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The committee remarks: " The plan of dividing the member- 

 ship into classes according to the various branches of science 

 represented, essentially that of the French Academy, is appar- 

 ently looked upon with favor by many members as offering a 

 means of securing a more judicious selection and a fairer distri- 

 bution of the honors of membership among the different classes 

 of scientific workers." "' 



This report was referred to the Council and was printed and 

 distributed to the members of the Academy. 



In 1894 the Council reported in favor of still another classifi- 

 cation, as follows: 



Class A. Mathematics and Astronomy. 

 Class B. Physics and Engineering. 

 Class C. Chemistry and Mineralogy. 

 Class D. Geology and Paleontology. 

 Class E. Biology. 

 Class F. Miscellaneous. 



This report was considered in a committee of the whole and 

 held under advisement until 1899, when an amendment to the 

 constitution was adopted providing for the division of the 

 Academy into six standing committees, instead of classes. The 

 committees, which are quite similar to the classes proposed in 

 1894, are as follows: 



1. Mathematics and Astronomy. 



2. Physics and Engineering. 



3. Chemistry. 



4. Geolog)' and Paleontology. 



5. Biology. 



6. Anthropology. 



This classification was amended in 1911, the committees on 

 Biology and Anthropology being replaced by four separate com- 

 mittees, as follows: (a) Botany, (b) Zoology and Animal 

 Morphology, (c) Physiology and Pathology, and (d) Anthro- 

 pology and Psychology." 



The third Henry Draper Medal was awarded in 1890 to 

 Professor H. A. Rowland for his researches on the solar spec- 



"Lof. cil., pp. 373, 374. 



"Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1911, p. 14. 



