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PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, DECEMBER 28, 29, 30, 1921

Report of the SECRETARY, EDWIN G. BORING, CLARK UNIVERSITY

The American Psychological Association held its thirtieth annual meeting at Princeton University on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 28, 29, and 30, 1921. The sessions were held in Murray, Dodge, and McCosh Halls. One hundred and seventy names were registered on the Association's roll, a registration that is greater than at any previous meeting. It is probable, however, that the registration has usually been less complete than it was at Princeton.

The Program Committee sought to encourage discussion by reducing the number of papers at a single session from eight to six, a policy that resulted in a total reduction of the program. In all forty-five papers were presented by members at the regular sessions. Of these papers twenty dealt with clinical psychology or mental measurement, ten with experimental psychology, eight with theoretical subjects, three with the administration of psychology, two with educational psychology, and two with industrial psychology. Discussion seemed to be more ready than it has been in recent years and it is possible that the reduction of the program contributed to this result.

An examination of the forty-five papers shows that the program of the Association consists largely of papers from younger psychologists trained in a comparatively few laboratories. The distribution. of authors by the quinennium in which the author took his doctor's degree is as follows:

Of these authors 10 took their doctor's degrees at Columbia, 8 at Chicago, 7 at Harvard, 4 at Clark, 4 at Cornell, 2 at Hopkins, 2 at Pennsylvania, and one each at Brown, Bryn Mawr, Michigan, Würzburg, and Yale. This distribution is similar to the frequency of doctorates within the Association during the last five years, and also within the total membership of the Association.

Parallel sessions were held Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning, and Friday morning. The Section of Clinical Psychology met Wednesday afternoon.

The Annual Business Meeting was held on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. The increase of business in the Association made it advisable to devote the entire evening to business, and it was found that even with a session of two and a half hours it was impossible to consider fully all of the business brought up for action.

On Thursday afternoon there was held a special session on "Psychology In Its Social Relations." By special invitation of the Program Committee, papers were presented by Dr. Cabot of Harvard University, Dr. Paton of Princeton University, Dr. Franz of the Government Hospital for the Insane, and Dr. Campbell of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital. The papers were formally discussed by Messrs. McDougall, F. L. Wells and Woodworth; and considerable informal discussion, showing the interest of the Association in these problems, followed.

The Annual Banquet was held in Proctor Hall of the Graduate College. After the banquet Mr. W. V. Bingham announced the award of the Edison Prize, for the Most Meritorious Research on the Effects of Music, to Professor Margaret Floy Washburn in collaboration with George S. Dickinson, both of Vassar College. The title of the successful research is "The Sources and Nature of the Affective Reaction to Instrumental Music." Following the announcement of this award, Miss Washburn, as President of the Association, presented the President's address on "Introspection as an Objective Method."

The apparatus exhibit was held in Dodge Hall. Exhibits were made by the C. H. Stoelting Company and by C. W. Peterson & Co., and also by several members.

Members were housed during the sessions in The Graduate College, the Theological Seminary, and local inns and clubs. Much of the smoothness of the operation of these arrangements and of the conduct of the meetings in general was due to the management of the local member of the Executive Committee, Mr. Brigham.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

The Annual Business Meeting was held on December 28, 1921, at eight o'clock in Murray Hall.

It was voted that the minutes of the twenty-ninth annual meeting, at Chicago, be approved as printed.

The Secretary announced the death of George Trumball Ladd, on August 8, 1921, aged seventy-nine.

The Secretary also made the following announcements:

That the Association was represented by Mr. Dunlap, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Witmer at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science at Philadelphia, May 13th and 14th, 1921.

That the Association was represented by Mr. H. L. Hollingworth and Mr. F. L. Wells at the joint meeting of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology and the Division of Medicine of the National Research Council in Washington on April 30, 1921. The joint meeting constituted a conference on the Relations of Psychiatry to Psychology.

That the Association was represented by Mr. C. E. Ferree at the inauguration of President Aydelotte at Swarthmore College, on October 22, 1921.

That the Association was represented by Mr. Cobb, Mr. C. E. Ferree, Mr. Reeves, and Mr. Troland at the meeting of the Optical Society in Rochester, N. Y., on October 24, 1921. This meeting was in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Helmholtz.

