first meeting of the Council 

 of Learned Societies, and had passed a vote expressing the hope 

 that a better term than "Humanistic" might be found for use 

 in the name of the new Council. 



