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REPORT OF THE AUTUMN MEETING 
Prepared by the Home Secretary 
The Autumn Meeting of the Academy was held in the Engineering Building 
of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, on November 20 and 21, 
1917. 
Fifty-five members were present as follows: Messrs. C. G. Abbott, Bailey, 
Bogert, Carty, F. W. Clarke, J. M. Clarke, Conklin, Coulter, Cross, Daven- 
port, Day, Donaldson, Farlow, Flexner, Hale, E. H. Hall, Halsted Harper, 
Harrison, Holmes, Howard, Howe, Howell, Iddings, Jennings, Kasner, Leusch- 
ner, Levene, Loeb, Lusk, Mayer, Meltzer, Mendel, Millikan, Morgan, E. S. 
Morse, E. L. Nichols, A. A. Noyes, H. F. Osborn, Pearl, Pupin, Reid, 
Schlesinger, Scott, Alexander Smith, Edgar F. Smith, Erwin F. Smith, Strat- 
ton, Thomson, Thorndike, Walcott, Welch, Wheeler, David White, H. S. 
White, and Wilson. 
