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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 535 
Moved: That the resignation of Mr. Henry M. Howe as Chairman of the Division of 
Engineering be accepted with regret, and that the National Research Council desires to express 
its appreciation of the valuable services which Mr. Howe has rendered to the Council in its 
work, both as Chairman of the Division of Engineering, and as Scientific Attache of the United 
States and representative of the Research Information Service at Paris. (Adopted.) 
Mr. Howe inquired whether there was any objection on the part of the 
Executive Board to the printing of the scientific papers prepared by those 
connected with the Division in scientific journals provided due credit was 
given to the Council for the work. 
Moved: That on the title page of scientific papers from the Division of Enguieering pub- 
lished in journals other than those of the National Academy of Sciences and the National 
Research Council, a footnote be included to read as follows: "Progress Report on Research 
under the Division of Engineering, National Research Council." (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the name of the Committee on "Improvements of Metals at Blue Heat" 
be changed to "Physical Changes in Iron and Steel Below the Thermal Critical Range." 
(Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Research Committee of the American Bureau of Welding be designated 
as The Welding Research Committee of the Division of Engineering of the National Research 
Council. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Executive Board approve of the publication of a booklet on the relation 
of the Engineering Foundation to the National Research Council, if funds are provided. 
(Adopted.) 
Mr. Hussey, Vice- Chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences presented 
the following nominations for membership in that Division: 
Representing the American Anatomical Society — Professor Clarence M. Jack- 
son, University of Minnesota. 
Representing the American Neurological Society — Dr. E. E. Southard, 74 
Fenwood Road, Boston, Mass. 
Moved: That the nominations of Professor Clarence M. Jackson and Dr. E. E. Southard 
be approved, with recommendation to the president of the National Academy of Sciences 
that they be appointed members of the National Research Council and assigned to the Divi- 
sion of Medical Sciences. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Division of Medical Sciences, in view of the special conditions presented 
by Mr. Hussey, Vice-Chairman of the Division, be authorized to act in the election of a rep- 
resentative from the Public Health Service on the Division of Medical Sciences, subject to 
the approval of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. (Adopted.) 
The Chairman of the Council stated that Dr. Christian would report for 
duty as Chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences on October 1, 1919. 
The Chairman of the Council presented the following report from the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Division of Biology and Agriculture: 
1. That Miss Isabel Bevier, Head of the Department of Domestic Science of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois has been recommended for appointment on the Committee on Human Nutri- 
tion, and Mr. W. H. Jordan of the New York Agricultural Station at Geneva and President 
Raymond A. Pearson of the State Agricultural College of Iowa, Ames, Iowa, for appointment 
on the Committee on Animal Nutrition. 
