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[N. S. Vol. XLIII. No. 1100 



BUSINESS SESSION 



New Members 



At the session for the transaction of business, 

 held on the afternoon of December 29, President 

 Wm. A. Loey presiding, the persons who had been 

 nominated for membership in the society and who 

 were recommended for election by the executive 

 committee, were duly elected. A list of the names 

 of these newly elected members follows: 



Leslie Brainerd Arey, Northwestern University 

 Medical School, Chicago, 111. 



George William Bartlemez, University of Chi- 

 cago, Chicago, 111. 



William John Crozier, Bermuda Biological Sta- 

 tion, Agar's Island, Bermuda. 



Rhoda Erdman, Tale University, New Haven, 

 Conn. 



J. F. Gudernatseh, Cornell University Medical 

 School, New York City. 



L. V. Heilbrunn, University of Chicago, Chicago, 

 111. 



Julian Huxley, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas. 



Roseoe R. Hyde, State Normal School, Terre 

 Haute, Ind. 



Sidney I. Kornhauser, Northwestern University, 

 Evanston, 111. 



George N. Papnicolaou, Cornell University Med- 

 ical School, New York City. 



Frank H. Pike, Columbia University, New York 

 City. 



William Albert Riley, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



Reynold Albreeht Spaeth, Yale University, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Olive Swezy, University of California, Berkeley, 

 Calif. 



Morris Miller Wells, University of Chicago, 

 Chicago, HI. 



J. E. Wodsedalek, University of Idaho, Moscow, 

 Idaho. 



Sewall Green Wright, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. 



Officers 



The ticket agreed upon by the committee on 

 nominations, appointed by President Locy and 

 consisting of C. M. Child, George Lefevre and 

 Raymond Pearl, was approved by the society and 

 officers were elected as follows: 



For president during the year 1916, D. H. Ten- 

 nent. 



For vice-president during the year 1916, Charles 

 Zeleny. 



For member of the executive committee to serve 

 five years, R. P. Bigelow. 



For member of the executive committee to take 

 the place vacated by the president-elect, L. J. Cole. 



Beport of Secretary-Treasurer 

 Financial Statement: 



Balance and Beceipts 



Balance on hand January 1, 1915 $689.15 



Dues received from members during the 



year 1915 273.10 



Interest on deposits in Title Guarantee and 



Trust Co 30.56 



Dividend on fund in Industrial Savings 

 and Loan Co. from J. H. Gerould, 



trustee 15.00 



Total $1,007.81 



Disbursements 



2,028 stamped (2 o.) special envelopes . . $43.32 



605 stamps (2 c.) 12.10 



Typewriting (circular letters, addresses, 



etc.) 19.15 



Typewriter supplies 1.00 



Express charges 5.69 



750 Columbia clasp envelopes 6.75 



350 copies printed list new members 19.33 



700 copies blank due bills 3.00 



350 copies proceedings 1914 meeting .... 13.98 



350 copies announcements 1915 meeting. 7.10 



1,000 nomination blanks 8.25 



500 copies of program for 1915 meeting. 16.90 



Expenses of Sec'y-Treas. at 1915 meeting. 41.56 



Total disbursements $198.13 



Total amount received 1,007.81 



Balance on hand Dec. 29, 1915 $809.68 



Unpaid Dues 

 Number of members with dues in arrears: 



For the years 1913, 1914, 1915. . . 1 ( $3.00) 



For the years 1914 and 1915 . . .12 ($24.00) 



For the year 1915 41. . . . ($41.00) 



Total 54. . . . ($68.00) 



Section Established 

 For the information of the Society it was re- 

 ported that a permanent Pacific Section of the 

 American Society of Zoologists was organized laat 

 summer which cooperated with the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science in hold- 

 ing a successful zoological meeting in connection 

 with the Panama Exposition in San Francisco. 



