NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
303 
Mr. Merriam, as Chairman of the Section on Relations with Educational 
Institutions and State Committees, presented a report on the organization of 
the Division of Educational Relations. 
Moved: That in accordance with the report submitted by the Section on Relations with 
Educational Institutions and State Committees, the Division of Educational Relations be 
organized as follows: 
It is recommended that the Research Committees in educational institutions be asked to 
group themselves according to six regions; that the committees in each region be requested 
to form an organization consisting of one or more representatives from each committee, 
that this organization meet for conference on the problems of Research Committees at least 
once each year and elect a chairman for the group; and that the Chairman of each of the six 
regional organizations be nominated to represent the Research Committees in the Division 
of Educational Relations of the National Research Council. 
The following organization of the six regions is recommended: 
J. Pacific Coast Region. — ^Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. 
2. West Central Region. — North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, 
Colorado, Wyoming. 
3. East Central Region. — Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, 
Kentucky. 
4. South Central Region. — New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana. 
5. South Atlantic Region. — ^Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, 
6. North Atlantic Region. — Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of 
Columbia. 
It is recommended that the membership of the Division of Educational Relations be con- 
stituted as follows: 
Regional representatives of research committees in educational institutions 6 
Association of American Universities 1 
National Association of State Universities 1 
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 1 
Association of American Colleges 1 
American Association of University Professors 1 
United States Bureau of Education 1 
Divisional Nominations, not to exceed 8 
It is recommended that the divisional nominations should represent investigators or edu- 
cators of note who have given special consideration to the problem of research in educational 
Mr. Merriam, as Chairman of the Section on Relations with Educational 
Institutions and State Committees, presented a report on the organization of 
the Division of States Relations. 
Organization of the Division of Educational Relations 
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institutions. 
(Adopted.) 
Moved: That in accordance with the report submitted by the Section on Relations with 
Educational Institutions and State Committees, the Division of States Relations be organ- 
ized as follows: 
