October 28, 1904. 



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bers or guests to present papers when this 

 seems desirable and to arrange one afternoon 

 meeting the proceedings of which will 

 be of interest to as many members of the 

 association as possible. They should see 

 that all members of their section profes- 

 sionally engaged in science are proposed for 

 election as fellows, and it will be a great ser- 

 vice to the association if they will take an ac- 

 tive part in increasing the membership of the 

 association, especially among workers in the 

 sciences included in their section. A list of 

 members of sectional committees should be . 

 published in the annual volume and each mem- 

 ber of the committee should be informed of the 

 fact 60 days before any meeting. 



3. The following resolution was adopted : 

 Resolved, That the permanent secretary and 



the secretary of the council and the general 

 secretary be requested to nominate as fellows 

 all members of the association who are mem- 

 bers of the following national scientific socie- 

 ties which are assumed to have a qualification 

 for membership equal to the qualification for 

 fellowship in the association: American So- 

 ciety of Naturalists, American Philosophical 

 Society, American Academy of Arts and Sci- 

 ences, American Anthropological Association, 

 Association of American Anatomists, Associa- 

 tion of American Physicians, Association of 

 Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Astronomical 

 and Astrophysical Society of America, Botan- 

 ical Society of America, Geological Society of 

 America, American Mathematical Society, ac- 

 tive members of the American Ornithological 

 Union, American Philosophical Association, 

 American Physical Society, American Physio- 

 logical Society, American Psychological Asso- 

 ciation, American Society of Bacteriologists, 

 Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology 

 and the American Zoological Society. 



4. The following resolution was adopted: 

 Resolved, That the committee on the policy 



of the association recommends as members 

 and, if they become members, nominates as 

 fellows, members of the national scientific 

 societies not now members of the association, 

 in cases in which the national scientific so- 

 ciety has a qualification for membership equal 

 to that of the qualifications of the association 



for fellowship. The following societies are ac- 

 cepted as having such qualifications : (Same 

 list as in resolution 3.) 



Resolved, That the permanent secretary be 

 requested to communicate this resolution to 

 each member of these societies, not already a 

 member of the association. 



5. The following resolution was introduced 

 by Mr. Woodward and after discussion the 

 permanent secretary on his own motion was 

 requested to have it manifolded and sent to all 

 members of the committee on policy of the 

 association, further consideration to be post- 

 poned until a meeting of the committee on 

 policy to be held on Tuesday night, December 

 27, at hotel headquarters in Philadelphia: 



Resolved, That the committee on policy 

 recommends that the Association continue to 

 hold its principal meeting in winter during 

 convocation week, that this meeting be held 

 as a rule in one of the larger cities of the coun- 

 try, and that efforts be made to secure as full 

 a representation of affiliated societies and as 

 large an attendance of members as possible. 

 The committee recommends that in addition 

 arrangements be made for a summer meeting, 

 not necessarily of the whole association, but of 

 such sections and affiliated societies as care to 

 meet together. The place of meeting would 

 be selected with a view to the summer season 

 and with reference to the geographical dis- 

 tribution of members who could not con- 

 veniently attend the winter meeting. The 

 following places of meeting are isuggested 

 with a view to discussion, since it is impor- 

 tant that provisional arrangements be made 

 well in advance for the convenience of the 

 affiliated societies. 



Dr. Smith, for the local committee for the 

 coming Philadelphia meeting, made a report 

 of progress on the arrangements for the meet- 



