"A New Hoplophoneus from the Pipanotherium Beds." "Entelodonts from the Big Badlands of South Dakota in the Geological Museum of Princeton Univ.," by W. J. Sinclair, Ph.D., Department of Geology, Princeton University (introduced by Prof. W. B. Scott), which was discussed by Prof. Scott. "Rose Atoll, Samoa, in its Relation to Recent Change in Sea Level," by Alfred G. Mayor, M.E., Sc.D., Director of Department of Marine Biology, Carnegie Institution. "On the Origin of Laccolitic Mountains," by William H. Hobbs, Sc.D., Ph.D., Professor of Geology, University of Michigan. "Intermittent Vision at Low Intensities," by Herbert E. Ives, Ph.D., of the Western Electric Company, New York, which was discussed by Mr. Brush and Prof. Webster. "A General Catalogue of Stellar Distances," by Frank Schlesinger, Ph.D., Sc.D., Director of Yale University Observatory, which was discussed by Prof. J. A. Miller. "Measurement of Star Diameters by Interferometer," by F. G. Pease, of Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, California (introduced by Prof. E. B. Wilson), which was discussed by Professors Schlesinger and Webster. "Discussion of the Application of the Method of the Interferometer to Certain Astronomical Researches." a. "To Astrophysical Problems," by Henry Norris Russell, Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy, Princeton University, which was discussed by Professors Nichols and Webster. b. "To the Measurement of Double Stars," by Frank Schlesinger, Ph.D., Sc.D., Director, Yale University Observatory, which was discussed by Prof. Webster. c. "To the Determination of Stellar Parallaxes," by John A. Miller, Ph.D., Director, Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore, Pa. "Recent Astronomical Explorations in Space and in Time," by Forrest Ray Moulton, Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy, University of Chicago. "I. Universal Volcanism and the Cosmic Atomic Numbers; II. Planck's Constant 'h,' a Variable," by Monroe B. Snyder, "On Mean Relative and Absolute Stellar Parallaxes," by Keivin "Photo-Electric Photometry of Stars" (illustrated), by Joel Stebbins, Ph.D., Director of the Observatory of the University of Illinois, Urbana. Saturday, April 23. Executive Session, 9:30 o'clock. WILLIAM B. SCOTT, Sc.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. Pending nominations for membership were read and the Society proceeded to an election. The tellers subsequently reported that the following nominees had been elected to membership: Herman V. Ames, A.M., Ph.D., Philadelphia. Benjamin M. Duggar, A.M., Ph.D., St. Louis. J. Bertram Lippincott, Philadelphia. Hideyo Noguchi, M.D., New York. Thomas B. Osborne, Ph.D., Sc.D., New Haven. Charles J. Rhoads, A.B., Philadelphia. Vesto M. Slipher, A.M., Ph.D., Flagstaff, Ariz. David White, B.S., Washington. Morning Session, 10 o'clock. WILLIAM B. SCOTT, Sc.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. The following papers were read: "The Signs of Sanity," by Stewart Paton, M.A., M.D., Lecturer in Neuro-Biology, Princeton University, discussed by Professors Webster, Noyes and Cattell. "Hereditary Influences Bearing on the Resistance to Tuberculosis," by Paul A. Lewis, M.D., Director, Henry Phipps Institute, Philadelphia, and Sewall Wright, S.D., of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington (introduced by Dr. Donaldson), which was discussed by Prof. Webster. "Cinemicrographs of Living Cells," by Dr. Alexis Carrel, Mr. Alessandro Fabbri and Dr. A. H. Ebeling, of the Rockefeller Institute, New York, which was discussed by Dr. Keen. "Some Recent Researches on Yellow Fever," by H. Noguchi, M.D., Member of Rockefeller Institute, New York (with cinemicrographic illustrations), which was discussed by Dr. Keen. "An Electro-Chemical Theory of Normal and Certain Pathologic Processes," by George W. Crile, A.M., M.D., LL.D., Professor of Surgery, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, which was discussed by Prof. Pupin. "Further Investigations on the Relation Between Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity," by Louis A. Bauer, Ph.D., D.Sc., Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, which was discussed by Professors Snyder and Webster. "Production of Radiation by Electron Impact in Helium," by C. B. Bazzoni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania (introduced by Prof. Goodspeed), which was discussed by Prof. Goodspeed. "The Field of Archæological Exploration in Mesopotamia and the Outlook for the Future," by Albert T. Clay, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Assyriology, Yale University. "Tobit's Blindness and Sara's Hysteria," by Paul Haupt, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, Johns Hopkins University. Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock. WILLIAM B. SCOTT, Sc.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. Mr. Gilbert N. Lewis, Mr. William Duane, Judge John M. Gest, Mr. George D. Birkhoff, Mr. Douglas Johnson, and Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, newly elected members, subscribed the Laws and were admitted into the Society. The Society's Henry M. Phillips Prize of two thousand dollars for the best essay on "The Control of the Foreign Relations of the United States: The Relative Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of the President, of the Senate and the House, and of the Judiciary, in Theory and in Practice," was awarded to Quincy Wright, Esq., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, with honorable mention of the essays of John Mabry Mathews, of Urbana, Illinois, and Charles H. Burr, of Philadelphia. The Hon. John Bassett Moore, Chairman of the Henry M. Phillips Prize Essay Committee, presented to the Chair the author of the Crowned Essay and made the formal announcement of the award in the following remarks: It has fallen to my lot, as Chairman of the Committee on the Henry M. Phillips Prize, to announce the award of the prize to the successful competitor. The award has been made by a Special Committee, whose conclusions are embodied in the following report. COMMITTEE ON THE HENRY M. PHILLIPS PRIZE JOHN BASSETT MOORE President Ex Officio TO THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: The Committee appointed in connection with the Henry M. Phillips Prize to be awarded for the best Essay on the following subject: "The Control of the Foreign Relations of the United respectfully report as follows: A large number of Essays were received by the Society on or before the 31st day of December, 1920, and of the number twelve. were found to have complied with the regulations governing the award of the prize. These twelve Essays were duly forwarded to the following Judges, who had been selected by the Committee: HON. GEORGE GRAY, HON. CHARLES E. HUGHES, PROF. W. W. WILLOUGHBY, Before the Judges were prepared to announce their decision Hon. Charles E. Hughes returned the Essays, stating that owing to his appointment as Secretary of State by the President of the United States he was compelled to retire as one of the Judges to his great regret. On Tuesday, the 15th of March, 1921, the Judges having expressed a wish to confer, met in this city at the house of one of the Committee. Hon. George Gray, Hon. John M. Gest, Prof. W. W. Willoughby being present. Prof. R. C. Minor was unable to leave the University of Virginia to attend the meeting, but united in the decision by letter addressed to the Chairman, Judge Gray. The Judges, after conferring, announced to the Committee that they were prepared to award the prize to that Essay submitted by "Polybius." They also stated that the Essays submitted by "Civis Americanus" and the one submitted under the title of "He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom" were entitled to honorable mention. The letters containing the keys to the names of the authors were then produced by the Secretary of the Society, Dr. I. Minis Hays, and were opened by the Committee, and it was found that "Polybius" was Quincy Wright, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and his Essay is thereupon Crowned by the Committee, their action to be announced at the General Meeting of the Society on April 21. The Essay submitted by "Civis Americanus" was identified as that of John Mabry Matthews, of the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.; and the third, under the title "He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom," was shown to be the work of Charles H. Burr, Esq., of Philadelphia, winner of a former prize issued by this Society. The Committee submit herewith the report of the Judges dated March 15, 1921, signed by the four Acting Judges as follows, the original being also attached hereto : |