tion thus acquired is being utilized in the work of the council, which held its first meeting on September 20. As the minutes of this meeting and of the subsequent meetings of the executive committee have been fully reported in the Proceedings, it is unnecessary to give them here. One instance of the cordial cooperation experienced on every hand must be cited, however, because of its fundamental significance in the organization of the council. At its annual meeting on June 21 the Engineering Foundation of New York, which is conducted under the auspices of the four great national engineering societies, adopted the following resolutions: "Whereas, the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America has taken the initiative in bringing into cooperation existing governmental, educational, industrial, and other research organizations, with the object of encouraging the investigation of natural phenomena, the application of scientific principles in American industries, the employment of science in the national defense, and such other objects as will promote the national welfare, and "Whereas, these objects are among the objects for which the Engineering Foundation was created; now, therefore, be it "Resolved, That the Engineering Foundation hereby registers its approval of the coordination and federation of the research agencies of the country undertaken by the National Academy of Sciences and expresses its willingness to join with and assist the National Academy in accomplishing the above federation." The foundation also voted to devote its entire income for the current year (including a special gift of $5,000 for this purpose from its founder, Mr. Ambrose Swasey) toward the expenses of organization, to give the services of its secretary, Dr. Cary T. Hutchinson, and to provide a New York office for the council in the Engineering Societies' Building. Similar resolutions of indorsement and cooperation have been adopted by the American Philosophical Society, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Consulting Engineers, the Franklin Institute, the Zoological Society of America, the American Society of Naturalists, the Geological Society of America, the Association of American Geographers, the Association of American Anatomists, and many other societies and institutions. As President Wilson especially requested the academy to secure the cooperation and joint effort of the various research agencies of the country, the participation of the Committee of One Hundred on Scientific Research of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was especially desired. A joint committee, representing the American association and the National Research Council, was appointed to consider plans of cooperation. It presented a report at the meeting of the Committee of One Hundred, held in New York on December 26, 1916, which then "Resolved, That the Committee of One Hundred on Scientific Research of the American Association for the Advancement of Science cooperate with the National Research Council in those research movements in which both organizations are interested; and especially, in order to avoid duplication of effort that might arise from individual action of the two groups of committees which have already been appointed in the different sciences, that the Committee of One Hundred of the Association cooperate with the National Academy of Sciences and the national scientific societies in the formation of single committees in the various branches of science. 88121°-S. Doc. 707, 64-2- -3 That in order to effect the cooperation provided by the preceding vote the Committee of One Hundred on research designate through its chairman members of the Association to serve as members of the research committees of the National Research Council devoted to the various branches of science. with the understanding that these committees shall consist of members designated in equal or approximately equal numbers by the association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the national scientific society representing the branch of research involved. After discussion this motion was carried. The officers and members of the National Research Council are: OFFICERS. Chairman, George E. Hale. First vice chairman, Charles D. Walcott. Second vice chairman, Gano Dunn. Chairman of executive committee, J. J. Carty. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1. William H. Welch,' President, National Academy of Sciences. 2. George E. Hale,' Director, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. 3. C. D. Walcott,' Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 4. Gano Dunn,' President, J. G. White Engineering Corporation. 5. J. J. Carty, Chief Engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 6. Russell H. Chittenden, Director, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. 7. Edwin G. Conklin, Professor of Zoology, Princeton University. 8. Robert A. Millikan, Professor of Physics, University of Chicago. 9. Arthur A. Noyes, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 10. Raymond Pearl, Biologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 11. M. I. Pupin, Professor of Electromechanics, Columbia University. 12. S. W. Stratton, Director, Bureau of Standards. 13. Victor C. Vaughan, Director, Medical Research Laboratory, University of Michigan. MEMBERS. Leo H. Baekeland, Past President, American Electrochemical Society. John J. Carty, Chief Engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. John M. Clarke, State Geologist, Albany, N. Y. Howard E. Coffin, Member Advisory Commission to Council of National Defense. Edwin G. Conklin, Professor of Zoology, Princeton University. John M. Coulter, Professor of Botany, University of Chicago. W. M. Davis, Harvard University. Gano Dunn, President, J. G. White Engineering Corporation. 