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necticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other 
states. Numerically it was a very respectable gathering, yet, 
when we examine the record of proceedings, as prepared by the 
Secretary, and which we print in this number of the Review, we 
regret that it is our duty to say that, although it makes very good 
reading, it contains no reference to any good work or important 
discussion to distinguish honorably the results accomplished by 
the meeting. In fact, to repeat the words which convey the im¬ 
pressions of many of the members present, “ nothing, absolutely 
nothing, was done.” 
The committees, one and all, with perhaps a single exception, 
failed to report anything of value, while others were content 
obligingly to u report progress,” which being rightly defined 
means the negation of action, or “ stationary motion.” There 
was, however, one thing curiously and peculiarly notable accom¬ 
plished by this meeting. We refer to the action deliberately 
ignoring, or rather studiously overruling the report of the Com¬ 
mittee on Prizes, by the passage of the unconstitutional vote by 
which the Association accorded a prize to the author of a 
paper which had been returned with an adverse report by the 
Committee of Adjudication, which had been authorized and em¬ 
powered to determine the merit of the treatise. 
Two papers had been presented—one was considered an ex¬ 
cellent compilation and nothing more—the other, though pos¬ 
sessing some claims to originality, not being deemed of sufficient 
value or literary quality to justify such a sanction and endorse¬ 
ment of the Association as would be expressed by the bestowal of 
the prize. 
The Committee reported to this effect, and the report was ac¬ 
cepted by a vote of the Association, but only to be followed by 
a second resolution, reversing the first and putting a negative 
upon the entire former proceedings. All this occurred during 
the absence of the committee from the room, and consequently, 
their inability to defend their decision. The result is that by an 
unconstitutional vote, the Association prize has been awarded to 
a paper bearing the signature of Trianon. 
We say the vote in question is in violation of the Constitution 
