Apeil 30j 1915] 



SCIENCE 



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The minutes of the meeting of December 31, 

 1914, were read and approved. 



After full discussion a number of resolu- 

 tions were recommended to the council. These 

 were adopted by the council and are printed 

 in its minutes. 



A letter from Ex-president Eliot was read 

 in which he made certain suggestions rela- 

 tive to the possibility of preventing over- 

 crowded programs at the meetings. On mo- 

 tion, the permanent secretary was instructed 

 to arrange, so far as possible, all general inter- 

 est items in the first, or general, part of the 

 program in order that they may be easily con- 

 sulted. 



Professor Pickering, from the subcommittee 

 on the Colburn Fund, of the committee on re- 

 search, presented a report. 



Professor Cattell presented a report from the 

 Committee of One Hundred on Scientific Re- 

 search. 



Professor Pickering presented a report from 

 ■the Committee on Expert Testimony. 



L. O. HOWAED, 



Secretary 



MINUTES OF THE COtlNCrL 



The council met at 4.45 p.m., April 20, 1915, 

 in room 37, new building of the National Mu- 

 seum, with Messrs. Fairchild, Nichols, 

 Humphreys, Cattell, Kober, Shear, Taylor, 

 Alsberg, Shantz and Howard present. 



The meeting was called to order by the 

 permanent secretary and Mr. Eairchild was 

 asked to preside. 



The committee on policy submitted a re- 

 port through its chairman, Mr. Nichols, and, 

 on recommendation of the committee, the fol- 

 lowing actions were taken by the council: 



On nomination by the sectional committee 

 of Section B, Professor E. Percival Lewis, of 

 the University of California, was elected as 

 vice-president of that section in place of Pro- 

 fessor Frederick Slate, elected at the Phila- 

 delphia meeting, who was unable to serve. 



On nomination by the sectional committee 

 of Section H, Professor Lillien J. Martin, of 

 Stanford University, was elected as vice- presi- 

 dent of that section in place of Professor 



George M. Stratton, elected at the Philadel- 

 phia meeting, who was unable to serve. 



A resolution was adopted requesting Dr. 

 William W. Campbell, president of the asso- 

 ciation, to prepare a formal address for the 

 San Erancisco meeting in addition to his 

 regular address to be delivered before the asso- 

 ciation at the winter meeting of 1916-17. 



In view of the desirability of rapidly in- 

 creasing the membership of the newly founded 

 Section M (agriculture), the council, on reso- 

 lution, directed that the entrance fee of five 

 dollars be remitted for the present calendar 

 year to new members in the Section of Agri- 

 culture who may join from the following na- 

 tional societies having a qualification member- 

 ship: 



Society for Promotion of Agricultural Science. 

 American Society of Agronomy. 

 The Society of Horticultural Science. 

 The American Society of Animal Production. 

 The Official Dairy Instructors' Association. 



On motion, it was resolved to continue the 

 subcommittee of the committee on research 

 constituted at the Philadelphia meeting for 

 consideration of the Colburn will fund. 



Professor Eoscoe Pound, of the Harvard 

 Law School, was elected as a member of the 

 committee on the amendment of the charter 

 in place of Dr. Charles S. Minot, deceased. 



An application from the Gamma Alpha 

 regular program of the association when the 

 Graduate Scientific Fraternity to allow a 

 notice of its meeting to be inserted in -the 

 regular program of the association when the 

 conventions of the fraternity were held at the 

 same time and place as the meetings of the 

 association was read and acted upon favorably. 



On motion, the committee on policy was 

 authorized to appoint a committee on the inter- 

 national relations of scientific institutions and 

 scientific men. 



The financial report of the permanent secre- 

 tary for the fiscal year from November 1, 

 1913, to October 31, 1914, was read and, on 

 motion, approved and ordered printed. 



The permanent secretary reported briefly 

 concerning the arrangements for the San 

 Francisco meeting and announced that the 