1 Members ex officio. William C. Gorgas, Surgeon General, United States Army. W. W. Keen, President, American Philosophical Society. Van H. Manning, Director, Bureau of Mines. Franklin H. Martin, Member Advisory Commission to Council of National Defense. Charles F. Marvin, Chief, United States Weather Bureau. A. A. Michelson, Director, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, University of Chicago. Robert A. Millikan, Professor of Physics. University of Chicago. Arthur A. Noyes, Director, Research Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Raymond Pearl, Biologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. E. C. Pickering, Director, Harvard College Observatory. Michael I. Pupin, Professor of Electromechanics, Columbia University. Charles F. Rand, President, United Engineering Society. Theodore W. Richards, Director, Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory. Harvard C. E. Skinner. Engineer of Research Division, Westinghouse E. & M. Co. S. W. Stratton, Director, Bureau of Standards. Ambrose Swasey, Past President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Elihu Thomson, Past President, American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Victor C. Vaughan, Director, Medical Research Laboratory, University of Charles D. Walcott. Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. William H. Welch, President, National Academy of Sciences. W. R. Whitney, Director, Research Laboratory, General Electric Co. The principal committees hitherto established by the Research Council are as follows: I. Military committee (for governmental research requirements): S. W. Stratton, secretary, Director, Bureau of Standards. William C. Gorgas, Surgeon General, United States Army. David W. Taylor, Chief Constructor, United States Navy. Charles F. Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau. Van H. Manning, Director, Bureau of Mines. Howard E. Coffin, of Council of National Defense. II. Research in educational institutions: George E. Hale, chairman. III. Promotion of industrial research: J. J. Carty, chairman. IV. Census of research: S. W. Stratton, chairman. V. Chemistry: Marston T. Bogert, chairman. VI. Physics: R. A. Millikan, chairman. VII. Astronomy: E. C. Pickering, chairman. VIII. Botany: J. M. Coulter, chairman. IX. Zoology: E. G. Conklin, chairman. X. Medicine and Hygiene: Victor C. Vaughan, chairman. XI. Agriculture: Raymond Pearl, chairman. XII. Physiology: W. B. Cannon, chairman. XIII. Geography: W. M. Davis, chairman. XIV. Geology: John M. Clarke, chairman. XV. Anthropology: Wm. H. Holmes, chairman. XVI. Aeronautics: Charles D. Walcott, chairman. XVII. Nitrate supply: Arthur A. Noyes, chairman. The offices of the council are at the Smithsonian Institution, and with the Engineering Foundation, Engineering Societies' Building, New York City. GEORGE E. HALE, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PANAMA CANAL SLIDES. Mr. Van Hise, chairman of the committee appointed at the request of the President of the United States to investigate the landslides which have interfered with the use of the Panama Canal, offered an informal forecast of the committee's report. Moved: That the printing of the final report be referred to the council with power. Adopted. MINUTES. The home secretary was directed to send copies of the minutes of each business session of the academy to all members of the academy for approval and correction. Moved: PROCEEDINGS. That papers by nonmembers appearing in the Proceedings be announced as communicated by" some member. J. LAWRENCE SMITH FUND. Adopted. The following recommendation of the chairman of the committee on the J. Lawrence Smith fund was adopted: That a grant of $500 be made from the J. Lawrence Smith fund to Mr. George Perkins Merrill to further aid his studies of rare meteorites. MARSH FUND. The chairman of the committee on the Marsh fund made written recommendation: That a grant of $400 be made from the Marsh fund to Mr. John M. Clarke for a study of mutualism, symbiosis, and dependent life among animals of geologic time. Adopted. COMMITTEE ON THE MEDAL FOR EMINENCE IN THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE. Mr. Becker, chairman of the committee on the medal for eminence in the application of science to the public welfare presented the following report: The committee recommends that the public welfare medal be bestowed upon Dr. S. W. Stratton, for his services in introducing standards into the practice of technologists in the United States, at the stated session in April, 1917. GEORGE F. BECKER. NOVEMBER 6, 1916. The recommendation was adopted. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. A committee on the preparation of biographical memoirs was authorized and the following committee appointed: Mr. Davenport, chairman; Mr. Comstock, Mr. Mayer, the home secretary (ex officio). The president announced the assignment of the biography of Mr. Cleveland Abbe to Mr. W. J. Humphreys, and that of Mr. Josiah Royce to Mr. John Dewey. COMMITTEE ON SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Mr. Bogert reported as chairman, from the committee on synthetic organic chemistry, that the activities of the committee had now been merged with the National Research Council, and asked that the committee be discharged. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13. AFTERNOON SESSION. Welcome by President MACLAURIN, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RAYMOND PEARL, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Some effects of the continued administration of alcohol to the domestic fowl, with special reference to the progeny. (20 minutes, lantern.) EDWARD S. MORSE, Salem, Mass. Protoconch of Solemya. (10 minutes.) • ALFRED G. MAYER, Marine Laboratory, Carnegie Institution. Further studies of nerve conduction. (10 minutes, lantern.) E. G. CONKLIN, Princeton University. The share of egg and sperm in heredity. (10 minutes, lantern.) JACQUES LOEB, Rockefeller Institute. Diffusion and secretion. (12 minutes.) LAFAYETTE B. MENDEL and S. E. JUDSON, Yale University. Some interrelations between diet, growth, and the chemical composition of the body. (12 minutes.) ALESSANDRO FABBRI (introduced by A. G. MAYER). Micro-cinematographs of marine and fresh water organisms. (15 minutes, lantern.) HENRY L. ABBOT, Cambridge, Mass. *Hydrology of the Isthmus of Panama. JOHN M. CLARKE, State Museum, Albany. *The strand and the undertow. Papers marked with an asterisk were presented by title. |