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meetings. The other officers for the year were: 

 Vice-president, H. H. Wilder; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 W. C. Allee; Executive Committee, L. J. Cole, E. 

 P. Bigelow, H V. Wilson, M. M. Metealf, George 

 Lefevre; Meniber Council A. A. A. S., C. P. Siger- 

 foos; Local Bepresentative, Caswell Grave. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS 



Ait the business meeting the Executive Commit- 

 tee reeommended the following persons for elec- 

 tion to membership in the society: George Delwin 

 Allen, Albert W. Bellamy, William Charles Boeck, 

 Calvin O. Esterly, Frank Blair Hanson, Charles 

 Eugene Johnson, Ernest Everett Just, James Er- 

 nest Kindred, Mrs. Ruth Stocking Lynch, Thomas 

 Byrd Magath, James Watt Mayor, Dwight Elmer 

 Minnich, Carl E. Moore, Thurlow Chase Nelson, 

 Nadine Nowlin, Charles H. O. Douoghue, Albert 

 Dimoan Robertson, Francis Metealf Eoot, Elizabeth 

 Ajiita Smith, Dayton Stoner, Gertrude Marean 

 White, Sadao Yoshida. All were duly elected. 



The treasurer 's report showed a balance of 

 $809.59, an increase for the year of $63.21. 



ADVISOBT BOARD 



At (the request of Frank R. LiUie, chairman of 

 the committee on cooperation and coordination of 

 the Division of Biology and Agriculture of the 

 National Eesearch Council, the executive commit- 

 tee approved, and the society passed the following 

 resolution : 



Besolved: That there be established a, permanent 

 committee to be called the advisory board of the 

 American Society of Zoologists, consisting of eight 

 memlbers appointed by the executive committee, 

 two each for periods of one, two, three and four 

 years; and thereafter two each year for a four- 

 year term. The chadrman of the board shaill be 

 elected annually by the board. 



The duties of the board Shall be: 



1. To represent the American Society of Zool- 

 ogists before the National Eesearch Council. 



2. To correlate the various research agencies of 

 the country in zoology; including various govern- 

 ment bodies, both national and state, museums, re- 

 eearch establishments and universities. 



3. To promote international relations in zoology. 



4. To take up other problems for the promotion 

 of research in zoology, subject to the approval of 

 The Executive Committee. 



President Child announced the appointment by 

 the executive committee of the following advisory 

 board : P. E. Lillie, Wm. E. Castle, C. C. Nutting, 

 G. N. Calkins, J. T. Patterson, M. M. Metealf, V. 

 E. Shelford, Robert Chambers, Jr. 



THE JOURNAL OP MORPHOLOGY 



Owing to the request of Professor J. S. Kings- 

 ley to be relieved of the editorial management of 

 the Journal of Morphology at a date in 1920 not 

 yet definitely fixed, The Wistar Institute through 

 M. J. Greenman, its director, approached the Amer- 

 ican Society of Zoologists, proposing that the BO- 

 ciety assume responsibility for the scientific policy 

 and the election of the editorial board of the 

 Journal of Morphology, subject to the approval of 

 the advisory board of The Wistar Institute and 

 fuU financial responsibility for the Journal to be 

 kept by The Wistar Institute. 



Mr. Greenman further proposed that the society 

 appoint a small special committee on publication 

 which should meet with the advisory board of The 

 Wistar Institute in Philadelphia at certain of its 

 regular meetings held in April to discuss journal 

 affairs in general, and those of the Journal of 

 Morphology in particular. 



Whenever the committee was called to attend a 

 meeting in Philadelphia all expenses of travel and 

 entertainment incident thereto are to be paid by 

 The Wistar Institute. 



After discussion it was voted to approve the 

 general proposition of assuming responsibility for 

 the scientific policy, and the appointment of the 

 editorial board of the Jownal of Morphology; 

 and the Executive Committee was instructed to ap- 

 point a committee on pulblication whose duties 

 would be: 



1. To initiate a scientific policy concerning the 

 Journal of Morphology. 



2. To nominate aji editorial board. 



3. To consult with the advisory board of The 

 Wistar Institute concerning both the proposed 

 policy and the editorial nominations. 



4. To refer the recommendations for final de^ 

 cision to the executive committee in 1920, and 

 thereafter through the executive committee to the 

 society at its annual meeting. 



M. M. Metealf, Caswell Grave and W. E. Castle 

 have been duly appointed members of the Com- 

 mittee on Publication. 



NEW BT-IiAW 



The following new By-law was adopted: 



By-Laws (Add) No. 4 

 The National Eesearch Council allows the so- 

 ciety three representatives on the Division of Biol- 

 ogy and Agriculture. Of these three representa- 

 tives, one shall be elected each year to serve three 

 years. The method of election shall be the same 

 as that used in the election of the ofScers of the 

 society. 



