444 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the receipt of the 

 following biographical notices : 



Charles Pickering Bowditch, by A. M. Tozzer. 



Barrett Wendell, by Robert Grant. 



The President announced the death of James Bryce, Viscount 

 Bryce, Foreign Honorary Member, Class III., Section 3. 



The President announced that an invitation had been received 

 from the Academic Royale de Belgique, inviting the Academy to 

 take part in the celebration of its 150th anniversary on May 24, 

 1922. 



It was 



Voted, To ratify the vote taken at the last meeting, no quorum 

 being then present, appropriating $600 from the General Fund, 

 to be applied, $300 to General Expenses and $300 to House ex- 

 penses. 



The special Committee for an amendment to the Statutes, 

 Chapter III., Ai't. 2, second and last paragraphs, to strike out after 

 the word Fellow the words "having the right to vote," reported, 

 recommending that the amendment be adopted; and, a ballot 

 having been taken, it appeared that the amendment was adopted, 

 twenty votes being cast in the affirmative, and none in the nega- 

 tive. 



The President stated that he had appointed E. H. Hall a mem- 

 ber of the Committee on Biographical Notices. 



The following communication was presented : 



W. B. Cannon, "New Evidence for Nervous Control of Some 

 Internal Secretions." (With lantern slide illustrations.) 



The following paper was presented by title : 



"Atmospheric Attenuation of Ultra-Violet Light," by E. L. 

 Schaeffer, presented by Theodore Lyman. 



The Meeting was then dissolved. 



One thousand one hundred and eleventh Meeting. 



March 8, 1922. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the Chair. 



The Transactions of the last Meeting were read and approved. 



