Vol.. 6, 1920 INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION 
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New Year's Day 
First Quarter 
Second Quarter 
Third Quarter 
Fourth Quarter 
Leap Day 
Monday 1 
Tuesday 2 
Wednesday 3 
Thursday 4 
Friday 5 
Saturday 6 
Sunday 7 
January 
April 
July 
October 
8 15 22 29 
9 16 23 30 
10 17 24 
11 18 25 
12 19 26 
13 20 27 
14 21 28 
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February 
May 
August 
November 
6 13 20 27 
7 14 21 28 
1 8 15 22 29 
2 9 16 23 30 
3 10 17 24 
4 11 18 25 
5 12 19 26 
March 
June 
September 
December 
4 11 18 25 
5 12 19 26 
6 13 20 27 
7 14 21 28 
1 8 15 22 29 
2 9 16 23 30 
3 10 17 24 31 
This would be a perpetual calendar, and need be printed but once. 
If this calendar should be adopted it should go into effect at the beginning 
of a year which, according to the present calendar, would begin with 
Monday in order to avoid such confusion as might arise from the adding 
or dropping certain days of the beginning week. According to the present 
calendar the next year that begins on Monday is 1923, and the next fol- 
lowing year to begin on Monday is 1934. 
It should be pointed out that according to the proposed calendar the 
Sun will come to the Vernal Equinox about March 19 or 20 instead of 
March 21 or 22 as under the present calendar. 
2. The day to be divided into twenty-four hours numbered consecu- 
tively from one to twenty-four, the noon hour to be twelve. 
3. The astronomical day to begin at midnight. 
R. T. Crawford, Chairman. 
Signed after expressing very strong preference for "Leap Day" follow- 
ing December 31, in order to break the continuity of the weeks only once 
per annum. W. W. Campbei^l. 
Signed, excepting 11 2, relating to the 24-hour day, because it would 
necessitate an impossible change of dials and mechanisms in all existing 
timepieces. Harold Jacoby. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH SURVEYS 
One of the objects of the National Research Council, as expressed in 
the Executive Order issued by President Wilson on May 11, 1918, is 
"to survey the larger possibilities of science, to formulate comprehensive 
projects of research, and to develop effective means of utilizing the scientific 
and technical resources of the country for dealing with these projects." 
The Research Council has already undertaken the preparation of re- 
search surveys, pointing out important possibilities in both scientific 
and industrial research. The chief objects of these surveys are: 
1. To aid the specialist in recognizing the wider bearing of his in- 
