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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LI. No. 1313 



PROPOSED CHANGE IN CONSTITUTION 



Although final action eould not be takea at this 

 meeting, the following proposed amendment to the 

 Constitution was read: 



Article II. (Add) Section 4 



Honorary fellows, regardless of membership in 

 the society, may be elected upon unanimous rec- 

 ommendation of the executive committee, by a ma- 

 jority vot« of the members present at any meeting 

 of the society. The number of honorary fellows 

 shall be limited to ten and not more than one shall 

 be elected on any one meeting of the society. 

 Honorary fellowships does not involve the payment 

 of dues nor does it confer the right to vote. 



After discussion, it was voted that any amend- 

 ment to the constitution shall not contemplate the 

 elevation of members of the society, and that hon- 

 orary membership shall be limited to members of 

 foreign societies. 



RESOLUTIONS 



The resolution committee, consisting of Caswell 

 Grave, Bennet M. Allen and Chancey Juday, re- 

 ported the following resolutions, which were 

 adopted by standing vote, and ordered spread on 

 the records: 



William ErsTcine Kellicott 

 1878-1919 



Mindful of the great loss sustained by the Amer- 

 ican Society of Zoologists and zoological science 

 in the death of William Erskine Kellicott, the 

 members of the society find comfort and satisfac- 

 tion in recalling the mature and substantial char- 

 acter of his scientific contributions, the unusual 

 abilities he displayed as a teacher of zoology, and 

 above all the pleasing personality of their co- 

 worker and friend. 



The society, therefore, desires to record this 

 minute in recognition of his services to zoological 

 science and to mankind. 



George L. Kite 

 1882-1919 



During the brief period of his labors, George L. 

 Kite showed special aptitude, and an adequate 

 preparation for the investigation of the difficult 

 problems which lie in the field where zoology, 

 chemistry and physios meet. His loss is only par- 

 tially repaired by the inspiration which the meth- 

 ods he developed and the results he attained are 

 affording to the workers who have taken up the 

 problems he relinquished. 



The American Society of Zoologists places this 

 minute on record, thereby expressing its regret at 

 the early loss of this promising member. 



ELECTION OP OPPICEES 



The nominating committee composed of S. O. 

 Mast, V. E. Shelford and B. M. Allen, reported the 

 following nominations: 



President, Gilmau A. Drew. 



Vice-president, Caswell Grave. 



Member Executive Committee to serve five 

 years, C. M. Child. 



Memier of Division of Biology and Agriculture, 

 National Eesearch Council, to serve three years, 

 F. E. LiUie. 



Nominations from the floor were called for but 

 none was suggested, and the officers as presented 

 by the Nominating Committee were duly elected. 



On nomination of the executive committee, C. C. 

 Nutting was elected member of the council of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science in place of C. P. Sigerfoos, resigned. 



SESSIONS POK THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 

 OP PAPERS 



At the meetings of the society for the presenta- 

 tion and discussion of papers a total of 42 papers 

 were presented in full, and 28 were read by title. 

 Seventeen of the papers were followed by discus- 

 sion. 



List of Titles 

 The titles have been arranged by the secretary 

 of the zoologists according to the rules of the so- 

 ciety, in the order of thedr arrival. 



Papers marked with an asterisk were read by 

 title. 



Embryology 

 "The individuality of the germ-nuclei during the 

 cleavage of the egg of Cryptoiranohus alleghe- 

 niensis: Bertram G. Smith, Michigan State 

 Noi-mal College. 

 *A sex intergrade pig which resembles a free-mar- 

 tin: Will Scott, Indiana University. 

 Hetention of dead fetuses in utero and its hearing 

 on the problems of superfetation and superfecun- 

 dation: Albert Kuntz, St. Louis University, 

 School of Medicine. 

 *An explanation of the early development of the 

 peripheral nervous system in the vertebrate em- 

 bryo: H. H. Lane, University of Oklahoma. 

 The thyroid and parathyroid glands of Bufo tad- 

 poles deprived of the pituitairy glands: Bennet 

 M. Allen, University of Kansas. 

 The influence of thyroid extirpation upon the vari- 

 ous organs of Bufo larvce: Bennet M. Allen, 

 University of Kansas. 

 Stages in the development of the thymus, para- 

 thyroid and uJtimobra/nchial bodies in turtles: 

 Charles Eugene Johnson, department of zool- 

 ogy. University of Kansas. 



