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concerned, for there might just as well be no 

 constitutional provision on such subjects. The 

 courts too would have a delicate task, for they 

 must decide whether uniformity is desirable, 

 and second whether state action has produced 

 an efficient result — both of which would be 

 social, economic and political rather than legal 

 questions; and on both of these hardly two 

 people will agree. One can see the new field of 

 legislation that this new theory opens up. It 

 would make our constitution as elastic as the 

 English constitution as far as the division of 

 powers is concerned. It would revolutionize 

 our whole constitutional growth. An early 

 decision by the Supreme Court of the United 

 States is then to be looked forward to with 

 great interest both by the public and by stu- 

 dents of law and government. 



Eaymond Theodore Zillmer 



relation of a theory of existence to a theory of 

 value. 



E. G. Spaulding, 



Secretary 

 Princeton IJNrvEEsiTY 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION 

 The thirteenth annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Philosophical Association will be held at 

 New Haven, Conn., on December 29, 30 and 31, 

 in acceptance of the invitation of the Philo- 

 sophical Department of Yale University. The 

 sessions will begin on the afternoon of the 29th. 

 The American Psychological Association will 

 also meet at New Haven at the same time, and 

 there will be one joint session of the two 

 Associations. 



The subject for consideration in this joint 

 session is "The Standpoint and Method of 

 Psychology." At the present time it is still 

 uncertain whether this session will be devoted 

 wholly to discussion of this subject, or whether 

 a varied program will be made from among 

 the papers offered, of a few of those that prom- 

 ise to be of greatest interest. 



By a resolution adopted at its last meeting 

 the Philosophical Association is this year com- 

 mitted to the discussion of some important 

 problem for two sessions. This will give oppor- 

 tunity for both the opening papers and a sub- 

 sequent adequate consideration of the subject 

 chosen. The question selected for this main 

 discussion is the problem of the relation of 

 existence and value, including their relation 

 ilioth as facts and as concepts, and also the 



AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGISTS 

 The American Society of Zoologists, in 

 affiliation with the American Society of 

 Naturalists, the American Society of Anato- 

 mists and the Federation of American Soci- 

 eties for Experimental Biology, will hold a 

 joint meeting of its eastern and central 

 branches at Philadelphia from December 29 to 

 January 1. 



A joint meeting of the two branches of the 

 Society is held this year in order that the re- 

 port of the " Committee on organization and 

 policy " may be considered and voted upon. 

 This committee, consisting of E. G. Conklin, 

 G. A. Drew and E. G. Harrison, representing 

 the Eastern Branch; F. E. Lillie, M. M. Met- 

 caK and W. A. Locy, representing the Central 

 Branch, and the president of the society, ex 

 officio, was appointed at the Princeton meet- 

 ing and instructed to report at the meeting 

 held in Cleveland. At the Cleveland meeting 

 no report was received and the society con- 

 tinued the committee. On August 15, 1913, 

 a meeting of the committee, called by Pro- 

 fessor H. B. Ward, president of the society, 

 was held at "Woods Hole, at which a constitu- 

 tion for the society was outlined and agreed 

 upon. At this meeting Drs. Lefevre, Eeighard 

 and Parker were invited to meet with the com- 

 mittee and take part in the deliberations, thus 

 filling temporarily the places of members of 

 the committee not at Woods Hole. The draft 

 of the constitution formulated at this meeting 

 was later sent to all the members of the orig- 

 inal committee by the chairman. Dr. G. A. 

 Drew, and certain changes and additions 

 agreed upon have been made. 



Since this meeting falls in eastern territory, 

 the eastern branch will act as host, and, as re- 

 quired by the constitution, the officers of the 

 eastern branch will be responsible for the pro- 

 gram and other necessary arrangements. 

 Members of both branches should, therefore, 



