H. C. WARREN (Psychology) A. A. NOYES (Chemistry) Massachusetts Institute of Technology RAYMOND WEEKS (Romance Philology) Princeton University ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting was held as announced on December 29 and 30 at Columbia University, the Council and Committee on Membership meeting also on December 28. A summary of the records of the Council meetings is given on page 8 and the detailed report of the meeting will be published in the February Bulletin. The registration of 154 included two or more members from the following institutions: Amherst, Brown, Bryn Mawr, California, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbia (12), Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Illinois, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan, Mt. Holyoke, New York City College, Northwestern, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Smith, Swarthmore, Syracuse, Vassar, Virginia, Wellesley, Williams, Wisconsin, and Yale. Undoubtedly a far larger number of members were in the city but the congestion of programs of different meetings was enormous and particularly disadvantageous to a society meeting near the end of the week. Committees which held meetings in connection with the meeting of the Association were E (Qualifications for Membership), G (Causes and Remedies for the Alleged Decline in the Intellectual Interests of College Students), L (Co-operation with Latin-American Universities), M (Recommendations of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress), and P (Pensions and Insurance). In other cases, there may have been informal conferences of members present. Agreeable features of the meeting days were a dinner given the Council by Vice-President Seligman Thursday and the informal reception and smoker arranged by the local committee for Friday evening in place of the dinner originally planned. The change of program afforded much better opportunity for developing personal acquaintance among members than would have been possible at a formal dinner. The local committee of arrangements consisted of Messrs. Jacoby, Chairman, Dewey, Overstreet, Seligman, and Weeks. Five hundred and seventy-seven new members were elected, including all those whose names have been published in recent BULLETINS with the exception of twenty-nine who appeared not clearly eligible under the constitutional requirements. These have been informed by letter. Persons elected will be notified in connection with the bills for dues. Financial. The constitutional amendment increasing the dues to $2.50 was laid on the table for one year. Attention may be called to the action of the Council (page 8) in regard to members in arrears and in regard to increasing the charge for the BULLETIN to non-members; also to the financial statement which will be sent with bills for dues. New Committees.-On the basis of proposals from local branches and members reported by the Committee on Resolutions, it was voted to appoint three new committees: (R) On the Encouragement of Research to act in co-operation with other bodies working in the same field; (S) On the Organization of Summer Schools as recommended in President Wigmore's Report; (T) On the Place and Functions of University Faculties. The Executive Committee is expected to meet in New York City on Saturday, February 10, and will welcome suggestions from members in regard to the personnel of these Committees. Committees (F) Local Chapters and (N) University Handbook, were discontinued as noted under the report of the Council meeting. Extension of Membership.-Attention is called to the Council vote on page 9. A circular letter has been sent to members of the Council and chairmen of local branches bespeaking their interest in bringing the Association to the attention of members of the profession in institutions not now represented. As a safeguard against possible misunderstanding, it may be added that persons should not be nominated for membership except at their own desire. Eligibility. The report of the Committee on Qualifications for Membership, published in the October BULLETIN, was fully discussed at the annual meeting and the interpretations of the constitution contained in it were adopted, except number five, interpreting "principal occupation" as implying that a person must devote more than half of his working time to teaching or research. This was referred back to the committee. The constitutional amendment providing for election by a Committee on Admissions during the year was adopted, but the requirement of local chapter approval was replaced by a rule that nominations be referred to local branches for optional recommendation. In regard to certain general questions of eligibility, the following supplementary votes were taken by the committee. |