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garding the error whicli had been made at the 

 Baltimore meeting in electing three mem'bers of 

 the committee in place of Messrs. Ward, Paton 

 and Fairchild; whereas, three members should have 

 been elected in place of Messrs. Cattell, Woodward 

 and Noyes. On motion, Messrs. Cattell, Wood- 

 ward and Noyes were requested to act as members 

 of the committee, leaving the election of their 

 successors and of the succeeding group until the 

 meeting at St. Louis. 



The permanent secretary presented a progtesa 

 report with regard to plans for the St. Louis meet- 

 ing and also plans under way for the increase in 

 the membership of the association. He also pre- 

 sented a general statement regarding the condition 

 of his current financial account. 



Some discussion ensued, and Mr. Flexner was 

 requested to deliver a popular lecture, complimen- 

 tary to the citizens of St. Louis, on the evening 

 of Tuesday, December 30. 



A committee of three on the permanent secre- 

 taryship of the association was appointed, consist- 

 ing of Messrs. Flexner, Noyes and Cattell. 



On motion, it was moved and carried that the 

 committee recommend to the council that the con- 

 stitution be so amended as to make the annual 

 dues be five dollars and the life membership com- 

 mutation one hundred dollars. On motion, it was 

 ordered that this amendment be published in a 

 footnote to the new constitution to be published in 

 Science. 



On motion, it was decided to recommend to the 

 council that in view of the increased cost of 

 printing the price of Science per member be three 

 dollars and further to recommend that the price of 

 Science to non-members be fixed at six dollars. 



On motion, the permanent secretary was directed 

 to send out his bills for the year 1920 this month 

 at the amount of five dollars. It was decided that 

 in the campaign for new members now being car- 

 ried on, members joining before January 1, 1920, 

 pay the amount of eight dollars for combined 

 entrance fee and dues. 



After some discussion, it was decided that the 

 committee approve of any effort to raise money for 

 the new popular journal in the name of the asso- 

 ciation by the authorized committee of the Na- 

 tional Research Council or its agents. 



Mr. Cattell presented a progress report for the 

 committee on state and local academies. 



The report of the committee on grants was 

 read by the permanent secretary. 



Mr. Paton was requested, as chairman, to take 



up the work of the committee on delegates for the 

 St. Louis meeting. 



Dr. Charles E. Caspar! was elected as secretary 

 for Section C for the St. Louis meeting on nomina- 

 tion of Dr. Lovelace, chairman of the section. 



The application of the American Academy of 

 Medicine for afiiliation was referred to a commit- 

 tee consisting of Messrs. Paton, Flexner and the 

 permanent secretary for further report. 



A letter from Mr. S. N. D. North, acting secre- 

 tary of the Carnegie Endowment for International 

 Peace, was read which suggested that the associa- 

 tion endeavor to assist the work of the endowment 

 by making an effort to bring about international 

 cooperation between scientific organizations. A 

 committee, consisting of Messrs. Angell, Humph- 

 reys and the permanent secretary, was appointed 

 to confer with the Washington office of the endow- 

 ment on this subject. 



A letter from scientific men in El Paso, con- 

 cerning a southwestern branch of the association 

 was read and discussed. Mr. MacDougal stated 

 that persons interested in this plan were to meet 

 with the association in St. Louis for more intimate 

 discussion of details. 



A report of a call by Mr. Bourland, of the South- 

 ern Education Society, at the office of the perma- 

 nent secretary was read. On motion, it was re- 

 solved that the committee looks with favor on the 

 effort to increase the interest of the scientific men 

 in the south and requests the permanent secretary 

 to confer further with Mr. Bourland in regard to 

 the plans suggested by the latter. 



The committee adjourned at 9.45 P.M., to meet 

 at St. Louis on Sunday, December 2S, at the Hotel 

 Statler, probably about dinner time. 



L. O. Howard, 

 Permanent Secretary 



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