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3. An annual nomination by the Executive Council of not less than 

 five names. (It would be preferable not to nominate the same men in 

 any two successive years.) Nominations in this sense would simply 

 be a selection of the best men available, in the judgment of the Execu- 

 tive Council, to be voted on by the membership. 



The present provision for supplementary nominations by petition 

 should be retained, although there would probably be little occasion 

 for taking advantage of it. We would not be in favor of changing the 

 provision requiring three-fourths majority for election. 



If these changes were made, there would be no danger of increasing 

 rapidly the number of Fellows and thus reducing the honor which it 

 is intended to bestow; the majority of nominations would be made 

 by the Executive Council, which is in a better position to make nom- 

 inations than is the membership ; and annual consideration of this 

 phase of Society activity would be insured. 



John F. Preston, 

 S. L. Wolfe, _ 



C. R. TlLLOTSON, 



E. H. Frothingham. 



In connection with the preceding statement it may be of interest 

 to the membership generally to know the procedure that I am recom- 

 mending to the Executive Council to insure the systematic considera- 

 tion of nominations for Fellowship. According to this plan the Execu- 

 tive Council will review each year the list of Senior Members eligible 

 for Fellowship and will decide which, if any, of these it cares to place 

 in nomination as candidates for the grade. Notice of the decision 

 of the Council will then be sent to each of the Sections and ample time 

 allowed for such additional nominations as the membership generally 

 desires to make through the written endorsement of 25 Senior Mem- 

 bers or Fellows. By providing for the annual consideration of the 

 Fellowship question both by the Executive Council and the member- 

 ship generally this procedure will, I believe, meet the objection that 

 heretofore nominations and elections have gone largely by default. 



Another matter of interest, particularly in connection with the fore- 

 going proposal to limit more strictly than at present the number of 

 men who can be elected to Fellowship each year is the informal sug- 

 gestion that it might be desirable to set a maximum limit to the total 

 number of Fellows and to provide for the election of additional Fellows 

 by the Fellows themselves. This procedure would follow rather 



