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The Establishment of a System of Measuring Mental Characters. — 

 Report of the Committee consisting of Dr. W. McDougall 

 (Chairman), Mr. J. Gray (Secretary), Mr. W. Brown, Miss Cooper, 

 Dr. C. W. Kimmins, Dr. C. S. Myers, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, 

 Dr. W. G. Smith, Dr. C. Spearman, and Mr. W. H. Winch. 



The object of the work of the Committee during the past year has been 

 to draw up a standard list of mental tests for use in schools and else- 

 where. Considerable progress has been made, though the Committee 

 are not yet in a position to publish any of their results, as it is necessary 

 to undertake special researches in order to establish the value and 

 special applicability of some of the tests. 



Two meetings of the Committee have been held, and the Chairman 

 has drawn up a memorandum and list of tests which has been sent 

 round to other members of the Committee for suggestions. 



As the Committee propose to make observations with the tests in 

 schools, a certain amount of expenditure in printing cards, &c, will 

 be necessary. The Committee therefore ask to be reappointed with 

 a grant of 51. 



The Ductless Glands. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor 

 Schafer (Chairman), Professor Swale Vincent (Secretary), 

 Professor A. B. Macallum, Dr. L. E. Shore, and Mrs. W. H. 

 Thompson. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 



Mrs. Thompson has continued her work on the comparative anatomy 

 and histology of the thyroids and parathyroids and some related struc- 

 tures. The results will be published shortly in the ' Phil. Trans.' of 

 the Royal Society. 



The Secretary has been investigating the distribution and micro- 

 scopic anatomy of the chromaphil tissues in mammals, especially in 

 the dog. The results will be published shortly in the ' Proceedings ' of 

 the Eoyal Society. 



Drs. Gardner and Mothersill have been engaged upon a series of 

 experiments devised to ascertain what changes, if any, occur in the 

 chromaphil tissues after extirpation of,* or damage to, the adrenal 

 bodies. 



Mr. Heddesheimer is studying the distribution and structure ol 

 accessory cortical adrenal bodies in mammals. 



Dr. Halpenny is continuing his investigations upon the thyroid and 

 parathyroids, and, in conjunction with Mrs. Thompson, has recently 

 published an account of changes in the latter glandules after removal 

 of the thyroid. (' Anat. Anz.') 



The Committee ask to be reappointed with a grant of 45Z. 



