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sion. Shall we not require of ourselves a 

 similar scientific spirit as we try to settle 

 educational questions? A more intense 

 consciousness of our common vocation, our 

 common object and common destiny; and a 

 more resolute desire to apply the meth- 

 ods of science, methods of inquiry and 

 publicity, to our work in teaching — ^these 

 are the things which call for the existence 

 of organized effort. Surely we shall have 

 the judgment, the courage and the self- 

 sacrifice commensurate with reverence for 

 our calling, which is none other than the 

 discovery and diffusion of truth. No one 

 has any illusions about what can be imme- 

 diately accomplished. Let us therefore 

 arm ourselves with patience and endurance 

 in view of remoter issues. No one under- 

 estimates the practical difficulties in our 

 way. But arming ourselves with the good 

 will and mutual confidence our profession 

 exacts of us, we shall go forward and 

 overcome them. 



John Dewet 



OBGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSO- 

 CIATION OF UNIFEBSITY 

 PBOFESSOBS 



The meeting called for the purpose of 

 organizing this association was held in the 

 auditorium of the Chemists' Club, New 

 York City, on the afternoon and evening 

 of Friday, January 1, and the morning of 

 Saturday, January 2, 1915. Over 250 were 

 in attendance in the course of the three 

 sessions. Professor John Dewey, of Colum- 

 bia University, called the meeting to order 

 and delivered an introductory address upon 

 the purpose and possibilities of such an 

 association, as conceived by the committee 

 on organization, of which he had served as 

 chairman. Nominations for the chairman- 

 ship of the meeting being called for. Pro- 

 fessor Dewey was nominated and elected 

 permanent chairman, and Professor Over- 



street, of the College of the City of New 

 York, recording secretary. Addresses in 

 support of a motion to proceed to the or- 

 ganization of the association were made by 

 Professors Guthe of Michigan, Thilly of 

 Cornell, West of Princeton, Howard of 

 Nebraska; and a letter from Professor 

 Gildersleeve of Johns Hopkins was read. 

 The motion was unanimously carried. 



The consideration of the draft of a con- 

 stitution submitted by the committee on 

 organization was then begun. This took 

 up most of the afternoon and evening and 

 a part of the morning session. In order 

 that the alternative plans of organization 

 might receive full discussion, the meeting, 

 in most cases, voted upon the principles in- 

 volved in the several articles, rather than 

 upon the language of the instrument. A 

 committee was appointed to draw up the 

 text of a provisional constitution in con- 

 formity with the action taken by the meet- 

 ing, this draft to be submitted for ratifica- 

 tion at the next annual meeting. The deci- 

 sions of the gathering with respect to the 

 principal features of the plan of organi- 

 zation were as follows : 



1. Name. — ^After the consideration of a 

 number of alternatives, it was voted that 

 the name of the society be ' ' The American 

 Association of University Professors." 



2. Eligibility for Membership. — It was 

 voted that any person may be nominated 

 for membership who holds and for ten 

 years has held a teaching or research posi- 

 tion in any one, or more than one, American 

 university or college, or in a professional 

 school of similar grade; provided, that no 

 person not having teaching or research for 

 his principal occupation, and no administra- 

 tive officer not giving a substantial amount 

 of instruction, shall be eligible. Nomina- 

 tions for membership may be made to the 

 council by any three members of the asso- 

 ciation; nominations thus made, and ap- 



