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age to four years above. To reduce the results of the Squire tests to a 

 single expression for each pupil the highest score in each test was placed 

 equal to 100, the lowest equal to 0, and the other scores were reduced to 

 corresponding values. The results for each individual in the eighteen 

 tests were then averaged for a final score. The Pearson coefficient of cor- 

 relation between these scores and the Binet mental ages was .70. The 

 Binet tests were found superior, because they could be given in one- 

 fourth the time required for the Squire tests, because the interest of the 

 pupil was maintained at a higher pitch and because the results were more 

 easily interpreted. 



The Section then adjourned. E. H. Lowie, 



Secreta/ry. 



BUSINESS MEETING 



18 Decembee, 1916 



The Academy met ^t 8 :15 p. m.^ at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Secretary Y. E. Levine, Section of Astronomy, Physics and 

 Chemistry, presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

 The following candidates for Active Membership in the Academy, rec- 

 ommended by the Council, were duly elected : 



H. E. Anthony Georges Crozel 



Charles D. Atkins Otto H. Klein 



Morton L. Byers John De Witt Sterry 



The Secretary reported the following death : 



Prof. P. J. H. Merrill, Active Member since 1886, Life Member 

 since 1915, died 1 December, 1916. 



The Academy then adjourned. Heney E. Ckampton", 



Acting Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTEONOMY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTEY 



4 DecembeE;, 1916 



Section met at 8 :25 p. m.. Secretary Y. E. Levine presiding. 

 The following program was presented : 



Victor E. Levine, Chemical Eeductions in" the Living Organism. 

 Clement S. Brainin, Comparative Intensities of X-eats prom 

 Various Metals. 



