February, '14] ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 49 



By vote of the Association the motion was carried. 



Mr. E. p. Felt: Inasmuch as we are now a corporation, I move 

 that the Executive Committee be authorized to have an official seal 

 prepared. 



It was voted that the Executive Committee be so author izecl. ■ 



Mr. a. W. Morrill: I would like to call the attention of the 

 Association to the plan which is being used by the botanical section, 

 of presenting abstracts instead of complete papers. This plan has 

 been found to work very satisfactorily and if we adopted it and limited 

 abstracts of papers to five minutes we would save considerable time. 

 I would move that at the next meeting this plan be adopted and that 

 abstracts not to exceed five minutes be presented instead of papers. 

 (Seconded.) 



Mr. E. p. Felt: There is one question that comes up in this 

 connection and that is the practical question of publication. If the 

 Association is to attempt to publish papers presented before it by 

 abstract we may be undertaking a rather large contract. It is my 

 opinion that some papers, at least, which have been prepared in the 

 past, were practically abstracts and published as papers. If we had 

 some very extended papers we would get into difficulty if we undertook 

 to publish them in full on account of our limited means. 



Mr. Franklin Sherman, Jr.: Do we not have a rule that limits 

 papers to 15 minutes? It seems to me that that length of time is 

 short enough. 



Mr. Wilmon Newell: I would like to offer an amendment to 

 the motion, that it is the sense of this Association that a party present- 

 ing a pajDer should give an abstract rather than read the paper in full. 



The m.otion, as amended, was adopted by the Association. 



Mr. W. E. Britton: Before we adjourn I would like to request 

 the members to forward to me as many current notes as possible for 

 publication in the Journal. 



A question: Is a man supposed to apply for transfer from associate 

 membership to active membership? 



Mr. H. E. Summers: I think the custom has been that it is not 

 good form for an associate member to apply direct. It is rather a 

 matter of individual taste. In many cases associate members who are 

 worthy of active membership have not been selected for years, because 

 the committee has not had their names under consideration. Under 

 the new plan, which will be carried out by the membership committee, 

 of which Prof. R. A. Cooley is chairman, for the next year, the com- 

 mittee will go over the list of associate members and it is always good 

 form to ask the committee in going over the list to consider the name 

 of any one who should be promoted. 



