584 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



An amendment to the Statutes was proposed to bring them into 

 conformity with the changes recently made in the Statutes and 

 Standing Votes, striking out all references to Resident Associates. 

 The amendment was adopted, twenty-three votes in the affirma- 

 tive, none in the negative. 



The President appointed the Nominating Committee as follows : 



Desmond FitzGerald, of Class I. 



Edward M. East, of Class II. 



Kirsopp Lake, of Class III. 



The following communications were presented : — 



George W. Pierce, "Demonstration of Radio-telephony." 



Charles T. Brues, "Insects Preserved in Baltic Amber, with 

 remarks on other Tertiary Insects," with lantern slide illustra- 

 tions. 



Three papers were presented by title : — 



"The Chilean Species of Metzgeria," by Alexander W. Evans. 



"The Typical Shape of Polyhedral Cells in Vegetable Paren- 

 chyma and the Restoration of that Shape Following Cell Division," 

 by Frederic T. Lewis. 



"The Effect of Pressure on Optical Absorption," by Frances G. 

 Wick, presented by P. W. Bridgman. 



The meeting dissolved at 10 o'clock, and was followed by a 

 concert by Radio-telephony. 



One thousand one hundred and twenty-second Meeting. 



April 6, 1923.— Open Meeting. 



A Reception was held at the House of the Academy from four 

 to six o'clock, in honor of Sir Joseph John Thomson, of Cambridge, 

 England, who was in this country as the guest of the Franklin 

 Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, and was accompanied by 

 Vice-President W. C. L. Eglin and Secretary R. B. Owens of the 

 Institute. 



There were about two hundred Fellows and guests, including 

 ladies, present. 



Tea was served in the Reception Room on the third floor. 



