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The American Journal of Physiology for the year 

 1920. The society passed a vote of appreciation 

 to Dr. Hooker in recognition of his successful man- 

 agement of the Jowrnal since the administration 

 of the Journal has been under the control of the 

 society. 



4. Professor William H. Howell, of Johns Hop- 

 kins University, was nominated as representative 

 of the society on the Medical Division of the Na- 

 tional Research Council for the three-year term be- 

 ginning July 1, 1920. 



5. The society ait its thirty-first annual meeting 

 at Baltimore, April, 1919, voted approval of a 

 proposition by the council to establish a new jour- 

 nal under the auspices of the society for the publi- 

 cation of reviews of timely topics in the physio- 

 logical sciences. At the present meeting the per- 

 fected plan was announced. It was voted to 

 launch the new journal under the control of the 

 American Physiological Society. A tentative board 

 of seven editors was chosen to represent the bio- 

 logical field of the different societies oonstitutdng 

 the American Federation of Biological Societies. 

 Dr. Donald R. Hooker was appointed managing 

 editor for the year 1920, and the sum of $3,000 

 was set aside from the surplus funds of the Amer- 

 ican Journal of Physiology to guarantee the 

 initial expenses of the new journal. The board of 

 editors announced by the council include four mem- 

 bers from the Physiological Society and one each 

 from the Biochemical, Pharmacological and Patho- 

 logical Societies. The list follows: 



Wm. H. Howell, The Physiological Society, Johns 

 Hopkins University. 



J. J. R. Macleod, The Physiological Society, Uni- 

 versity of Toronto. 



Trederio S. Lee, The Physiological Society, Co- 

 lumbia University. 



Donald R. Hooker, The Physiological Society, 

 Johns Hopkins University. 



L. B. Mendel, The Society of Biological Chemists, 

 Yale University. 



Eeed Hunt, The Society of Pharmacologists and 

 Experimental Therapeutics, Harvard University. 



H. Gideon Wells, The Society for Experimental 

 Pathology, University of Chicago. 



6. The following new members were nominated 

 by the council and elected by the society at the 

 two business sessions: 



Joseph C. Aub, A.B., M.D., instructor in physiol- 

 ogy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 



Francis M. Baldwin, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., associate 

 professor of zoology, Iowa State College, Ames, 

 Iowa. 



Stanley R. Benedict, A.B., Plh.D., professor of 

 chemistry, Cornell Medical College, New York 

 City. 



Eelix Chillingworth, M.D., assistant professor of 

 physiology and pharmacology, Yale University, 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Isabelo Conception, M.D., assistant professor of 

 physiology, University of the Philippines, P. I. 

 Care War Department, Insular Bureau, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, for 1920. 



Chas. H. O'Donoghue, B.Sc, D.Sc, professor of 

 zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 

 Canada. 



Nathan B. Eddy, M.D., lecturer in physiology, Mo- 

 Gill University, Montreal, Canada. 



Andrew C. Ivy, Ph.D., professor in physiology, 

 Loyola University, Chicago, lU. 



Merkel Henry Jacobs, A.B., Ph.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor of zoology. University of Pennsylvania, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Theophile K. Kruse, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., assistant 

 professor of pharmacology, University of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. 



Spencer Melvin, M.D., professor of physiology, 

 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 



Walter R. Miles, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., research psy- 

 chologist, Nutrition Laboratory, Carnegie Insti- 

 tution, Boston, Mass. 



Lillian Mary Moore, B-S., M.S., Ph.D., instructor 

 in physiology, University of California, Berkeley, 

 Calif. 



Andrew Theodore Basmussen, A.B., Ph.D., asso- 

 ciate professor of neurology. University of Min- 

 nesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



John Tait, M.D., D.Sc, professor of physiology, 

 MoGdill University, Montreal, Canada. 



Geo. A. Talbert, B.S., assistant in physiology. Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Homer Wheelon, A.B., M.S., M.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor of physiology, St. Louis University 

 School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. 



7. The officers elected by the society for the year 

 1920 are: 



President, Warren P. Lombard, University of 

 Michigan. 



Secretary, Charles W. Greene, University of Mis- 

 souri. 



Treasurer, Joseph Erlanger, Washington Uni- 

 versity. 



Councillor for the 19Z0-S3 term, Carl J. Wig- 

 gers. Western Reserve University. 



8. Article IX. of the Constitution was amended 

 to enable the society to control and publish jour- 



