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I am confident we all desire to give them. I believe 

 that to them should also be given the greatest freedom 

 in the handling of their work. More perhaps than 

 anyone else they are in position to know the resources 

 of the Society and to feel the responsibility of adjusting 

 the expense to the income, and it should therefore be 

 very largely left to them to determine the details of 

 Journal management. 



It is gratifying to learn that there is no lack of material 

 for publication. If we sometimes wish that the Jour- 

 nal contained more in the nature of brief comment 

 and personal, every day observation and experience 

 from our members at large, we must remind ourselves 

 that we are responsible for such lack and not the edi- 

 tors, who invite and welcome contributions of that 

 character. I believe that the Journal might well be 

 made the medium of greater interchange and expression 



among members. 



There are several points of organization and admin- 

 istration which invite attention and possible action. 

 Among these are the proposed revision of the Constitu- 

 tion, and the question as to what course to pursue with 

 reference to members in arrears for dues. Of the first 

 it may be said that a committee was appointed by Dr. 

 Dowell, who was then President, for the purpose of 

 considering and reporting upon the matter. It seems 

 desirable that certain points which have led to differ- 

 ences of interpretation should be cleared, that others 

 looking to better form should be modified and pos- 

 sibly that some changes be made in methods of pro- 

 cedure. This committee has given the matter some 



port 



near future. 



The other point suggested above may be covered in 

 the treatment of the first. The question arises as to 

 how long one's name should be carried on the member- 



