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2. That the resignations of Mr. E. G. Conklin as Chairman of the Zoology Committee and 
of Mr. W. H. Holmes as Chairman of the Anthropology Committee of the Council, have been 
accepted. 
3. That an Executive Committee of the Division of Agriculture, Botany, Forestry, Fisher- 
ies and Zoology, has been appointed as follows: Vernon L. Kellogg, Chairman, Irving W. 
Bailey, Karl F. Kellerman, Burton E. Livingston, H. F. Moore, Raphael Zon. 
4. That a Committee on Medical Zoology of the Division of Medicine and Related Sciences 
has been appointed as follows: 
Representatives of Entomology: 
Leland O. Howard, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (Chairman of 
Group) . 
Charles T. Brues, Bussey Institute, Forest Hills, Massachusetts. 
W. A. Riley, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 
Representatives of Protozoology: 
C. A. Kofoid, University of California, Berkeley, California (Chairman of Group), (Major 
S. C. N. A., Fort Sam Houston, Texas). 
Theobald Smith, Rockefeller Institute, Princeton, New Jersey. 
Frederick G. Novy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 
Representatives of Helminthology : 
Henry B. Ward, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (Chairman of Group). 
Charles W. Stiles, U. S. Public Health Sendee, Washington, D.' C. 
Allen J. Smith, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
5. That a Sub-Committee of the Committee on Psychology, to deal with pedagogical and 
psychological problems of Military Training and Discipline, has been appointed as follows, 
upon recommendation of the Chairman of the Division of Medicine and Related Sciences: 
William C. Bagley, CaTnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Chairman. 
Charles H. Judd, University of Chicago. 
A. Caswell Ellis, University of Texas. 
6. That upon recommendation of the Vice-Chairman of the Division of Geology and Geog- 
raphy, and in accordance with action of the Executive Board at its meeting of February 26, 
an allotment of $1,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, has been authorized from funds 
available to the National Research Council, in case such sum cannot be obtained from the 
U. S. Government, to provide for the expenses of an assistant to Major D. W. Johnson in 
Europe, when engaged in work for the Division of Geology and Geography, the disburse- 
ment of this allotment to be made through the Research Information Committee in Paris. 
Major Johnson, while assigned primarily to other duty in Europe, has obtained permission 
and has been formally authorized to act as the representative of the Division of Geology and 
Geography. 
The Chairman of the Council furthermore reported the following recom- 
mendations: 
1. From the Executive Committee of trie Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology: 
(a) That the following be added to membership in the Chemistry Committee: 
William J. Comstock, formerly of Chemistry Department, Yale University. 
Samuel Avery, Chancellor, University of Nebraska. 
(b) That the special Committee on Platinum and Related Metals of the Chemistry Com- 
mittee, be changed to a Sub-Committee, and that a Sub-Committee on Primers of the 
Chemistry Committee be appointed as follows: 
Richard C. Tolman, Chairman, C. McPhail Smith, H. E. Eastlack. 
(c) That nominations submitted by the Institute of Chemical Engineers for membership 
in the Sub-Committee on Chemical Engineering of the Chemistry Committee, be accepted 
as follows: 
