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the working out of technical vocabularies will 

 call for close cooperation of all concerned. 

 But we must naturally look to the linguist and 

 the philologist for the greater part of the gen- 

 eral framework of fact and interpretation. 

 However, it is just in such new frontiers of 

 knowledge that thorough and intimate coopera- 

 tion by all groups is most apt to be fruitful. 



With regard to the second requii-ement, the 

 American Association may make its influence 

 most potently felt through vigorous moral 

 support of the project in general, and espe- 

 cially of the leadership of the work by the two 

 national councils above mentioned, as the 

 logical path for expression of natural academic 

 thought in the international field. 



In order to give expression to the position 

 of the association on this general problem your 

 committee recommends the adoption of the 

 following resolutions : 



Whereas, All the sciences are alike interested 

 in unifying the fundamental tools of thought, 

 and have been notably successful in so doing, 

 with respect to our system of numbers, the Arable 

 numerals, the metric system, the measurement of 

 latitude and longitude, angular divisions, mathe- 

 matical symbols, chemical formulae, time and the 

 calendar, notation in music, and other technical 

 usages ; and 



Whereas, There appears to be a generally ex- 

 pressed need for a suitable international auxiliary 

 language for the prompt and world-wide diffusion 

 of scientific data, and for intercommunicating 

 between nations differing in languages; 



Therefore, Be It Eesolved, That the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Science: 



(o) Becognizes the need and timeliness of 

 fundamental research on the scientific principles 

 which must underlie the formation, standardiza- 

 tion, and introduction of an international auxiliary 

 language, and recommends to its members and 

 affiliated societies that they give serious consid- 

 eration to the general aspects of this problem, as 

 well as direct technical study and help in their 

 own special fields wherever possible; 



(6) Looks with approval upon the attempt now 

 being made by the National Research Council 

 and the American Council of Learned Societies 

 to focus upon this subject the effort of those 

 scholars in this country best fitted for the task, 

 and to transmit the results to the appropriate 

 international bodies ; 



(c) Indorses the heretofore relatively neglected 

 problem of an international auxiliary language 

 as one deserving of support and encouragement; 



(<J) Continues its Committee on International 

 Auxiliary Language, charging it with the further- 

 ance of the objects above enumerated and report- 

 ing progress made to the association at its next 

 meeting. 



S. W. Stratton, 



Chairman 



THE PSYCHOLOGICAL 

 CORPORATION' 



The Psychological Corporation has been 

 incorporated under the laws of the State of 

 New York. The second article of the charter 

 reads : 



The objects and powers of this corporation 

 shall be the advancement of psychology and the 

 promotion of the useful applications of psychol- 

 ogy. It shall have power to enter into contracts 

 for the execution of psychological work, to render 

 expert services Involving the application of psy- 

 chology to educational, business, administrative 

 and other problems, and to do all other things, 

 not inconsistent with the law under which this 

 corporation is organized, to advance psychology 

 and to promote its useful applications. 



So far as is known, this is the first corpora- 

 tion organized under the provisions of the 

 business corporation laws of any state whose 

 objects are the advancement of science and 

 whose earnings must be devoted to scientific 

 research. There are, of course, membership 

 and charitable corporations not for profit and 

 exempt from taxation, but the Psychological 

 Corporation proposes to earn by its services 

 the money that it will use for psychological 

 organization and research. 



Further provisions of the charter provide 

 that no dividend in excess of $6 per share shall 

 be paid during any calendar year and em- 

 power the American Psychological Association 

 to take over any or all of the stock on pay- 

 ment of $100 per share. The stock is held in 

 the first instance by psychologists active in 

 the work of the corporation. It may be noted 



1 Statement prepared by the president of the 

 Psychological Corporation. 



