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The President thereupon appointed the following members 
to constitute the Committee: 
Hon. George F. Edmunds, Chairman. 
Prof. Alexander Agassiz, Boston. 
Prest. James B. Angell, Ann Arbor. 
Prof. George F'. Barker, Philadelphia. 
Prof. A. Graham Bell, Washington. 
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, New York. 
Prof. C. F. Chandler, New York. 
Hon. Grover Cleveland, Princeton. 
Prest. Charles W. Eliot, Cambridge. 
Prest. Daniel C. Gilman, Baltimore. 
Prest. Arthur T. Hadley, New Haven. 
Provost C. C. Harrison, Philadelphia, 
Hon. John Hay, Washington. 
Dr. I. Minis Hays, Philadelphia. 
Prof. Samuel P. Langley, Washington. 
Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, US.N. 
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Philadelphia. 
Prof. Simon Newcomb, Washington. 
Governor 8. W. Penrtypacker, Harrisburg. 
Prof. E. C. Pickering, Cambridge. 
Prof. Michael I. Pupin, New York. 
Prest. Ira Remsen, Baltimore. 
Prof. John Trowbridge, Cambridge. 
Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Washington. 
Hon. Andrew D. White, Ithaca. 
Prest. Woodrow Wilson, Princeton. 
The pending nominations for membership were read and 
spoken to. The Society then proceeded to ballot for members. 
The tellers subsequently reported the election of the follow- 
ing named candidates as members : 
Residents of the United States— 
Edward E. Barnard, Sc.D., Williams Bay, Wis. 
Carl Barus, Ph.D., Providence, RB. I. 
Franz Boas, Ph.D., New York. 
