NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 603 
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE INTERIM 
COMMITTEE 
At the Office of the National Research Council, October 7, 1919 at 9.00 a.m. 
Mr. Angell in the chair. 
Present: Messrs. Angell, Bancroft, Barrows, Brockett, Christian, Kellogg, 
McClung, Mathews, Mendenhall, Ransome, Wood, and Yerkes. 
Mr. Yerkes, Chairman of the Committee on Publication, reported that 
a conference had been arranged with Mr. Pearl for the afternoon of October 7, 
and asked the advice of members of the Interim Committee regarding ques- 
tions to be discussed at the conference. This led to a discussion of the matter 
of publications at considerable length. 
Mr. Kellogg, Chairman of the Publicity Committee, reported that arrange- 
ments had been made for the distribution of any information concerning the 
activities of the Council of sufficient news value to be published in news- 
papers. The Chairman of the Committee read a letter to be sent to Chair- 
men of Divisions requesting that all matter arising in the various Divisions 
which may be used in this connection be submitted to the Publicity Com- 
mittee for distribution. 
The Acting Chairman of the Division of Geology and Geography reported 
that the recommendations contained in the resolution of June 10, 1919, 
relative to coordination in field methods of map-making agencies of the 
Government had already been attended to by the Division of Geology and 
Geography, and that a complete report upon this would be furnished the 
Government Division after its organization has been completed. 
The Chairman of the Council extended the welcome of the Interim Com- 
mittee to Dr. Christian, and expressed the pleasure of its members at his 
arrival in Washington to participate in the activities of the Council. 
The Chairman of the Council reported that six members of the Section on 
Psychology had already been selected and that a meeting of these is to be 
held in Washington on October 20. He reported further that six members 
of the Section on Anthropology had also been selected and it was hoped 
that a joint meeting of the two sections could be held on October 20. 
The meeting adjourned at 10.45 a.m. 
Harry O. Wood, Acting Secretary. 
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE 
BOARD 
At the Office of the National Research Council, October 14, 1919, at 
9.30 A.M. 
Mr, Angell in the chair. 
Present: Messrs. Abbot, C. A. Adams, Angell, Bancroft, Christian, Flinn, 
Johnston, Kellogg, McClung, Manning, Mathews, Mendenhall, Pearl, Pupin, 
Ransome, Townsend, Walcott, Woodward, Yerkes, and by invitation. Barrows, 
Brockett, Wood. 
