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firmed. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka was elected as vice- 

 president of Section H. 



On motion, the sum of four thousand (4,000) 

 dollars was appropriated to the committee on 

 grants, with the suggestion that the comctnittee 

 use this amount with especial cara On mo- 

 tion, the treasurer was authorized to invest 

 spare funds in government Liberty Bonds, the 

 amount reported by him being in the neighbor- 

 hood of one thousand (1,000) dollars. 



After extended discussion as to the time and 

 place of the next meeting, in which letters 

 from President Lowell, of Harvard, and Presi- 

 dent Maclaurin, of the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology, were read, and in which the 

 permanent secretary rejwrted the result of his 

 visit to Boston to consult with leading Boston 

 members, it was resolved that the place of the 

 next meeting be changed from Boston to Balti- 

 more, provided satisfactory arrangements can 

 be made with the authorities of Johns Hopkins 

 University. 



On motion, it was resolved that a subcom- 

 mittee be appointed to consult and report on a 

 general plan for the next meeting. The per- 

 manent secretary and Messrs. Humphreys and 

 J. C. Merriam were appointed as members of 

 this committee, with authority to consult with 

 other individuals and to add to the committee 

 if found desirable. 



A letter from Dr. S. A. Courtis was read 

 relative to the Emergency Council of Edu- 

 cation and the permanent secretary was au- 

 thorized to ask Dr. E. F. Buchner to represent 

 the Association at the next meeting of that 

 organization. 



The requests of the Seismological Society of 

 America and the Optical Society of America 

 for admission to afBliation were acted upon 

 favorably and it was resolved that non-mem- 

 bers of these societies be admitted to the Asso- 

 ciation during this year without the i>ayment 

 of the entrance fee. 



On motion, it was resolved that the New 

 Orleans Academy of Sciences be admitted to 

 affiliation with the association or, if the 

 Academy prefers, the permanent secretary was 

 authorized to arrange for its establishment as 

 a local branch of the association. 



On motion, the permanent secretary was au- 

 thorized to accept for the association " organi- 

 zation membership " in the American Metric 

 Association and to pay the $10 fee for the 

 association. 



After some discussion, the permanent secre- 

 tary was authorized to have the composition of 

 the responsible editorial committee of the 

 journal Science completed by the substitution 

 of the newly elected vice-presidents for those 

 of last year and to add the name of Henry B. 

 Ward to the representatives of Section K, and 

 the permanent secretary was authorized to 

 have this list manifolded to send to members 

 who request information concerning the com- 

 position of the committee. 



On motion, the committee resolved that the 

 committee on grants consist of nine (9) mem- 

 bers to be elected by the council at the next 

 annual meeting: three for one year, three for 

 a term of two years, and three for a term of 

 three years; thereafter, three members to be 

 elected annually for those whose terms expire, 

 with the proviso that not all of the three shall 

 be reelected, and that the council shall des- 

 ignate the chairman and the secretary of the 

 committee. 



At 9.15 P.M., the committee adjourned, to 

 meet at the call of the chairman, with the un- 

 derstanding that it may be desirable to hold 

 the next meeting during the third week of 

 November at Baltimore in case emergency does 

 not demand an earlier meeting. 



L. O. Howard, 

 Secretary 



SECTION M— AGRICULTURE 

 This Section held two sessions at the Pittsburgh 

 meeting, in Thaw Hall, University of Pittsburgh, 

 one on the afternoon of December 28 and the other 

 on the morning of December 29, 1917. At the lat- 

 ter session the address of the retiring Vice-presi- 

 dent of the Section, Dr. W. H. Jordan, was pre- 

 sented, the subject being "The Future of Agricul- 

 tural Education and Research in the United 

 States."! 



The feature of the session on the afternoon of 

 December 28 was a symposium on "Factors Con- 

 cerned in an Increased Agricultural Production." 



1 Science, N. S., Vol. XLVII., p. 125. 



