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2. Proceedings of the Association 



Proceedings of the twelfth scientific meeting (page 486). 



Fourth annual meeting. The fourth annual meeting of the Assoc. 

 was held at the Columbia Med. Seh., June 2, 1913, at 8.30 P. M. 

 Dr. Emily C. Seaman occupied the chair. Abstracts of the Com- 

 munications constituting the scientific proceedings are given in this 

 issue at page 541. 



After several amendments of the Constitution had been adopted 

 (one of them ehminating the Article on Dues), the following offi- 

 cers were elected (1913-14) : 



HoNORARY OFFicERS. President, Dr. Carl L, Aisberg; Vice- 

 presidents: Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, Dr. William B. Boyd, Prof. 

 Mary E. Gearing; Dr. James C. Greenway, Prof. Mary E. Sweeny. 



Active officers. President, Prof. Stanley R. Benedict; Vice- 

 president, Dr. Frederick T. Van Beuren; Secretary, Dr. Alfred P. 

 Lothrop; Treasurer, Prof. William J. Gies. 



At the Suggestion of the Ex. Committee, Prof. Hugo Kronecker, 

 Director of the Physiological Institute of the University of Bern, 

 was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Assoc, and 

 Prof. Lafayette B. Mendel, of Yale University, was invited to be 

 the guest of honor at our third annual dinner, next November. The 

 Assoc. has been highly honored by letters of acceptance from both 

 our distinguished colleagues. 



The Ex. Committee's selections of Corresponding Members were 

 enthusiastically endorsed ; the füll list is given on page iv. 



The secretary's official register of members, including those 

 elected at this and all other meetings during the year, was approved 

 as read (page iv). 



By unanimous vote, and in accord with the amended Constitution, 

 the Assoc. approved the Ex. Committee's suggestions ( i ) that the 

 Ed. Committee in charge of the Biochemical Bulletin be en- 

 larged to include the members who are actively engaged in bio- 

 chemical work, (2) the new Ed. Committee to take the place of the 

 Board of Directors and the former Ed. Committee, (3) the secre- 

 tary of the Assoc. to be the chairman of the Ed. Committee and (4) 

 the treasurer of the Assoc. to be the managing editor of the Bio- 

 chemical Bulletin. 



