REPORT Of committee on membership. 135 



The committee on membership, consisting of H. E. Summers, chair- 

 man, W. D. Hunter, and A. F. Burgess, reported as follows : 



The committee recommends that in the future the Society exercise greater care 

 as to the qualifications of candidates for election to membership, and that as 

 regards active members particularly a considerably more conservative policy 

 than has prevailed in the past should be adopted. In general, only those who 

 are already associate members should be elected to active membership, and this 

 should occur only after they have published a considerable amount of original 

 matter on economic entomology based on their own independent investigations. 

 The privileges of associate membership, however, may well be extended as a 

 means of encouragement to young men who are expecting to pursue economic 

 entomology as a profession, but who have not yet had time to show their capa- 

 bilities by publication or otherwise. 



In the case of active members who seem to have abandoned economic ento- 

 mology permanently, as indicated by their adopting some other profession, they 

 should be transferred to the associate list either permanently or until such time 

 as they may reengage in work in economic entomology. 



In accordance with these principles the committee recommends the following 

 list for membership and for transfer : 



For foreign membership : A. L. Hen-era, Mexico City, Mexico. 



For transfer from associate to active membership : R. I. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. ; 

 H. J. Quayle, Ames, Iowa. 



For associate membership : C. F. Adams, Fayetteville, Ark. ; C. E. Bartholo- 

 mew, Ames, Iowa ; James II. Beattie. Washington, D. C. ; R. W. Braucher, 

 Chicago. 111. ; Edwin C. Cotton, Columbus, Ohio ; Alexander Craw, Honolulu, 

 H. I. ; C. W. Flynn, Baton Rouge, La. ; A. B. Gahan, College Park, Md. ; J. B. 

 Garrett, Baton Rouge, La. ; E. S. Hardy, Shreveport, La. ; J. S. Houser, Wooster, 

 Ohio ; Fred Johnson, Washington, D. C. ; Charles R. Jones, Dallas, Tex. ; 

 Albert Koebele, Alameda, Cal. ; G. W. Kirkaldy, Honolulu, H. I. ; W. O. Martin, 

 Shreveport, La. ; R. S. Mackintosh, Auburn, Ala. ; John F. Nicholson, Still- 

 water, Okla. ; R. C. L. Perkins, Honolulu, H. I. ; J. L. Randall, Durham, N. H. ; 

 E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. ; W. W. Yothers, Dallas, Tex. 



For transfer from active to associate membership : E. E. Bogue, C. T. Brues, 

 R. S. Clifton, Carroll Fowler, C. W. Hargitt, Gerald McCarthy, George W. Martin, 

 C. V. Piper, W. M. Scott. 



On motion, the report of the committee was adopted. 



On motion by Mr. Osborn, it was 



Resolved, That the secretary be requested to arrange, if practicable, 

 in the next annual programme for a symposium on " Insect Legisla- 

 tion," and for one on " The Use of the Insectary in Entomological 

 Research and Education." 



It was moved by Mr. Marlatt and carried that a committee of 

 three, with the secretary as chairman, be appointed to prepare the 

 programme for the next meeting and to formulate suggestions rela- 

 tive to the method of presentation of papers and the discussion 

 thereon. The chair appointed as such committee the secretary to be 

 elected, Mr. Marlatt, and Mr. Summers. 



The following papers on insecticides were presented, the discussion 

 being postponed until the entire series was read: 



