MEMORIAL SESSION IN HONOR OF BASIL LANNEAU GILDERSLEEVE Wednesday morning, December 30. The session was opened at 9.30 in Goldwin Smith Hall, Room A, the President of the Association presiding. Addresses in memory of Professor Gildersleeve formed the first part of the session.* The remainder was devoted to the reading of papers. About 125 people were present. SECOND SESSION Wednesday afternoon, December 30. The session was opened at 2.30 in Goldwin Smith Hall, Room A, with Professor F. C. Babbitt, of Trinity College, Vice-President of the Association, in the chair. It was entirely devoted to the reading of papers, and was attended by about 70 people. ROUND TABLE SESSIONS These sessions were held at 4 P.M., immediately after the adjournment of the general session. The round table on Medieval Latin convened in Goldwin Smith Hall, Room A, with Professor C. H. Beeson, of the University of Chicago, as chairman. About 75 people were present. Papers were read and discussed; and a report was presented for the committee on medieval Latin studies of the American Council of Learned Societies. The round table on Opportunities for Research in the Greek Field was held in Goldwin Smith Hall, Room 156, with Professor F. C. Babbitt, Vice-President of the Association, as chairman. It was attended by about 40 people. The session was devoted to general discussion of the topic announced, opened by Professor S. E. Bassett, of the University of Vermont. * These will be found on pp. xix-xxxii. SECOND JOINT SESSION WITH THE INSTITUTE, THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION, AND THE LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA Wednesday evening, December 30. The societies met at dinner in Prudence Risley Hall at 7.30, Professor Horace L. Jones, of Cornell University, presiding. About 200 people were present. After dinner President Livingston Farrand, of Cornell University, welcomed the societies, and Professor Ralph Van Deman Magoffin, of New York University, President of the Institute, responded. The President of the Association, Dean Gordon Jennings Laing, delivered the annual address, on the subject Survivals of Roman Religion. THIRD SESSION Thursday morning, December 31. The business session was called to order by the President in Goldwin Smith Hall, Room A, at 9.30. About 60 people attended. The committee to audit the treasurer's accounts reported as follows: We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for 1925, including the vouchers for bills paid and the statement of account in the depository bank, and we find the same correct. December 30, 1925. (Signed) Evan T. Sage] Auditors The report of the committee was adopted and placed on file. The committee on the place of the next meeting, through its chairman, Professor Babbitt, recommended that the Association gratefully accept the invitation of Harvard University to meet on its campus in 1926, in conjunction with the Archaeological Institute and the Modern Language Association. The recommendation was adopted. The committee also mentioned the following invitations for future meetings: from the University of Cincinnati, for 1927; Vanderbilt University and the George Peabody College for Teachers, 1927; the State University of Iowa, 1928; the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute, 1929. The following resolutions, reported by the committee on resolutions through its chairman, Professor Bonner, were then adopted: The American Philological Association, holding its annual meeting at Cornell University for the third time in its history, desires to express the grateful appreciation which is felt by all its members: To the authorities of Cornell University for their hospitality, and to President Farrand in particular for his cordial welcome to the Association: To the members of the local committee for their admirable provision for the comfort of their guests, and for the enjoyable smoker at which they entertained them; and To the ladies of the faculty for their courtesy in receiving the members of the Association at a delightful tea. Cornelia C. Coulter The nominating committee was given leave to postpone its report until action had been taken on the pending amendment to the constitution regarding the size of the executive committee. A report of the committee on library resources was presented, in the absence of the chairman, by Professor C. H. Beeson. The report set forth in detail the progress made by the committee and asked, in view of difficulties encountered in the completion of its work, that the committee be discharged. It was voted to accept and file the report, and discharge the committee. The Secretary presented a report from Professors W. K. Prentice and A. L. Wheeler, delegates to the American Council of Learned Societies, outlining the activities and projects of the Council for the year 1925. The report was accepted and placed on file. The following statement, showing the condition of the endowment fund, and submitted by G. A. Plimpton, Treasurer, was presented, in his absence, by the Secretary: THE AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ENDOWMENT FUND DECEMBER 1, 1924 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1925 Cash Balance New York Trust Co.-December 1, Feb. 2 Interest to Feb. 1, 1925, $2,000.00 Part. B/M 60.00 $1,573.13 Nov. 2 Interest to Nov. 1, 1925, $8,000.00 Part. B/M John Viviani and Son, Inc., S. E. Corner Bradhurst Ave. and 155th St., New York 240.00 It was voted to accept the statement. Attention was called to the fact that certain districts had not completed the quotas assigned them in the endowment campaign of 1921-1922; and it was voted to ask the endowment committee to renew its efforts to secure the completion of these quotas. The President brought to the attention of the Association a faulty copyright bill about to be introduced in Congress and described in a statement from Dr. M. L. Raney, Chairman of the American Library Association's committee on book buying. On behalf of the Executive Committee the President recommended: That the Association endorse Dr. Raney's proposal to resist the measure until it is corrected. That the Association authorize its secretary to mail a copy of Dr. Raney's statement to each member of the Association before the possible January hearings on the bill. That the Association authorize the President to appoint a conferee (preferably a resident of Washington or Baltimore) who may meet similar representatives of other societies and attend Congressional hearings. (Professor D. M. Robinson was appointed.) These recommendations were adopted. The following recommendation was then presented by the Executive Committee: That the pending amendment to the Constitution, article IV, sections 2 and 3, providing for an increase in annual dues to five dollars and in the life membership fee to seventy-five dollars (see Vol. LV, p. xii) be amended so as to provide for an increase of annual dues to four dollars with no increase in the life membership fee. It was voted to adopt the recommendation, and to pass the amendment as amended. Further recommendations of the Executive Committee were adopted as follows: That the additional income acquired through the above increase in dues be set aside as a fund for the publication of monographs in the field of the Association, and that a committee be appointed by the President to take charge of this monograph fund. The President appointed Professors H. R. Fairclough, F. C. Babbitt, and C. P. Bill to serve as such a committee. That the matter of American participation in the formation of an "International Society of Friends of the Classics," referred to the committee at the |