58 Columbia University Biochemical Association [Sept. 



meeting for the preliminary Organization of the Columbia University 

 Biochemical Association, hereby proposes the adoption of the follow- 

 ing Statement and the appended Constitution for the permanent Organi- 

 zation and government of our Association : 



We, the undersigned workers in the laboratories of the Columbia 

 University Department of Biological Chemistry, in session this first day 

 of March, 1910, hereby adopt the following Constitution for the gov- 

 ernment of the Columbia University Biochemical Association, which 

 we herevvith establish. 



Constitution of the Columbia University Biochemical Association 



Article I. Ob je et 



The Columbia University Biochemical Association has been organ- 

 ized for the purpose of furthering the advancement of the science of 

 biological chemistry through the immediate agency of the Columbia 

 University Department of Biological Chemistry. The association shall 

 aim to interest all past, present, and future workers in the laboratories 

 of the Columbia University Department of Biological Chemistry, and 

 its officially affiliated laboratories, in the attainment of this object. 



Article IL Membership 



Section i. Eligibility. A. Any person who has been an officer in 

 the Columbia University Department of Biological (" Physiological ") 

 Chemistry, or who has been an im'estigator, or has taken a graduate 

 course, in any of the laboratories of the said department, or in an 

 officially affiliated laboratory, shall be eligible to membership. 



B. Any under-graduate Student, past, present, or future, in any of 

 the said laboratories, may be elected a member of the association at an 

 annual meeting by unanimous vote of those in attendance. 



Seetion 2. Classifieation. A. The term resident member shall ref er, 

 in this Constitution, to every member officially connected with the 

 Columbia University Department of Biological Chemistry, or with any 

 of its affiliated laboratories. The term non-resident member shall refer, 

 in this Constitution, to members who are without existing official con- 

 nection with the said department or any of its formally affiliated 

 laboratories. 



B. Any member, upon the payment of one hundred dollars ($100), 

 shall become a life member and shall be so designated on all official 

 lists of membership. 



