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SUMMARIZED PROCEEDINGS FOR 1935 



Two meetings of the Association were held in the calendar year 1935, the 

 summer meeting at Minneapolis, Minn., June 24 to June 29, and the annual 

 meeting at St. Louis, Mo., December 30, 1935 to January 4, 1936. The Asso- 

 ciation had held two earlier meetings in Minneapolis, the first in August, 

 1883, and the second in December, 1910. Three earlier meetings had been 

 held in St. Louis, the first in August, 1878, the second in December, 1903, 

 and the third in December, 19 19. 



The Pacific Division held its annual meeting in Los Angeles in June, a 

 previous meeting of the division having been held in Los Angeles in 1923. 

 The Southwestern Division held its meeting in Santa Fe, N. M., having 

 previously held a meeting in that city in both 1922 and 1927. 



At the Minneapolis meeting the registration was 417 and 340 papers were 

 on the programs ; at the St. Louis meeting 2,292 persons were registered 

 and 1575 papers were on the programs ; at the Los Angeles meeting of the 

 Pacific Division the registration was 779 and 383 papers were on the pro- 

 grams ; and at the Santa Fe meeting of the Southwestern Division the regis- 

 tration was 220 and 142 papers were on the programs. The total registration 

 at meetings of the Association and its divisions during 1935 was 3708 and 

 the total number of addresses and papers on the programs was 2440. At the 

 close of the fiscal year 1935 (September 30) the membership of the Asso- 

 ciation was 17,937; the membership of the Pacific Division was 1971 ; and 

 the membership of the Southwestern Division was 277. 



Officers of the Association for 1935 



President. Karl T. Compton (physics), Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology. 



Retiring President. Edward L. Thorndike (psychology), Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 



Permanent Secretary. Henry B. Ward, Smithsonian Institution Bldg., 

 Washington, D. C. 



General Secretary. Otis W. Caldwell, Columbia University. 



Treasurer. John L. Wirt, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary of the Council. Charles A. Shull, The University of Chicago. 



Executive Assistant. Sam Woodley, Washington, D. C. 



Auditor. W. J. Humphreys, U. S. Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C. 



Director of the Press Service. Austin H. Clark, Washington, D. C. 



Director of the Annual Science Exhibition. F. C. Brown, Washington, D. C. 



