Executive Proceedings, 



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Twelfth meeting. 



Laboratory of Clinical Pathology of the Cornell Medical College. 

 May 2 7, icjoj. Vice President Dunham in the chair. 



Members present: Atkinson, Auer, Brooks, Burton-Opitz, 

 Crampton, Davenport, 1 Dunham, Emerson, Ewing, Field, Flex- 

 ner, Gies, Herter, Levene, Levin, Lusk, Meltzer, Mendel, 1 Morgan, 

 Noguchi, NomSj Oertel, Opie, Richards, Salant, Sweet, Torre}', 

 Wallace, Wolf. 



Members elected : Joseph Erlanger, Otto Folin, E. O. Jordan. 



Resignation of membership. — Resignation of membership was 

 received from Hugo Miinsterberg and accepted with regret. 



Amendments of the Constitution. — The amendments referred 

 to on the next page were severally endorsed by at least three mem- 

 bers before the opening of the regular session of the society on 

 April 19. They were collectively endorsed by the four mem- 

 bers of the council present at the regular council meeting on 

 April 19, and were proposed by the council at the eleventh meet- 

 ing of the society, for consideration at this or a future meeting. 



The following note accompanied the blank ballots that were 

 issued to the members on April 31 : "In view of the probability 

 that the first two of these amendments will be approved unani- 

 mously, the council suggests that the members be prepared to vote 

 upon them at the next meeting (May 24) and that informal ex- 

 pression of opinion be given at the same time on the three remain- 

 ing propositions. The latter may be modified or rejected of course, 

 at the next meeting, but if they in any form survive discussion, the 

 council would suggest that formal vote on them be deferred until 

 the October meeting. In case any or all of the last three propo- 

 sitions referred to should be generally approved, at the next 

 meeting, as they stand, however, it would be convenient and desir- 

 able for the society to decide to make the informal ballot on any 

 or all of the three propositions the formal decision of the members." 



The amendments and a summary of the votes cast on them 

 are given on the next page. 2 



1 Non-resident. 



2 The total membership was 84 ^| = 56), and S2 votes were cast. The two 

 members who failed to vote were in Europe and could not be communicated with in 

 time for their votes to be recorded. The tellers were Frederic S. Lee, Russell Burton- 

 Opitz and Alfred X. Richards. 



