198 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Associate Members 



Carpenter, Warwick S. Johnson, Boiling Arthur 



Craft, Quincy R. Smith, Franklin H. 



Dayton, William A. Speh, Carl F. 



Fuertes, Louis Agassiz Sturgis, William C. 



Green, Thornton A. Tanner, Earl B. 



Harris, John T. Van Orsdel, John Pomeroy 



Jcpson, Willis L. Zimmerman, Conrad W. 



The names of 51 candidates are now under consideration by the 

 Executive Council. In this connection the procedure of the Council 

 in passing- upon candidates may be of interest to the membership s^en- 

 erally. The member in charge of admissions receives all nominations, 

 secures such supplementary information as in his judgment is neces- 

 sary, and from time to time sends to Senior members and Fellows 

 lists of candidates, with brief summaries of their qualifications. After 

 suitable opportunity has been afiforded for comment (at least 30 days), 

 the names of candidates, with all available information regarding them, 

 are sent to each member of the Council in turn for written ballot. 

 Since it is impossible for the Council to meet as a body for the discus- 

 sion of prospective members, this first ballot is regarded as, in a way, 

 taking the place of such a discussion. Only those candidates receiving 

 a unanimous vote are therefore considered as having been elected. 

 The names of all others are sent the rounds of the Council for recon- 

 sideration and final action, provided, however, that if any new question 

 regarding an individual's candidacy is raised on the second ballot his 

 name is again resubmitted. Not infrequently it has happened that the 

 second ballot has resulted quite differently from the first. The Council 

 does not feel justified in electing a candidate to any other grade than 

 that for which he has been proposed, with the single exception that 

 candidates for Senior membership may be elected to Membership if 

 in the judgment of the Council they do not qualify for the higher grade. 

 All other changes, as, for example, Membership to Senior membership, 

 or Associate membership to Membership, involve so wide a difference 

 in qualifications that the Council feels that Senior members and Fellows 

 generally should have an opportunity to express their views before 

 final action is taken. Should three or more members of the Council, 

 however, favor a man's election to another grade than that for 

 which he has been proposed, their action is regarded as nominating him 

 for the new grade and his name is so published in the next list of 

 candidates. 



