EDITORIAL BOARD 
The Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary of the Academy 
The Chairman and the Permanent Secretary of the National 
Research Council 
William Duane, '23 A. L. Day, '22 J. M. Clarke, '21 
R. G. Harrison, '23 Gano Dunn, '22 Ludvig Hektoen, '21 
J. C. Merriam, '23 L. J. Henderson, '22 H. S. Jennings, '21 
H. Moore, '23 W. J. V. Osterhout, '22 R. A. Millikan, '21 
F. SchlESINGER, '23 R. M. YERKES, '22 W. A. Noyes, '21 
W. M. Wheeler, '23 Augustus Trowbridge C. A. Adams 
F. G. Cottrell E. B. Mathews G. W. McCoy 
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