from 1924 to 1941, was elected president of the Institute, effective 
as of March 1, 1942. Mr. Van Sinderen is son-in-law of the late 
Mr. Alfred T. White, to whom the establishment of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden was chiefly due. 
Miss Michalena LaFrere Carroll, because of the war, did not 
resume her teaching, as during the past few years, at the Southern 
Cultural Institutes, Blue Ridge, North Carolina. She remains, 
however, a member of the Advisory Committee of five which has 
general supervision of these summer courses. 
Mr. Thomas A. Donnelly, who became Secretary and Accountant 
on August 1, 1939, has been granted leave of absence, beginning 
1942, for service with the armed forces. He was as- 
signed as eC ne ioc Headquarters Detachment, Army Base, Port 
of Embarkation (57th St. and 2nd Ave., Brooklyn). This as- 
signment to a post in Brooklyn has made it possible for him to 
give certain night services and supervision to the work of the 
Business Office for which he has been granted a nominal com- 
pensation by the Governing Comiiittee. 
Dr. C. Stuart Gager, who was given the Arthur Hoyt Scott 
gold medal and cash award in 1941, received the gold medal at 
the dedication of the Arthur Hoyt Scott outdoor amphitheatre on 
the campus of Swarthmore College on Saturday, May 23. He was 
asked to give the dedication address for the amphitheatre, and this 
jean 
was published in Science for June 26, 1942 
During the year Dr. Gager continued to serve as vice-chairman 
of the board of the Horticultural Society of New York, as vice- 
president of the National Institute of Social Sciences, as a member 
of the Council of the New York Academy of Sciences, and a 
president of the Torrey eel Club (January 1-December 31). 
as noted elsewhere in this Report (p. 65). 
In the spring of 1942 the board of trustees, faculty, and graduate 
council of Princeton University adopted a plan for “Advisory 
Councils” for each department or academic division designated for 
such purpose by the president of the University. It has been 
provided that, “each advisory council shall have official status and 
its membership shall be listed, along with other constituent Prince- 
ton groups, in the University Catalog.” The members are to 
serve for a term of three years, except that of those first ap- 
