February, '11] ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AFFILIATION OF THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



Prepared and presented at the joint meeting of Committees, November 15, 1910, 

 by A. D. Hopkins. 



The American Association of Economic Entomologists has given the matter of 

 affiliation considerable attention. In the proceedings of the meeting held at Balti- 

 more in December, 1908, about five pages are devoted to reports of committees and 

 to discussions relating to the matter. 



A committee was appointed in 1908 to attend the meeting of the Society for the 

 Promotion of Agricultural Science, held that year at Washington, D. C. Two mem- 

 bers of the committee were present and a report made to the Society at its regular 

 session in December of the same year that nothing definite had been accomplished. 

 After a discussion of the matter, the president appointed Lawrence Bruner, A. D. 

 Hopkins, and A. F. Burgess a committee to confer with other committees on affili- 

 ation and report at the next meeting; also to present a plan of action for the con- 

 sideration of the Association before final adjournment. The following plan was 

 presented : 



See p. 24, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. II, No. 1, February, 1909, 

 p. 24. (Letter Professor Bruner, October 26, quoted in part.) 



In expressing my opinion as a member of the committee, it is evident that in order 

 to promote in the best way these common objects and social and business interests, 

 there is special need of some form of affihation of the various societies in North 

 America which have for their objects the advancement of agriculture through sci- 

 entific research. Among the needs to be met by affiliation and cooperation, the fol- 

 lowing may be mentioned : 



(a) Economy and efficiency in conducting the special and general sessions; (b) 

 economy and efficiency in publications; (c) economy in membership fees 

 and annual dues. 



In conducting the meetings provisions could be made: 1. For securing the 

 best facilities for independent and joint sessions of the various societies 

 and their committees. 



2. For classifying the subjects of papers to be presented, and assigning 

 them to the programs of a special society, or the joint programs of twa 

 or more societies where they will be of interest to the greatest number 

 of the members in attendance. 



3. For the selection of special subjects of the broadest interest and assign- 

 ing them to the general session of the affiliated societies for discussion. 



In regard to economy and efficiency in publications, there is decided need of 

 economy in the aggregate cost of publications issued by the various societies, as there 

 is also of more efficiency in such publications to meet the requirements of the mem- 

 bers for classified and condensed information issued in the most convenient and 

 available form for the busy investigator and student. 



It is believed that through affiliation and proper cooperation and a common place 

 of publication, with a paid editor to cooperate with the publication committees of 

 the various societies, the cost to the individual members of desirable published 

 matter could be reduced fifty per cent., and that efficiency in such pubhcations 

 could be greatly increased. 



As to economy in membership fees and annual dues, there is special need of econ- 

 omy in the aggregate amount of money paid by the scientist to secure the social, 



