14 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 12 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 



CONSTITUTION 



The chairman of the Membership Committee of last year submitted proposals for 

 the amendment of the constitution which would result in reclassifying the member- 

 ship and provide, in addition to classes already recognized, for the election of fellows 

 and honorary fellows. The principal object of the proposed change was to provide 

 for the admission to active membership of a considerable number now listed as asso- 

 ciate members. The committee, in view of the somewhat unsettled conditions of the 

 present, recommend that developments be awaited and action deferred. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. P. Felt, 

 W. C.O'Kane, 

 J. G. Sandeks, 



Committee. 



On motion the report was adopted. 



President E. D. Ball: We will now take up any miscellaneous 

 business. 



Mr. T. J. Headlee stated that he was opposed to decreasing the 

 size of the Journal and suggested that a committee be appointed to 

 secure additional finances so that the present size could be maintained. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess stated that under ordinary conditions 

 the Journal had been able to meet its expenses, but with the increased 

 cost of everything connected with its makeup during the past two 

 years, it was not possible to finance the Journal upon its present re- 

 sources. The rates for 1919 had been made last June to subscription 

 agencies and it was therefore impossible to increase the price for 1919. 

 The desired result could be brought about by increasing the subscrip- 

 tion list or by decreasing the pages of the publication and drawing 

 funds from the treasury of the Association. The subscription price 

 for the year 1920 should be increased. 



Mr. E. p. Felt stated that if there were enough members wilHng 

 to subscribe $10 apiece, the 1919 issue could be carried through without 

 decreasing the number of pages, but arrangements should be made for 

 increasing the subscription price for 1920. A motion was made that 

 the Journal be kept at its present size. 



President E. D. Ball stated that at the present time 88 members 

 of the Phytopathological Society were each subscribing $10 per year 

 for a period of ten years to finance their Journal and that the annual 

 subscription to their Journal was $4. He expressed surprise that some 

 of the active members of the Association were not subscribing for the 

 Journal, and thought that all members should show their loyalty to 

 the publication by supporting it at this time. 



Mr. J. G. Sanders stated his beUef that active members should sub- 

 scribe. 



