Classes ot Members 73 



been made, by direction of the Council, from income of the Jane M. Smith 

 endowment for this purpose. Usually emeritus life members are chosen by 

 the Council from the members who have had longest continuous membership 

 in the Association. Emeritus life members are exempt from the payment of 

 annual dues and have all the privileges of annual members. For the complete 

 list of emeritus life members see page 210. 



Emeritus annual members are members, usually chosen from among those 

 of longest continuous membership in the Association, whose dues have been 

 paid by direction of the Council from the income of the Luella A. Owen 

 fund. Emeritus annual members have all the privileges of annual members. 



Fifty-year members are members who have paid annual dues for 50 years 

 and have been excused from further payments. For the list of 50-year 

 members see page 212. 



. hiiuial members are members who pay annual dues. For the complete list 

 of all persons who have been members at any time between June 1, 1934. 

 and July 1, 1940, see page 217. 



Fellozvs are members of any class who have been elected to fellowship by 

 the Council of the Association in recognition of their having contributed to 

 the advancement of science by the publication of original research or in other 

 significant manner. Before a member is eligible for election as a fellow he 

 must have been nominated by three fellows, the Permanent Secretary or a 

 Section Secretary or a Section Committee, and approved by the Section 

 Committee in whose field his work mainly lies. 



All of the foregoing members receive with their membership a subscrip- 

 tion to either Science or The Scientific Monthly for each calendar year of 

 their membership. 



Honorary BritisJi Association members are officers and members of the 

 Council of the British Association elected to membership for one year by the 

 Council of the Association under the arrangement between the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science and the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science for reciprocal British and American Association 

 lectures on alternate years. These members pay no dues. They receive the 

 general programs, preliminary announcements and reports of the meetings 

 of the Association, but they do not receive subscriptions to Science or The 

 Scientific Monthly. For a complete list of Honorary British Association 

 members see page 213. 



Honorary junior members are boys and girls, nominated by the affiliated 

 academies of science, who have been elected by the Council of the Associa- 

 tion to honorary junior membership for one year. Each affiliated academy is 

 entitled to nominate only one boy and one girl each year from the junior 

 academy or junior science clubs of its territory. Honorary junior members 

 pay no dues. They receive certificates of membership, general programs. 



