Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

VOL. XLVIII. No. 21.-SEPTEMBER, 1913.

RECORDS OF MEETINGS, 1912-13.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1913-14.

LIST OF THE FELLOWS AND FOREIGN HONORARY

MEMBERS.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.

ROBERT AMORY. BY R. H. FITZ.

ABBOTT LAWRENCE ROTCH. BY R. DEC. WARD.

CHARLES ROBERT SANGER. BY C. L. JACKSON.

STATUTES AND STANDING VOTES.

RUMFORD PREMIUM.

INDEX.

(TITLE PAGE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.)

RECORDS OF MEETINGS.

One thousand and sixteenth Meeting.

OCTOBER 9, 1912. STATED MEETING.

The Academy met at its House.

The PRESIDENT in the Chair.

There were twenty-five Fellows and two guests present.

The following letters were received: from G. R. Agassiz, S. E. Baldwin, L. A. Bauer, W. H. Bixby, P. W. Bridgman, E. W. Brown, H. L. Chapman, G. H. Chase, R. H. Chittendon, D. F. Comstock, W. H. Dall, A. L. Day, Frederic Dodge, Wilberforce Eames, A. W. Evans, Irving Fisher, Desmond FitzGerald, Simon Flexner, G. W. Goethals, L. J. Henderson, H. L. Higginson, M. A. DeW. Howe, E. P. Joslin, A. L. Kroeber, Waldemar Lindgren, L. S. Marks, S. P. Mulliken, Hanns Oertel, G. H. Palmer, R. S. Peabody, C. P. Putnam, A. P. Rugg, W. B. Scott, M. deKay Thompson, J. E. Thayer, W. J. Tucker, Williston Walker, S. B. Wolbach, F. S. Woods, J. H. Wright, accepting Fellowship; from Svante Arrhenius, J. A. A. J. Jusserand, Augusto Rhigi, H. A. Lorentz, accepting Foreign Honorary Membership; from Louis Cabot, John Fritz, R. B. Richardson resigning Fellowship; from the President and Trustees of the Rice Institute, inviting delegates to the opening of the Institute on October 10, 11 and 12; from the American Antiquarian Society, giving the order of exercises at its centennial celebration to be held October 15 and 16, 1912; from the Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux, inviting delegates to its centenary celebration, November 11 and 12, 1912; from the Secretary of the Société de Pathologie Comparée, inviting delegates to the first International Congress of Comparative Pathology, to be held October 17-23, 1912 at Paris; from the

Director of Congresses of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, suggesting attendance at the Exposition; a notice of the death of Eduard Strasburger, from his family.

The following deaths were announced by the chair:- William Watson Goodwin, Fellow in Class III., Section 2, and President of the Academy from May, 1903 to May, 1908; Jean Leon Gérôme, Foreign Honorary Member in Class III., Section 4 (died in 1904); Lewis Boss, Fellow in Class I., Section 1; Eduard Strasburger, Foreign Honorary Member in Class II., Section 2, Jules Henri Poincaré, Foreign Honorary Member in Class I., Section 1.

The President appointed Mr. Henry H. Edes as delegate to the celebration of the American Antiquarian Society. He also appointed Professor G. L. Goodale to represent the Academy at Amherst.

The following communication was given:

Dr. Edwin H. Hall. A Brief Account of the Recent Royal Society Celebration.

One thousand and seventeenth Meeting.

NOVEMBER 13, 1912.

The Academy met at its House.
The PRESIDENT in the chair.

There were thirty Fellows present.

The following letters were read:- from Franz Boas, accepting Fellowship; from the Secretary of the British Academy, inviting the Academy to send a delegate to the third International Congress of Historical Studies to be held in London, April 3-9, 1913; from the President of the Accademia Reale delle Scienze di Torino, giving the conditions of the Avogadro prize; from the Secretary of the Iron and Steel Institute, giving the conditions of the Andrew Carnegie Research Scholarship.

The following deaths were announced by the chair:Arthur Tracy Cabot, Class II., Section 4; Oliver Clinton Wendell, Class I., Section 1; Horace Howard Furness, Class III., Section 4.

The Corresponding Secretary announced that the Council had granted the use of the Academy Building to the Thursday Even

ing Club for December 5, 1912; to The Colonial Society of Massachusetts for its regular meetings until further notice; to the M. P. Club (Mathematical-Physical Club) for its regular meetings, the third Monday of the month, until further notice.

The following letter was read:

ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES,

Boston, Mass.

CHARLES R. CROSS, Chairman Rumford Committee.

Dear Sir:- Among the bequests in the Will of the late Mrs. Griffith, the second clause and seventh article is as follows:-"To the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston all the Rumford mementos, correspondence and papers of the Count Rumford and of his daughter the Countess of Rumford, to be examined and culled by my cousin Baldwin Coolidge, viz: The Count's Study Clock, Coat of Arms, Silver Knife, Fork and Spoon, Seal, Cameo Brooch, Diamond and Topaz Ring, given him by the King of Bavaria, Portrait of the Count painted by the Countess, the Countess' Seal, Portrait of Lady Palmerston, daughter of the first Lord Melbourne, and widow of Earl Cowper, mounted as a Brooch, a small Mother-of-Pearl and Sapphire miniature Opera Glass, a green woolen hearth rug with "C. B." in yellow woven on it, and a small pair of Silver Sugar Tongs, both of which belonged to Sir Charles Blagden."

In accordance with the above I write to say that the Executors are now ready to carry out the above provisions in the Will on receiving a notice of their acceptance.

Awaiting your reply I remain,

Yours truly,

LOAMMI F. BALDWIN,

for the Executors and Trustees.

BALDWIN COOLIDGE, EXECUTOR IN CHARGE of Bequest.

410a Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee, it was Voted, That the Academy accept the Rumford mementos mentioned in the letter, and that the Executors be notified.

On the recommendation of the Council, a committee consisting