April 27, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



415 



The plan provides for the training of engineers 

 as scientists and research experts, the use of gradu- 

 ate students for research and the employment of 

 research experts as lecturers and instructors part 

 time in the regular courses of engineering and 

 science in the schools where the stations are estab- 

 lished. There is included a universal research li- 

 brary system, making easily available the im- 

 portant information resulting from the researches 

 in the proposed engineering experiment stations. 



The fifth session -was held in the evening of Fri- 

 day, December 29, in the auditorium of the United 

 Engineering Society building at the invitation of 

 the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Amer- 

 ican Institute of Mining Engineers, the American 

 Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American 

 Institute of Electrical Engineers. Vice-president 

 Dr. Henry M. Howe presided. The attendance was 

 about 325. 



The program of the session, which was devoted 

 to the subject "Interrelationship of Engineering 

 and Pure Science, ' ' was as follows : 



Address by Dr. Henry M. Howe, vice-president. 

 Section D, A. A. A. S., and past-president, Ameri- 

 can Institute of Mining Engineers. 



Address by Dr. Bion J. Arnold, retiring vice- 

 president. Section D, A. A. A. S., and past-presi- 

 dent, American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 



Address by Clemens Herschel, president, Ameri- 

 can Society of Civil Engineers. 



Address by Dr. Ira N. Hollis, president, Wor- 

 cester Polytechnic Institute, and president, Ameri- 

 can Society of Mechanical Engineers. 



The session was followed by a reception, dance 

 and collation tendered by the American Society of 

 Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical 

 Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers to the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



Akthuk H. Blanchaed, 



Secretary 



MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL 



The council met in the U. S. ISTational Mu- 

 seum, Washington, D. C, on Tuesday, April 

 17, 191 Y, at 4:45 p.m., Mr. Humphreys, vice- 

 president, in the chair. The following mem- 

 bers were present : Messrs. Van Hise, Picker- 

 ing, Nichols, Cattell, Fairchild, W. A. ISToyes, 

 Merritt, Kober, Humphreys and Howard. 



The committee on policy submitted a re- 

 port through its chairman, Mr. Nichols, and, 



on recommendation, the following actions were 

 taken by the council : 



On nomination, Mr. E. L. Thorndike, of 

 Columbia University, was elected vice-presi- 

 dent and chairman of Section H, in place of 

 Mr. E. B. Titchener, declined. On nomina- 

 tion, Mr. E. K. Strong, of ISTashville, was 

 elected as secretary of Section H for the un- 

 expired term of one year, vice Mr. MacCurdy, 

 resigned. 



On motion, the following societies were ad- 

 mitted to affiliation with the American Asso- 

 ciotion for the Advancement of Science with 

 privilege of the waiving of the entrance fee 

 to such of their members as may join the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science during the current year: 

 Society of College Teachers of Education, 

 National Society for the Study of Education. 



On motion, the general secretary was in- 

 structed to inform the officers of the National 

 Education Association that the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 would welcome the National Education Asso- 

 ciation as an affiliated society. It was moved 

 to amend the original recommendation of the 

 committee on policy to include also the Amer- 

 ican Association of University Professors in 

 the above action. 



On motion, it was resolved that the general 

 secretary be authorized to prepare and pub- 

 lish, with the assistance of the permanent 

 secretary, a membership list of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 provided it could be done without expense to 

 the association. 



An informal report was made by Mr. Nichols 

 to the effect that the proposed alterations to 

 the constitution and the formulation of by- 

 laws were in definite shape and would be 

 ready for presentation at an early date. It 

 was, on motion, resolved that, upon the com- 

 pletion of the committee's work, the results 

 be published in Science with such memoranda 

 as may be desirable, this publication to be at 

 least one month prior to the Pittsburgh meet- 

 ing. On separate motion, it was resolved that 

 the publication carry with it an invitation for 

 comment from members. 