The Secretary announced the following resignations during 1921: H. H. Bawden, J. A. Leighton, A. H. Lloyd, J. M. Mecklin, M. S. Pritchard, E. B. Titchener, H. C. Vincent, and N. Wilde. It was voted unanimously to request Professor Titchener to withdraw his resignation.1

The Treasurer's Report as printed below was read and approved. The Treasurer reported the following estimate of resources, which include $500 for the Edison Prize, for the year 1922:

1 Professor Titchener has since withdrawn his resignation in response to this request

of the Association.

Upon recommendation of the Council the Association approved the budget of $1,775 for 1922 and authorized the withdrawal from the principal fund of $200 in order that the budget might be met. This budget is the same as the total budget printed below, except that it did not include the final item for the Standing Committee on the Certification of Consulting Psychologists.

It was voted to amend Article 3, Section 1, of the Constitution to read as follows:

The Secretary and Treasurer of the Association shall be nominated by the Council and elected by the Association at an annual meeting, and shall serve for a term of three years.

This amendment was passed at the preceding meeting, and hence went into force by this second passage.

On recommendation of the Council it was voted to amend Article 2 of the Constitution so that the third sentence shall read:

The President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer shall be ex officio members of the Council.

Since this is the first passage of this amendment, the matter goes over for second passage in 1922.

It was voted to adopt the thirteen By-laws, printed in the 1921 Year Book and embodying previous actions of the Association, with the exception that on recommendation of the Council the thirteenth By-law was adopted so as to read:

The Secretary of the Association shall be paid annually a stipend of $250, and the Treasurer a stipend of $50, for expenses in attending meetings and for clerical and other assistance.

On recommendation of the Council it was voted to elect Mr. Fernberger Treasurer of the Association for the term 1922-1924.

The Secretary announced for the Council the appointment of a Program Committee for 1922, consisting of Miss Washburn, Mr. Dodge, and the Secretary.

On recommendation of the Council it was voted to elect Mr. Bott as representative of the Association for 1922 on the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.2

2 After the meeting it was discovered that the Association now includes in its membership more than one hundred Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is therefore entitled to two representatives on its Council, The Council of the American Psychological Association therefore appointed the Secretary to serve with Mr. Bott as representative on the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The Secretary announced that, in spite of the invitations from Vassar, Pennsylvania, and Clark, the Council recommended that the Association meet on December 27-29, 1922, in Boston with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The recommendation of the Council was adopted.

On recommendation of the Council Mr. Allport was elected local member of the Executive Committee for 1922.

The Secretary announced the recommendation of the Council that a committee of three be appointed to consider a plan for the preparation of a library check list of psychological books. The recommendation was amended to give the Committee power. The motion as adopted was that the President be empowered to appoint a committee of three to consider a plan for the preparation, in conjunction with the Committee of the American Library Association, of a library check list of unusual and infrequently used psychological books, and to report upon the feasibility of the plan to the Association, or to act in furtherance of the project. No appropriation, however, was provided for the Committee.3

On recommendation of the Council the following twenty-three persons were elected to membership in the Association:

1. Bird, Charles, Ph.D., Instructor in Psychology, University of Minnesota. 2. Bishop, Homer Guy, Ph.D., Instructor in Psychology, Cornell University.

3. Bock, Carl William, Ph.D., St. Louis Public Schools and private psychological practice.

4. Buckingham, B. R., Ph.D., Professor of Education and Director of Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio State University.

5. Buswell, Guy Thomas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, University of Chicago.

6. Clark, Ruth Swan, Ph.D., Psychologist, Vocational Guidance Bureau, New York City.

7. Cobb, Margaret E., Ph.D., Instructor, Research and Clinical Assistant, Yale University.

8. Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, Ph.D., Psychologist, Frank G. Gilbreth, Inc.

9. Ide, Archie Lewis, Ph.D., Head of Department of Education and Philosophy, Major Professor, Alfred University.

10. Lundholm, Helig, Ph.D., Resident Psychologist, McLean Hospital; and Assistant in Psychology, Harvard University.

11. Miller, Wilfred Stanton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, University of Minnesota.

12. Moore, Bruce Victor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State College.

13. Naccarati, Sante, Ph.D., Assistant Physician, Neurological Institute of New York. The retiring President subsequently appointed Mr. Angier, chairman, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Weld.