MINUTES. V 



Mr. EH K. Price read a paper on " The Park System of Phila- 

 delphia," which was discussed by Prof. Miller, Dr. Keen, Prof. Scott 

 and Mr. Bryant. 



Mr. Price, on behalf of the Committee on the Henry M. PhilHps 

 Prize, presented the following report : 



" The Committee on the Henry M. Phillips Prize have the honor 

 to report that the Judges appointed by the Society to pass on the 

 essays that might be submitted on ' Thie Relation of the Initiative, 

 Referendum and Recall,' in competition for the Prize, have found to 

 their regret that no essay on the chosen subject has been received 

 of such originality and importance as to justify an award of the 

 Prize." 



" The Committee therefore recommend the adoption of the fol- 

 lowing resolutions : 



"Resolved, That no award of the Phillips Prize be made in. 

 pursuance of the competition invited for the year 1918. 



"Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be extended to the 

 Hon. Charles Matteson, of Providence, Prof. Charles E. Merriam, 

 of Chicago, Dr. Westel W. Willoughby, of Washington, Prof. 

 Henry J. Ford, of Princeton, and the Hon. Hampton L. Carson, of 

 Philadelphia, for their valuable services as Judges of the competi- 

 tion." 



The Report was accepted and the resolutions appended thereto 

 were adopted. 



Stated General Meeting, April 18, ip and 20, 1918. 



Thursday. Afternoon, April 18, igi8. 



Opening Session, 2 :30 o'clock. 



William B. Scott, Sc.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 

 The following papers were read : 

 " Efforts of Food Control under Queen Elizabeth," by Edward 



P. Cheyney, A.M., LL.D., Professor of European History, 



University of Pennsylvania. 



