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B. L. GlLDERSLEEVE 



George E. Woodberry 

 George W. Chadwick 

 Charles Francis Adams 



I agree to the substance and object of the foregoing, 



A. Lawrence Lowell. 



On motion of the Treasurer, it was 



Voted, (1) That a Committee, consisting of Hon. Charles W. 

 Eliot and Professor John Trowbridge, be appointed to draft and 

 send a reply to the letter of Senator Lodge and others, declining 

 to withdraw the protest of this Academy against the incorporation 

 by the United States of the "American Academy of Arts and 

 Letters." 



(2) That the above Committee be requested to insist on the 

 protest of this Academy against the incorporation of the above- 

 mentioned Society, before any Committee of Congress, and to 

 appear before that Committee in person or by counsel, as may 

 seem to them advisable. 



(3) That the Treasurer be requested to advance the sum of one 

 hundred and fifty ($150.) dollars, or such part thereof as may be 

 called for, for the use of the above Committee. 



On motion of A. G. Webster, it was 



J'oted, That a Committee on the Revision of the Statutes be 

 appointed. 



The President appointed Charles P. Bowditch and John Trow- 

 bridge as a Committee to revise the Statutes. 



The following Communication was given: — "The Zeppelin in 

 Peace and War." Bv Dr. Louis Bell. 



One thousand and thirty-ninth Meeting. 



November 23, 1914. — Special Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House, for the purpose of receiving a 

 scientific communication. 

 The President in the Chair. 



