BUSINESS OF 1898. The American Social Science Association held its Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting at Saratoga, beginning Monday evening, August 29, and closing with the session of Friday morning, September 2. The proceedings of the various Departments were conducted in the old Court of Appeals Room, Town Hall, and sustained the usual high Association standard of expert discussion of topics of vital and abiding interest. During three days of most exceptional heat the audiences were above the average in point of numbers, and the effort made this year to afford greater opportunities for free extempore debate bore fruit in quickening the mental alertness and attentiveness of listeners. The opening address of President Baldwin, on the "History of American Morals," covered a wide range of acute and pertinent observation upon what might be termed the evolutional ethics of a nation; and the papers of other notable speakers profoundly summarized the trend of modern thought in Art, Education, Sociology, Jurisprudence, and Sanitation. The address of the General Secretary emphasized the necessity of larger extension of Association work through individual devotion to the interests of the society, and several methods were suggested by which this result might be achieved. He reported a gain of one hundred and forty-five new members during the year, many of whom are men eminent in literary, musical, and artistic pursuits. Perhaps the most significant vote of the Association was the adoption of a resolution recognizing, with warm approval, the act of the Czar of Russia in proposing the virtual disarmament of the nations of the Old World. On motion of Hon. St. Clair McKelway, of the Brooklyn Eagle, the following message was enthusiastically indorsed as expressive of the sympathy of the Association with this most pacific overture; and in the form of a cablegram the message was at once transmitted to the Czar, reading as follows: To the Czar of Russia: The American Social Science Association unanimously hails the lofty purpose of your overture for a better understanding among nations, and for better economic conditions for their peoples, and confides in its eventual success. On Monday evening, August 29, a Nominating Committee was appointed to bring in a list of officers for the ensuing year. That committee consisted of Dean Wayland, Dr. Edward Eggleston, and Mr. W. A. Giles. At a subsequent meeting of the Association the list of officers, as reported by the committee, was adopted; and the names may be found on a succeeding page of the Journal. On Friday morning Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis, of New York, offered the following resolution: : Resolved, That the congratulations of the American Social Science Associa tion be extended to Major and Chief Surgeon William H. Daly, Chairman of the Health Section, in recognition of his patriotism and in appreciation of the executive capacity he has shown in the administration of his department while serving upon the staff of General Nelson A. Miles during the recent war. This resolution was unanimously adopted. The regular midsummer meeting of the General Council was held at four o'clock, Thursday afternoon, in one of the parlors of the United States Hotel. In attendance were President Baldwin, Rev. Joseph Anderson, D.D., Mr. T. M. North, Dean Wayland, Professor J. W. Jenks, Hon. F. B. Sanborn, Mr. Edward T. Potter, Mr. E. H. Avery, and the General Secretary. Dean Wayland moved that the next annual meeting of the Association be held, as usual, at Saratoga. The motion was referred to a special committee, consisting of Messrs. Wayland, Sanborn, and Jenks, with instructions to report at the winter session of the Council. It was also Voted, That a sufficient number of copies of the Journal be bound in cloth for distribution among the members of the Association, and in addition thereto one hundred extra numbers. The General Secretary was further directed to supply to any speaker before the Association, whose essay is published, twentyfive reprints, and as many more copies as such essayist may choose to pay for at the cost of printing. Although no motion was deemed necessary, it was also understood that essayists should receive each two copies of the Journal. The Council then adjourned without date. FREDERICK STANLEY ROOT, MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. All officers are ex-officio members of the Association; but persons serving on the Department Committees may or may not be members of the Association. In view of the fact that Department Committees are greatly in need of reorganization upon a basis of active participation in the work of the Association, the General Secretary deems it wise to omit the list until such organization is effected. This, of course, is exclusive of Heads of Departments whose names appear in the list of the officers of the Association. In the list herewith submitted the annual and life members are given alphabetically, and the honorary and corresponding members according to nationality. The only distinction between honorary and corresponding members is that the former reside in the United States, and the latter in foreign countries. According to a minute enacted by the General Council, Dec. 17, 1897, the name of any member who has not paid his dues for the three calendar years next preceding the date adopted - March 1, 1898 – shall be stricken from the rolls. It was also voted at this meeting that the Journal of the Association shall not be sent to any member who has not paid his dues for the year in which the convention is held which is reported in the Journal. It was subsequently voted at a council meeting held in Woodmont, Conn., July 6, 1898, that the General Secretary be permitted to use his discretion in carrying into effect these resolutions. CONSTITUTION, LIST OF OFFICERS, MEMBERS, ETC., OF THE American Social Science Association DECEMBER 15, 1898. |