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SCIENCE. 



[X. S. Vol. XXII. No. 559. 



held on the evening of August 18 at the Uni- 

 versity of California. 



The committee appointed to draft an organ- 

 ization reported as follows : 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The committee appointed May 3, 1905, by 

 unanimous vote of the charter members of the 

 Berkeley Folk-Lore Club to report on a scheme of 

 organization for the club, beg leave to submit the 

 following: 

 CONSTITUTION OF THE BERKELEY FOLK-LORE CLUB. 



1. This society shall be called the Berkeley 

 Folk-Lore Club. 



2. Besides the fifteen charter members, to wit: 

 Messrs. Lange, Mitchell, Goddard, Dresslar, Hart, 

 Setchell, Merriam, Richardson, Fryer, Gayley, 

 Miller, Ritter, Keeler, Noyes and Kroeber, mem- 

 bers shall consist of such men members of the 

 academic senate of the University of California, 

 and such men members in good standing of the 

 American Folk-Lore Society, as are unanimously 

 elected by the club; and of such only. 



3. The officers shall be a president, vice-presi- 

 dent and secretary, who shall constitute an execu- 

 tive committee which shall arrange for all meet- 

 ings and transact all business of the club. 



4. Four or more meetings annually shall be 

 held, at the first of Avhicli in each academic year 

 the officers shall be elected. 



5. Five shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business. 



6. Amendments to this constitution may be pro- 

 posed at any meeting of the club and adopted by 

 a two thirds vote of those present at the next 

 meeting. 



The committee j'ecommend the adoption of this 

 constitution and the immediate organization of 

 the club under its provisions. 



Signed: A. L. Kroeber, 



Charles Keeler, 

 G. R. Noyes. 



The report of the committee was discussed 

 and accepted, the proposed constitution being 

 thereby adopted. 



The following officers were then elected: 



President — A. F. Lange. 

 Vice-President — Charles Keeler. 

 Secretary — A. L. Kroeber. 



New members elected were : Professor F. W. 

 Putnam, Dr. B. P. Kurtz and Professor H. K 

 Schilling. 



The committee on the establishment of a 

 California branch of the American Polk-Lore 

 Society reported as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The committee appointed May 3, 1905, on vote 

 of the charter members of the Berkeley Folk-Lore 

 Club to report on the feasibility of the establish- 

 ment of a California branch of the American 

 Folk-Lore Society beg leave to submit the follow- 

 ing recommendations: 



That the formation of the Berkeley Folk-Lore 

 Club provides an opportune basis for the estab- 

 lishment and successful development of a Cali- 

 fornia branch of the American Folk-Lore Society, 

 which will extend the work undertaken by the 

 Berkeley Folk-Lore Club to a wider sphere of in- 

 fluence and bring it before a larger body of per- 

 sons, thus enhancing the promotion of folk-lore 

 interests on the Pacific coast. Be it resolved, 

 therefore, 



That a California branch of the American Folk- 

 Lore Society be hereby organized by such of those 

 present as signify their willingness; and 



That a committee of five be appointed to ar- 

 range for a meeting, including a program, in 

 Berkeley, on the evening of August 28; said com- 

 mittee to submit at this meeting a formal draft 

 of organization, with nominations for officers, for 

 the California branch of the American Folk-Lore 

 Society. 



Signed: A. L. Kroeber, 



Charles Keeler, 

 G. R. Noyes. 



This report was adopted, and the following- 

 committee appointed under its provisions to 

 report at the first meeting of the California 

 branch on August 28: J. C. Merriam, G. R. 

 Noyes, A. L. Kroeber, W. C. Mitchell and 

 Charles Keeler. 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



LATIN AS THE LANGUAGE OF BOTANICAL DIAGNOSIS. 



Among the resolutions passed by a majority 

 vote at the recent congress of botanists at 

 Vienna, one only seems to have altogether 

 surprised us in America, and that is the one 

 the import of which is conveyed in the above 

 caption. A large number of botanists — a list 

 of names embracing very many of the leading 

 systematic botanists of Europe — have an- 

 nounced that after two years more new genera 



