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of 171 men, including many of the most 

 prominent educators. 



2. The title of Section H was changed 

 from 'Anthropology' to 'Anthropology and 

 Psychology. ' 



3. The permanent secretary was author- 

 ized to publish hereafter the programs of 

 the affiliated societies as a part of the offi- 

 cial program of the association. 



4. Section E, and other sections desiring 

 to do so were authorized to hold meetings 

 in the summer of 1907. 



5. A standing committee of fifteen on 

 seismology was appointed. The committee 

 consists of G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological 

 Survey; Cleveland Abbe, U. S. AVeather 

 Bureau ; L. A. Bauer, Carnegie Institution ; 

 C. E. Dutton. U. S. Army; H. F. Reid, 

 Johns Hopkins University; Otto Klotz, 

 Observatory, Ottawa, Ont. ; AV. W. Camp- 

 bell, Lick Observatory; A. C. Lawson, 

 chairman, California State Earthquake 

 Commission; R. S. Tarr, Cornell Univer- 

 sity; L. M. Hoskins, Stanford University; 

 C. G. Rockwood, Jr., Princeton University ; 

 "W. H. Hobbs, University of Michigan; 

 W J McGee, St. Louis ; John F. Hayf ord, 

 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; and T. 

 A. Jaggar, Jr., Harvard University. 



6. A standing committee of five on the 

 bibliography of science was appointed, one 

 of whose duties shall be to cooperate with 

 the International Catalogue of Scientific 

 Literature. The committee consists of J. 

 McKeen Cattell, R. S. Woodward, Jas. 

 Lewis Howe, Wm. Trelease and C. B. 

 Davenport. 



7. A Darwin Memorial Committee of ten 

 was appointed to consider the manner in 

 which the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science may suitably com- 

 memorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 

 publication of the first edition of the 

 'Origin of Species.' The committee con- 

 sists of H. F. Osborn, chairman, L. 0. 

 Howard, E. G. Conklin, A. C. Lane, D. T. 



MacDougal, J. McK. Cattell, J. M. Coulter, 

 H. B. Ward, F. Boas and C. B. Davenport, 

 secretary. 



8. Grants for research were made as fol- 

 lows: $100 to the Concilium Bibliograph- 

 icum; $100 to Professor Frederick E. 

 Clements for aid in the study of the rela- 

 tion of Alpine plants to their environment ; 

 $100 to J. Arthur Harris for aid to com- 

 plete a statistical investigation of the influ- 

 ence of environment on the characteristics 

 of organisms. The last two recommenda- 

 tions were made on the understanding that 

 the grants will be expended under the 

 supervision of the standing committee on 

 the relations of plants to climate. 



9. The Entomological Society of Amer- 

 ica was admitted to the privileges of affilia- 

 tion. 



10. The council recommended that the 

 committee on the policy of the association 

 be requested to consider means by which 

 the efficiency of the organization of the 

 association may be increased and the office 

 of the permanent secretary be made more 

 important, and that the consideration of 

 these matters be made to include the fol- 

 lowing points: procuring a permanent sec- 

 retary to devote his entire time to the work 

 of the association and to receive greatly 

 increased pay; the matter of raising the 

 dues of the association ; the matter of di'op- 

 ping the entrance fee of the association; 

 the matter of changing the time of convo- 

 cation week and of the meeting of the 

 association; and the relation of the asso- 

 ciation to the affiliated societies. 



11. It was decided to hold the next regu- 

 lar meeting of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, at Chi- 

 cago in the winter of 1907-8, and not to 

 hold a summer meeting in 1907. 



12. It was recommended to the next gen- 

 eral committee that a meeting be held in 

 the summer of 1908, preferably in some 

 New England town, and that the regular 



