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1. That the following six members at large have been appointed to membership on 
the Executive Board of the Council: 
John J. Carty, Arthur A. Noyes, Van H. Manning, Michael I. Pupin, William H. Welch 
and Robert S. Woodward. 
2. That it has been impossible for Major Flexner to accept the chairmanship of the 
Division of Medicine, Hygiene, Surgery, Anatomy, Anthropology, Physiology, Psychology 
and Zoology, and that Richard M. Pearce, of the University of Pennsylvania, has been 
appointed Chairman in his place, and that the title of the Division has been changed to 
read "Division of Medicine and Related Sciences." 
3. That an Executive Committee of the Division of Medicine and Related Sciences has 
been appointed as follows: 
Richard M. Pearce, Chairman, Robert M. Yerkes, Vice-Chairman, Charles B. Daven- 
port, Simon Flexner, William H. Howell, Charles H. Mayo, William J. Mayo, F. F. Russell, 
Edward R. Stitt, V. C. Vaughan, and William H. Welch. 
4. That an Executive Committee of the Division of Geology and Geography has been 
appointed as follows: 
John C. Merriam, Chairman, Whitman Cross, Vice-Chairman, Frank W. DeWolf, 
Douglas W. Johnson, and Philip S. Smith. 
5. That Vernon L. Kellogg, of Leland Stanford Junior University, has been appointed 
Chairman of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, Botany, Fisheries and Zoology. 
6. That Charles E. Mendenhall has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Division of 
Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Geophysics. 
7. That Henry M. Howe, Bedford Hills, New York, has accepted appointment as Chair- 
man of the Section on Metallurgy of the Engineering Division of the Council. 
The Chairman also presented the following financial statement showing 
expenditures on account of the work of the Council since the meeting of the 
Executive Committee of January 17. 
Account in Riggs National Bank 
Balance on hand January 17, 1918 $551.93 
Total deposits January 17 to February 26 5000.00 
$5551.93 
Salaries $547.59 
Expenses and Supplies 3615.43 
Equipment 568 . 62 
Total expenditures 4731 . 64 4731 . 64 
Balance on hand $820.29 
Upon motion Colonel Carty was nominated and elected as Chairman of 
the Executive Board of the Council, and thereupon occupied the chair. 
The resignation of Russell H. Chittenden as Chairman of the Committee 
on Research in Educational Institutions was presented and accepted with 
regret. 
After discussion the appointment of an Executive Committee of the Execu- 
tive Board of the Council was reconsidered and upon motion the previous 
action in establishing such a Committee was rescinded. Thereupon it was 
