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priations for topographic work; and if he does 

 so, the correspondents of the committee to 

 " expedite the map " will be requested to ap- 

 peal to their congressmen in support of the 

 director's budget. Eeaders of Science who 

 have experience regarding the value and the 

 need of maps are urged to take part in this 

 campaign by writing to the secretary of the 

 committee, Professor A. E. Burton, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 



The other members of the committee are 

 Robert Bacon, president, National Security 

 League, New York; Arthur H. Blanchard, 

 consulting engineer, National Highway Asso- 

 ciation, professor of highway engineering, 

 Columbia University, New York; G. P. Cole- 

 man, state commissioner of highways, Rich- 

 mond, Va. ; G. E. Condra, president, National 

 Conservation Congress, State University, Lin- 

 coln, Nebr. ; W. L. Darling, chief engineer, 

 Northern Pacific Railway Company, St. Paul, 

 Minn. ; R. E. Dodge, president, National Coun- 

 cil Geography Teachers, Teachers College, 

 New York; A. B. Fletcher, state highway 

 engineer, Sacramento, Calif.; W. Cameron 

 Forbes, of J. M. Forbes and Co., Boston, 

 Mass. ; John R. Freeman, consulting engineer, 

 Providence, R. I.; W. O. Hotchkiss, state 

 geologist, Madison, Wis.; F. H. Newell, pro- 

 fessor of civil engineering, University of Illi- 

 nois, Urbana, 111. ; Joseph H. Pratt, state geol- 

 ogist, Chapel Hill, N. C; Wm. Barclay Par- 

 sons, consulting engineer, New York; Charles 

 A. Stone, of Stone and Webster, Boston, 

 president, International Corporation, New 

 York; Frank M. Williams, state engineer, 

 Albany, N. Y. 



W. M. Davis 



Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



THE COMMITTEE ON POLICY OF THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 

 The committee on policy met at the Hotel 

 Belmont, New York City, on Saturday, Sep- 

 tember 30, 1916, at 1 p.m. There were present : 

 Messrs. Nichols, Woodward, Paton, Hum- 



phreys, Cattell, Noyes, Fairchild, Pickering, 

 MacDougal and Howard. 



Mr. Paton read an informal report from the 

 committee on delegates to the meetings. This 

 was followed by a general discussion, after 

 which it was moved and carried that in subse- 

 quent letters sent by this committee the au- 

 thorities be asked especially to send men who 

 will take an active part in the proceedings. 



Mr. Pickering made a report for the com- 

 mittee on the Colburn Fund. After discus- 

 sion, it was moved that the report be approved 

 and recommended to the council for adoption. 



After discussion, Mr. Noyes moved to rec- 

 ommend to the council the appointment of a 

 committee of seven on grants for research 

 which shall be authorized to apply the income 

 of the research funds of the association and 

 that such committee be appointed by the 

 president with the advice of the committee on 

 policy. 



The treasurer reported for the committee on 

 investments. It was moved and carried that 

 this report be presented to the council with 

 the recommendation that it be published. 



The treasurer made a verbal report on cer- 

 tain features connected with the funds of the 

 association and offered to keep in the safety 

 vault of the Carnegie Institution the bonds 

 and other financial papers of the association 

 in charge of two trusted accountants whom, 

 by way of partial compensation, he proposed 

 personally to make life members of the as- 

 sociation. This offer the committee accepted 

 with thanks. 



Mr. MacDougal reported verbally on the 

 San Diego meeting of the Pacific Division and 

 a long discussion on the welfare of the associa- 

 tion ensued. 



Mr. MacDougal moved the appointment of 

 a subcommittee of three to consider the rela- 

 tion of the association to scientific organiza- 

 tions in general, to report to the committee on. 

 policy in December. Carried. The chairman 

 appointed as this committee, Messrs. Mac- 

 Dougal, Paton and Fairchild. 



Mr. Humphreys brought up the question of 

 the publication by the association, or under 

 its auspices, of a distinctly popular journal. 



