266 MINUTES. [May 15, 
Stated Meeting, May 1, 1903. 
President SmitH in the Chair. 
Letters accepting membership were read from: 
Arnold Hague, Washington. 
Edward W. Morley, Ph.D., Cleveland. 
Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., London. 
Prof. Hugo de Vries, Amsterdam. 
An obituary notice of Joseph M. Wilson was read by Mr. 
Henry Pettit. 
The decease of the following members was announced: 
Theodore D. Rand, at Radnor, Pa., on April 24, zt. 66. 
Prof. J. Willard Gibbs, at New Haven, on April 28, zt. 64. 
Prof. Lightner Witmer read a paper on “The Modern 
Laboratory of Psychology,” which was discussed by Prest. 
MacAlister, Prof. Haupt, Prof. Keasbey, Mr. Rosengarten and 
the President. 
Stated Meeting, May 15, 1903. 
President Smirx in the Chair. 
Dr. Francis Barton Gummere and Mr. Eric Doolittle, 
newly elected members, were presented to the Chair and took 
their seats in the Society. 
The following papers were presented: 
On the “Languages of the New England Aborigines, New 
South Wales,” by Mr. R. H. Mathews (see page 249). 
“On Radio-Activity,” by Prof. George F. Barker. 
“On the Properties of the Field surrounding a Crookes 
Tube,” by Prof. Arthur W. Goodspeed (see page 96). 
