Januabt 9, 1920] 



SCIENCE 



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Thi'oughout the meetings the uFual number 

 of vice-presidential and other addresses were 

 delivered covering a wide range of subjects. 

 Many of these dealt with scientific problems 

 of present day interest and attracted wide 

 attention. Since the names of the speakers 

 and their subjects have already appeared in 

 the preliminary announcement printed in 

 Science and on the final program there is no 

 need of repeating the list here. 



Smokers and dinners provided by the va- 

 riouB affiliated societies were held and enter- 

 tainment for visiting ladies in numerous 

 private functions contributed to the social 

 success of the meetings. 



Matters of general interest to members 

 eminating chiefly from the committee on 

 policy acted upon favorably by the council 

 were: 



1. That the amount to be paid -pev member 

 to the management of Science be $3 and that 

 it be requested to fix the subscription price of 

 Science for non-members at $6. 



2. That approval be given of certain meas- 

 ures under consideration with the Carnegie 

 Endowment for International Peace as set 

 forth in a letter addressed to Dr. Worth, 

 but embodying substantially the following 

 recommendation; that the British, French 

 and Italian equivalents of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science be 

 invited to send delegates to the meeting to be 

 held a year hence in Chicago. 



3. That the American Meteorological So- 

 ciety be admitted as an afiiliated society and 

 that entrance fees be remitted in the case of 

 those of its members who join the association 

 during the coming year. The council further 

 declared itself as looking with favor on the 

 affiliation of any national society which is 

 interested primarily in scientific research. 



4. That the president be authorized to ap- 

 point a committee on international auxiliary 

 languages to cooperate with a corresponding 

 committee of the International Research 

 Coimcil. 



5. That Dr. George H. Perkins and Dr. C. 

 J. S. Bethune be made emeritus life members 

 under the Jane N. Smith fund. 



6. That pursuant to certain resolutions ad- 

 vocated by the ISTational Physical Education 

 Service, the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science will be pleased to 

 cooperate with the National Physical Edu- 

 cation Sen'ice in promoting physical educa- 

 tion. 



7. That the general adoption of the metric 

 system by national and state governments be 

 apprtived. 



S. That the executive committee be re- 

 quested to consider the possibility of paying 

 the mileage of secretaries of sections to and 

 from annual meetings. 



9. I'hat sectional officers avoid placing on 

 their programs papers relating to acute polit- 

 ical questions on which public opinion is 

 divided. 



10. That the association wiU look with 

 favor on any plan approved by the men of 

 science in the coimtry for the encouragement 

 of research in engineering imder the auspices 

 of the government. 



11. That the association endorses and " com- 

 mends the general purposes of The Save the 

 Redwoods I/eag-ue" in its efFort to preserve 

 some of the oldest trees in the world. 



12. That the Southern Educational Society 

 be admitted to affiliation and that the ad- 

 mission fee be remitted in the case of those 

 members of the Southern Educational Society 

 who join the association during the coming 

 year. 



13. That there be authorized the organiza- 

 tion of members of the American Association 

 for the Advajicement of Science in New Mex- 

 ico, all or part of Texas and such other terri- 

 tory as may seem advisable into a Southwest- 

 ern Division of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science and that Dr. D. 

 T. MacDougal be the representative of the 

 executive committee for such an organization. 



14. That the sima of $4,500 be made available 

 to the committee as grants for the ensuing 

 year. 



15. That the by-laws as printed in Science, 

 November 21, be adopted, with the following 

 amendment to be added at the end of Article 6, 



