April 3, 1908] 



SCIENCE 



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Chicago on January 1, 1908. There were 

 present 23 representatives of 13 associa- 

 tions, as follows : Association of Physics 

 Teachers of Washington City, 1 ; Associa- 

 tion of Mathematics Teachers of New Eng- 

 land, 1 ; Central Association of Science and 

 Mathematics Teachers, 6 ; Colorado Mathe- 

 matical Society, 1 ; Connecticut Association 

 of Science Teachers, 1; Indiana State Sci- 

 ence Teachers Association, 2 ; Kansas State 

 Association, Mathematics Section, 1; Mich- 

 igan Schoolmasters' Club, Mathematics, 

 Physics and Biology Sections, 3; Nebraska 

 State Association, Physical Science Sec- 

 tion, 2 ; New England Association of Chem- 

 istry Teachers, 2 ; New York State Science 

 Teachers' Association, 1; North Dakota 

 Association of Science Teachers, 1; North- 

 eastern Ohio Association of Science and 

 Mathematics Teachers, 1. 



In the absence of the chairman, the meet- 

 ing was called to order by the secretary, 

 and Professor F. S. Woods, of Boston, was 

 elected chairman pro tern. 



The minutes of the last meeting having 

 been printed and distributed, their reading 

 was dispensed with. 



The report of the executive committee 

 was then read and accepted. The recom- 

 mendations in that report were taken up 

 for consideration. In accordance with 

 those recommendations, the articles of 

 federation were slightly amended, passed 

 seriatim., and then passed as a whole in the 

 following form: 



1. The associations of teachers of science and of 

 mathematics shall form as soon as possible an 

 organization to be known, as the American Federa- 

 tion of Teachers of the Mathematical and the 

 Natural Sciences. 



2. Associations only are eligible to membership 

 in the federation. Any association whose purpose 

 is the study of the problems of science and mathe- 

 matics teaching, and whose number of active mem- 

 bers is twenty-five or more, shall be eligible to 

 membership. 



3. By joining the federation, an association in 



no way loses its individuality, nor its right to 

 conduct its work in its own territory in its own 

 way. 



4. An association joins the federation by ap- 

 pointing delegates to a body to be known as the 

 Council of the American Federation, by having its 

 delegates accepted by the council, and by paying 

 to the treasurer of the council the dues as speci- 

 fied in number 6. 



5. Each association shall have one delegate for 

 every fifty members; but each association shall 

 have at least one delegate. 



6. Each association shall pay to the council 

 annual dues of five cents per member of the asso- 

 ciation, in order to defray the necessary expenses 

 of correspondence by the council. The fiscal year 

 shall date from September 1 each year. The 

 council is authorized to increase the per capita 

 assessment of associations, not to exceed ten cents, 

 if found necessary. 



7. The delegates shall hold office for three years 

 and be eligible for reelection. At the time of its 

 organization, the council shall divide its members 

 into three classes, one of which shall retire at the 

 end of each year. The council shall notify each 

 association each year how many delegates are to 

 be elected by it then. 



8. The council shall elect its own officers, name- 

 ly, president and secretary-treasurer, who shall 

 hold office for one year and be twice eligible for 

 reelection. These officers, together with three 

 others elected annually, shall constitute the execu- 

 tive committee of the council. 



9. The work of the council shall be carried on 

 mainly by correspondence, but an annual meeting 

 shall be held, at such time and place as the execu- 

 tive committee shall select. At any meeting the 

 members of the council who are present shall con- 

 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business; 

 but if less than one third of the members are 

 present, all business so transacted shall be ratified 

 by correspondence. 



10. The duties of the council shall consist in 

 devising methods by which the associations may 

 work together for the betterment of the teaching 

 of science and of mathematics. The council shall 

 act toward each association in a purely advisory 

 capacity, no association being bound by the terms 

 of the federation to follow the suggestions of the 

 council if it does not wish to do so. 



11. All publications issued in the name of the 

 federation shall be approved and authorized by 

 the executive committee. 



12. The council shall publish each year a de- 



