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Mr. Fearing: That covers that point. Another thing 

 of importance is in regard to reports of the Treasurer and 

 various committees. There are 41 different Treasurer's re- 

 ports, thus necessitating 41 references. 



Secretary : Could not one general reference lie made 

 to suffice ? 



Mr. Fearing: We cannot have one reference. There is 

 a Treasurer's report for each year of the Society's existence. 



Secretary : But they would appear only in one place 

 in the index. There would he no cross references. 



Mr. Fearing: That is so. It could he simplified in that 

 way. That was our idea if it met with the Society's appro- 

 val, because otherwise it would require a great deal of space. 



The next question is: Under broad subjects like "Ap- 

 paratus," would you care to have the references in the order 

 of the years in which they come, or alphabetically? That is 

 to say, for instance, under the head "Apparatus," would the 

 order be "Brackett's trays" and then "Ainsworth's screens"? 

 Brackett's trays came out first and Ainsworth's screens 

 afterward. Logically the reference to Ainsworth's screens 

 should he first in the index. 



Secretary: I think an alphabetical arrangement is by 

 all odds the best. 



Dr. H. B. Ward: It seems to me that we passed one lit- 

 tle item without note, that in some cases may have considera- 

 ble importance: I refer to the reports of committees. Re- 

 ports of Nominating and Auditing Committees, etc.. would 

 he of little value if indicated under forty different headings. 

 On the other hand, if there is a committee on international 

 relations or a committee on best methods of handling cer- 

 tain matters, it might be important to get at the report of 

 the committee. The report of the committee in such case 

 would seem to me to have a permanent value, whereas the 

 report of an auditing or nominating committee has very 

 little permanent value. 



Mr. Fearing: I think, perhaps, if it is satisfactory. T 

 might pick out the important committees. 



