It was voted that Section 3 of the Constitution be amended by the substitution of the words "Colleges" for "Schools," and "College" for "School," this amendment receiving a two-thirds vote after action thereon by the Council.

It was voted that a committee of five be appointed by the chair to bring in nominations for members of the Council on Friday morning, and for officers of the Society on Saturday evening. The President, later in the morning, appointed as such committee, C. L. Crandall, Thomas Gray, C. W. Hall, J. M. Porter, H. W. Tyler.

An invitation was received from the Engineers' Society of Western New York for an excursion on the lake on the afternoon of Thursday, which was accepted by the members. Mr. George E. Mann, President of the Engineers' Society, was introduced by President Merriman and made a brief address of welcome. The rooms occupied for meetings, and the excursions on the lake and to Niagara Falls were enjoyed through the courtesy and generosity of the Engineers' Society of Western New York.

The literary exercises of the morning opened with the reading of the Annual Address by the President, Mansfield Merriman, upon the subject "Past and Present Tendencies in Engineering Education."

Professor J. Galbraith, of the Committee on Uniformity of Symbols, presented as a report of progress, an informal statement of the work done by that committee, and after a brief discussion, it was voted that the report of progress be accepted, the committee continued, and requested to report in print not later than

one month before the next meeting. The paper by Thomas Gray on "Agreement on Definition of Engineering Terms," was read by the author and discussed by Professors Galbraith, Ordway, Fuertes and Gray.

Professor F. P. Spalding then read a paper on "The Seminar Method as Applied to Engineering Subjects." This was very fully discussed by Professors Bull, Allen, Hatt, Randolph, Constant, Goss and Shepardson, who were present, and also by letters from Professors Wood and Turneaure. Then followed the reading by Professor F. O. Marvin of his paper on "An Experiment in the Conduct of Field Practice," which received a full discussion at the hands of Professors Fuertes, Wadsworth, Allen and Hatt.

The meeting then adjourned to the Evening Session. Many members improved the opportunity offered by the excursion on the lake in the afternoon.

EVENING SESSION, 7:30 O'CLOCK.

The reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer were read and accepted, and Professors Galbraith, Bull and Jacoby were appointed an auditing committee to examine the accounts of the Treasurer. Then followed the reading of the paper on "A Quarter Century of Progress in Engineering Education," by Professor Robert Fletcher, and the discussion by Professor Randolph. The next paper on "The Method of Teaching Perspective to Engineering Students" was read by the author, Professor H. S. Jacoby, and discussed by Professors Kingsbury, Hatt and Jacoby. The paper by Professor T. M. Drown on "The Study of Modern Languages in Engineering Courses" was read by Pro

fessor H. W. Tyler, and fully discussed by Professors Wood (by letter), Bull, Fuertes, Tyler and Mees.

The paper of Professor C. H. Peabody on "A Course of Study in Naval Architecture" was read by the Secretary, and was followed by a presentation by Professor M. E. Wadsworth, of his paper on "The Elective System in Engineering Colleges" which provoked very active discussion in which Professors Galbraith, Jacoby, Bull, Magruder, Goss, Kingsbury, Bissell, and Hatt took part.

The meeting then adjourned to Friday morning.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1896.

MORNING SESSION, 9:30 A. M.

The first business in order was the election of members, and the following, whose names had been approved by the Council were duly elected: Gardner C. Anthony, Joseph N. Bradford, Frank T. Daniels, Hubert B. Mathews, Thomas R. Rosebrugh, George H. White.

The report of the Nominating Committee presented the names of the following members in nomination for the Council: A. Beardsley, R. Fletcher, J. Galbraith, W. Kent, T. C. Mendenhall, W. H. Schuerman, M. E. Wadsworth. A ballot was taken and resulted in their election.

It was voted to amend Section 5 of the Constitution by adding the following: "Any member who

shall be in arrears more than two years and shall have been duly notified by the Secretary shall be thereby dropped from the roll, except such arrearage be paid previous to the next ensuing annual meeting; and no such member shall be restored until he has paid his arrears." This had been acted upon by the Council and received a two-thirds vote at this meeting.

The question of meeting next year with the National Educational Association was taken up and discussed by Professors Hall, Fletcher, Tyler, Ostrander and Fuertes, and an informal vote taken as an expression of opinion; from this it appeared that a majority of those present favored continuing with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, it being understood that the place of meeting would probably be equally favorable in the two cases.

A letter from Past President De Volson Wood was read, which contained a number of valuable suggestions, after which the Secretary read the paper by C. C. Brown on "The Desirability of Lectures to Undergraduates on the Ethics of Engineering." The discussion which followed was carried on by Professors Wood (by letter), Wadsworth, Randolph, Fuertes and Allen. The paper on "Quantity versus Quality in Smaller Colleges" was read by the author, Professor Albert Kingsbury. The next was a paper by Mr. G. C. Whipple on "Biology for Civil Engineers," which was read by the author; Professors Fletcher and Bissell took part in discussing it.

The paper by Professor C. W. Hall, on "The Conservation of Government Energy in Promoting Engineering and Research," was immediately followed by

the Secretary's reading of the abstract of the paper by Professor W. S. Aldrich, "The Hale Engineering Experiment Station Bill," the author not being present in person or represented by the paper in full. It was thought desirable to discuss the two papers together. Professors Fuertes, Mendenhall, Wadsworth, Goss, Gray, Hamlin, Hatt, Ostrander, Magruder, Merriman and Hall joined in the animated discussion which represented wide divergence of opinion.

The meeting adjourned to Friday evening.

(No special program was arranged for Friday afternoon as it was thought desirable that members should have opportunity to use the time according to their individual tastes.)

EVENING SESSION, 7:30 P. M.

The Auditing Committee, through its chairman, Professor J. Galbraith, reported the Treasurer's accounts to be correct.

The literary exercises opened with the reading, by Professor W. H. Schuerman, of his paper, "Is not Too Much Time Given to Merely Manual Work in the Shops?" This brought forth a full discussion in which Professors Wadworth, Randolph, Bull, Towle, Galbraith, Gray, Wilmore and Flather took part. The paper by Professor C. H. Benjamin, on "How to Divide Subjects for Original Investigation among Different Colleges," was read by the Secretary. The paper was discussed by Professors Shepardson, Bissell and Bull, and it was then voted that the suggestions of the paper for the appointment of committee be referred to the Council.