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to tte decision of the Council, and will be deter- 

 mined shortly. 



A special feature of the business session which 

 aroused much interest and discussion was the re- 

 port of the Committee on the Academic Status of 

 Psychology. This committee, made up of Pro- 

 fessor H. C. Warren, Princeton. University, chair- 

 man, and Professors John Dewey and Charles H. 

 Judd, presented a comprehensive report in printed 

 form, based upon data secured from 165 colleges 

 and universities. The results indicated, among 

 other things, that psychology is still constrained 

 in many institutions to furnish the foundation for 

 work in philosophy and education, and thus lacks 

 the autonomy requisite in developing its own spe- 

 cial interests and problems. Three resolutions 

 offered by the committee were adopted by the as- 

 sociation: (1) That a standing committee be ap- 

 pointed to continue the work here begun. (2) 

 that a topic bearing upon the teaching of psychol- 

 ogy be chosen for discussion at the nest annual 

 meeting. (3) That the association adopt the 

 principle that the undergraduate psyeholo^cal 

 curriculum in every college or university great or 

 small, should be planned from the standpoint of 

 psychology, and in accordance with psychological 

 ideals, rather than to fit the needs and meet the 

 demands of some other branch of learning. 



The program of the association included the 

 reading of some forty-five papers. Joint sessions 

 were held with Section L of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, and with 

 the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychol- 

 ogy. As a whole, the program was notable for 

 the evident interest of the participants in the pur- 

 suit of introspective psychology under experi- 

 mental conditions. The keynote was struck by 

 President Woodworth in his address, "A Eevision 

 of Imageless Thought, ' ' in the course of which an 

 interesting theory of "mental reaction" was pro- 

 pounded to account for certain non-sensory con- 

 tents of consciousness as revealed by introspective 

 studies. Another feature was the discussion with 

 demonstration of the introspective method, as con- 

 ducted by Professor J. W. Baird, of Clark Univer- 

 sity, with the assistance of several of his former 

 students and colleagues. 



The papers read were as follows: 



"Habit Formation and Modern Language 

 Teaching," by Stuart H. Rowe. 



"Initial Speed and Total Gain in Learning," 

 by E. A. Kirkpatrick. 



"Notes on Certain Phases of Learning," by S. 

 S. Colvin. 



"Some Learning Curves," by M. E. Haggerty. 



' ' Some Norms of College Freshmen, " by W. V. 

 Bingham. 



"A Study in Mental Retardation in Relation 

 to Etiology," by Bird T. Baldwin. 



"A Method for Qualitative Study of Family 

 Likeness in Arithmetical Abilities," by Margaret 

 V. Cobb. 



"Effect of Heat, Humidity and Stagnancy of 

 Air upon Mental Work," by E. L. Thorndike. 



"Notes on Affective Physiology," by George 

 V. N. Dearborn. 



"Variations in Distribution of the Motor Cen- 

 ters of the Monkey Brain, "by S. I. Franz. 



"Some Relations of Mania to the Sensorium," 

 by E. E. Southard. 



' ' Some Cases of Paramnesia, ' ' by Nathan A. 

 Harvey. 



"Some Technical Results from the Alcohol Pro- 

 gram," by Raymond Dodge. 



"An Apparatus for Testing Visual Sensitivity 

 to Contrast in Animals," by H. M. Johnson. 



"Apparatus for Serial Exposure in Memory 

 Experiments," by E. H. Cameron. 



"Model Animal Maze," by C. Homer Bean. 



' ' Tactimeter, " by C. Homer Bean. 



"Puzzle Box for Hlustrating Problem-Solving 

 Learning, and for Testing Mechanical Ability; a 

 Form of Mirror-Drawing Apparatus which allows 

 Modification of the Movement-Stimulus Rela- 

 tion; Mirror Frame for Observing Eye-Move- 

 ments," by Frank N. Freeman. 



" Tachistoscope, " by F. C. Dockeray. 



"A Self-recording Hand Dynamometer," by 

 Henry C. McComas. 



"Pictures and Class Experiments," by E. A. 

 Kirkpatrick. 



"A Proposed Classification of Mental Func- 

 tions," by George A. Coe. 



"The Temporal Relations of Meaning and 

 Imagery," by Thomas V. Moore. 



' ' Psychology of Slavic People, ' ' by Paul R. 

 Radosavijevich. 



"The Craving for the Supernatural," by Tom 

 A. Williams. 



"The Study of Dreams: A Method Adapted to 

 the Seminary," by Madison Bentley. 



' ' Concerning the Religion of Childhood, " by W. 

 T. Shepherd. 



"The Point Scale Method of Measuring Mental 

 Ability," R. M. Yerkes. 



"The Point Scale Rating of Delinquents," by 

 Thomas H. Haines. 



