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and prints names on the official ballot. Others 

 may be added on petition, with consent of 

 nominee. Council is partly self-perpetuating'. 



Group F. — In the following associations a 

 nominating committee is appointed annually 

 by the chair, though in the cases indicated it 

 is simply said that it is " appointed." The 

 committee reports, and officers are elected at 

 the meeting. 



American Academy of Medicine. " Ap- 

 pointed." 



American Association of Anatomists. " Ap- 

 pointed." Officers elected for two years, secre- 

 tary for four. Executive committee of eleven. 



American Climatological Association. Usu- 

 ally consists of ex-presidents. 



American Dialect Society. Nominating 

 committee is " appointed " at the annual meet- 

 ing, receives suggestions as to who is willing 

 to serve, and reports in a few minutes. 



American Economic Association. " Ap- 

 pointed." Usually consists of ex-presidents if 

 enough are present. 



American Fisheries Society. 



American Forestry Association. " Ap- 

 pointed." 



American-Irish Historical Society. 



American-Jewish Historical Society. 



American Laryngological Association. 



American Laryngological, Ehinological and 

 Otological Society. 



American Medico-Psychological Association. 



American Oriental Society. 



American Otological Society. Nominations 

 by business committee of three appointed by 

 president for that meeting. 



American Roentgen Hay Society. " Nomi- 

 nees are then voted upon by the Society " (two 

 tickets?). It has been recently arranged in 

 the interest of democracy that the new mem- 

 ber of the executive committee be elected by 

 ballot. 



American Society of Naturalists. 



American Sociological Society. Executive 

 committee is partly elected, partly made up of 

 former presidents. Practise has been to keep 

 the same group of officers for a period of two 

 years. 



American Statistical Association. 



American Surgical Association. 



The secretaries of every one of these nine- 

 teen associations commented on their method 

 of electing officers. One of them said no fault 

 had ever been found with the method, though 

 ambitious jpeople were sometimes disappointed 

 in the results. A second said that for twenty 

 years the method had been found satisfactory, 

 but that during the last year it had been 

 claimed that such nominations may reflect the 

 views of an extremely limited portion of the 

 association instead of voicing the general 

 desire. The remaining seventeen said with- 

 out qualification that it worked well : " the 

 ticket is always elected," " the secretary casts 

 a ballot and there is never a grumble." The 

 following statement, however, may not seem 

 very satisfactory to extreme democrats : " The 

 association is usually very harmonious at its 

 annual meetings, and a small group of people 

 have for some years practically prepared the 

 slate. I think this is practically the custom 

 with all similar organizations, and I believe 

 it rarely happens that there is any controversy 

 in regard to the matter." 



Group G. — In the four following associa- 

 tions the nominating committee is chosen 

 more democratically. Officers are elected at 

 annual meeting. 



In the American Microscopical Society and 

 in the American Orthopedic Association the 

 nominating committee is elected at a business 

 meeting. 



In the American Urological Association 

 members of the nominating committee are 

 selected by and from the various members of 

 the several Sections present at the annual 

 meeting. 



In the Medical Association of the Southwest 

 the nominating committee is composed of five 

 members from each of the five states com- 

 posing the association. 



All four of these associations seem to be 

 satisfied with their methods. 



Group H. — In the following associations 

 officers are elected by members present at the 

 annual meeting, but there appears to be no 

 nominating committee. 



In the National Academy of Sciences officers 



