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  JOURNAL 
  OP 
  The 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  17 
  

  

  members: 
  Edward 
  Chester 
  Barnard, 
  Frederic 
  Perkins 
  Dewey, 
  Louis 
  

   Albert 
  Fischer, 
  Franz 
  A. 
  R. 
  Jung, 
  Edward 
  Bennett 
  Rosa, 
  Samuel 
  

   Stockton 
  Voorhees. 
  Other 
  matters 
  dealt 
  with 
  included 
  the 
  movement 
  

   initiated 
  by 
  the 
  Botanical 
  vSociety 
  of 
  sending 
  scientific 
  literature 
  to 
  the 
  scien- 
  

   tists 
  of 
  Russia, 
  the 
  wider 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  Journal 
  to 
  Continental 
  Euro- 
  

   pean 
  countries, 
  and 
  the 
  compilation 
  by 
  the 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  

   a 
  list 
  of 
  100 
  popular 
  books 
  in 
  science. 
  The 
  list, 
  prepared 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  

   of 
  Dr. 
  George 
  F. 
  Bowerman, 
  Librarian 
  of 
  the 
  Public 
  Library 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  

   of 
  Columbia, 
  has 
  been 
  widely 
  circulated 
  and 
  commented 
  upon. 
  The 
  ac- 
  

   tivities 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  in 
  advocating 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  national 
  arbore- 
  

   tum 
  and 
  botanical 
  garden 
  on 
  Moimt 
  Hamilton 
  were 
  also 
  discussed. 
  

  

  The 
  Recording 
  Secretary, 
  William 
  R. 
  Maxon, 
  reported 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  nine 
  

   public 
  meetings 
  held 
  during 
  1921, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  at 
  which 
  

   illustrated 
  lectures 
  were 
  delivered. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  held 
  jointly 
  with 
  

   one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  societies 
  affiliated 
  with 
  the 
  Academy. 
  The 
  titles 
  and 
  

   dates, 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  lectures, 
  were 
  stated. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer, 
  R. 
  L. 
  Faris, 
  showed 
  total 
  receipts 
  of 
  $6,382.79 
  

   and 
  total 
  disbursements 
  of 
  $6,196.89; 
  the 
  cash 
  balance 
  on 
  hand 
  December 
  

   31, 
  1921, 
  was 
  $1,978.52. 
  Investments 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  have 
  a 
  total 
  par 
  

   value 
  of 
  $15,036.37. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  printing 
  the 
  Journal 
  in 
  1921 
  was 
  $3,701.23, 
  

   as 
  against 
  $2,550.00 
  for 
  1919 
  and 
  $2,873.74 
  for 
  1920. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Auditing 
  Committee, 
  consisting 
  of 
  W. 
  R. 
  Gregg, 
  S. 
  H. 
  

   Ayres, 
  and 
  E. 
  G. 
  Fischer, 
  was 
  read 
  and 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer 
  and 
  

   the 
  Auditing 
  Committee 
  were 
  accepted. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Editors 
  of 
  the 
  Journal 
  was 
  read 
  by 
  Robert 
  B. 
  Sosman, 
  

   the 
  senior 
  Editor. 
  Various 
  economies, 
  including 
  change 
  in 
  make-up 
  and 
  

   in 
  size 
  of 
  page, 
  had 
  made 
  possible 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  537 
  pages 
  in 
  Volume 
  11, 
  

   equivalent 
  to 
  about 
  620 
  pages 
  of 
  former 
  volumes. 
  Original 
  articles, 
  53 
  in 
  

   number, 
  took 
  up 
  61 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  pagination. 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   and 
  the 
  Affiliated 
  Societies 
  18 
  per 
  cent. 
  Abstracts 
  11 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  News, 
  

   Notes 
  and 
  Index 
  the 
  remaining 
  10 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  Committee 
  of 
  Tellers, 
  consisting 
  of 
  H. 
  W. 
  Bearce, 
  Robert 
  H. 
  Lom- 
  

   bard, 
  and 
  Robert 
  B. 
  Sosman, 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  following 
  officers 
  had 
  been 
  

   elected 
  for 
  1922: 
  President, 
  W. 
  J. 
  Humphreys; 
  Corresponding 
  Secretary, 
  

   F. 
  B. 
  Silsbee 
  ; 
  -Recording 
  Secretary, 
  William 
  R. 
  Maxon; 
  Treasurer, 
  R. 
  L. 
  

   Faris; 
  Non-resident 
  Vice-Presidents, 
  G. 
  E. 
  Hale, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Miller; 
  Managers 
  

   Class 
  of 
  1925, 
  L. 
  J. 
  Briggs, 
  Robert 
  B. 
  Sosman. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  vice-presidents, 
  nominated 
  by 
  the 
  affiliated 
  societies, 
  were 
  

   then 
  elected: 
  Archaeological 
  Society, 
  Austin 
  H. 
  Clark; 
  Biological 
  Society, 
  

   Vernon 
  Bailey; 
  Botanical 
  Society, 
  Charles 
  E. 
  Chambliss; 
  Chemical 
  

   Society, 
  R. 
  C. 
  WELLS 
  ; 
  Institute 
  of 
  Electrical 
  Engineers, 
  R. 
  P. 
  Parrott; 
  Society 
  

   of 
  Engineers, 
  J. 
  S. 
  Conway; 
  Entomological 
  Society, 
  S. 
  A. 
  Rohwer; 
  Society 
  of 
  

   Foresters, 
  Raphael 
  Zon; 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society, 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  CovillE; 
  

   Geological 
  Society, 
  G. 
  W. 
  Stose; 
  Historical 
  Society, 
  AllEn 
  C. 
  Clark; 
  Medical 
  

   Society, 
  A. 
  W. 
  Boswell; 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  E. 
  C. 
  Crittenden. 
  

  

  163d 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  163d 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  jointly 
  with 
  the 
  Philosophical 
  Society 
  of 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  in 
  the 
  Assembly 
  Hall 
  of 
  the 
  Cosmos 
  Club, 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  Saturday, 
  

   January 
  28, 
  1922. 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  T. 
  Troland, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Psychology 
  at 
  Harvard 
  

   University, 
  delivered 
  an 
  address 
  on 
  Psycho-physics 
  as 
  the 
  key 
  to 
  metaphysics. 
  

  

  