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Ceramic Society; Sullivan W. Jones, J. A. F. 

 Cardiff, American Institute of Architects; 

 Geo. F. Weston, American Society of Agricul- 

 tural Engineers; F. L. Pryor, American 

 Society of Refrigerating Engineers; H. W. 

 Peck, American Gas Institute; Nicholas HiU, 

 American Water Works Association; Edwin 

 J. Prindle, L. P. Alford, L. P. Breckenridge, 

 Ajnerican Society of Mechanical Engineers; 

 F. J. T. Stewart, National Fire Protection 

 Association; J. J. Blackmore, American 

 Society of Heating and Ventilating En- 

 gineers; C. F. Clarkson, Society of Automo- 

 bile Engineers; F. L. Bishop, Society for the 

 Promotion of Engineering Education; George 

 E. Olshausen, U. S. Bureau of Standards; E. 

 C. Crittenden, American Physical Society; 

 Alfred Eigling, Franklin Institute; W. P. 

 Cutter, American Institute of Mining En- 

 gineers; Edgar Marburg, American Society 

 for Testing Materials; A. S. MacAllister, Na- 

 tional Electric Light Association. American 

 Electro-Chemical Society and Illuminating 

 Engineering Society; C. E. Lindsay, Ameri- 

 can Railway Engineering Association; G. W. 

 Lee, librarian. 



The executive committee was charged with 

 the task of enlarging the membership of the 

 committee to include delegates from all 

 similar national organizations, and the pre- 

 paration of a plan for further action. 



The delegates present expressed most hearty 

 and enthusiastic personal interest in any sys- 

 tem which might be worthy of general adop- 

 tion ; they could, of course, not promise, at this 

 early date, anything more than moral support 

 to the idea, reserving for themselves and for 

 their societies the right to thoroughly examine 

 any system that might be evolved before 

 recommending its adoption. 



The name adopted for this organization is 

 " Joint Committee on Classification of Tech- 

 nical Literature," and the temporary address 

 of the Secretary, Mr. W. P. Cutter, is 29 West 

 39th Street, New York City. 



TSE NINETEENTH INTERNATIONAL CON- 

 GRESS OF AMERICANISTS 

 In consequence of the war in Europe, the 

 Washington meeting of the Congress, which 



was originally scheduled for October 5, 1915, 

 was, with the general approval of the member- 

 ship, indefinitely postponed. Since then it 

 has become evident that the war may last for 

 a long period, and that when it does end the 

 conditions, economic and otherwise, may be 

 such that a successful meeting can not be held 

 for many years. Circumstances, however, 

 have so shaped themselves as to make possi- 

 ble a well-attended session of the congress 

 during the coming winter, notwithstanding 

 the enforced absence of most of the European 

 delegates. During Convocation Week of this 

 year, a number of important scientific bodies, 

 whose interests wholly or in part are closely 

 related to those of the Americanists and 

 whose membership is in a large measure the 

 same, will meet in Washington. As this 

 seemed to present an excellent opportunity for 

 a meeting of the Americanists, the organizing 

 committee took preliminary steps which assure 

 intimate cooperation between the Congress 

 and other learned bodies and submitted the 

 proposal to hold the postponed session in 

 cooperation or jointly with these or- 

 ganizations, to the vote of the members. The 

 result of this vote was overwhelmingly in 

 favor of the proposal. In consequence, the 

 organizing committee feels authorized to an- 

 nounce that the session will be held in Wash- 

 ington, December 27-31, of this year; and that 

 it will be held jointly or in cooperation with 

 the Anthropological Section of the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Scientific Congress, the American An- 

 thropological Association, the American His- 

 torical Association, the American Folklore 

 Society, and the Archeological Institute of 

 America. The program previously published 

 will in the main be adhered to, excepting the 

 field excursions; and the members are urged 

 to communicate with the secretary in relation 

 to the papers which they intend to present. 



W. A. Holmes, 

 Chairman, 0. C. 



A. Hedlicka, 



Secretary 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Dr. W. W. Campbell, president of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 



