Council Meeting of the History of Science SocietyAuthor(s): F. E. B.Source: Isis, Vol. 14, No. 1 (May, 1930), pp. 6-7Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/224377 .

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Council Meeting of the History of Science Society

A council meeting was held on Monday, Dec. 30 at the Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, North Carolina, at 4 p.m. with the following members present: Drs. CREW, TYLER, CAJORI,

WELCH, SIMONS, MAYER, invited former and new members, namely, Dr. KARPINSKI, Dr. SHRYOCK, Dr. D'IRSAY and the Secretary. Considerable business was transacted, namely, the reading of the various reports from the President, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor, and Committees. At 6 p.m. the members of the Council and invited members of the Society sat down to a most enjoyable dinner prepared in Southern style, and with rare judgment on the part of Dr. RICHARD H. SHRYOCK of Duke University.

The Officers for the year 1930 were elected as follows President. Dr. HENRY CREW, Northwestern University, Evanston,

Ill. Vice-President. Dr. WILLIAM H. WELCH, Institute of History

of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Dr. BERTHOL.D LAUFER, Field Museum, Chicago, Ill.

Members of the Council. Dr. VICTOR ROBINSON, Medical Life, New York City. Dr. HENRY G. GALE, Dean, University of Chicago. Dr. RICHARD H. SHRYOCK, Dept. of History, Duke University. Dr. ALFRED C. LANE, Consultant, Library of Congress. Mr. GEORGE E. ROBERTS, National City Bank, New York

City. Dr. MAYER and Mr. BRASCH were reelected Recording Secretary,

and Treasurer-Corresponding Secretary respectively. The mee- ting adjourned at 8.oo o'clock in order that the members could attend the general meeting of the American Historical Association to hear the Presidential address of Dr. JAMES H. ROBINSON.

F. E. B.

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COUNCIL MEETING OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE 7

Joint Meeting of the History of Science Society with the American Historical Association (Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January i, 1930).

A.M. IO.oo. Lecture Hall, Science Building. Chairman: LYNN THORNDIKE, Columbia University. A phase of the History of Mathematics in the United States.

LAO G. SIMONS, Hunter College. The popularization of science in the revolutionary era.

EVARTS B. GREENE, Columbia University. A century of American geodesy.

FLORIAN CAJORI, University of California. Discussion led by:

L. C. KARPINSKI, University of Michigan. P.M. I2.30. Luncheon conference on the History of Science.

Union, Left dining room. (Courtesy of Duke University)

Chairman: H. W. TYLER, Massachusetts Institute of Techno- logy.

Medical practice in the ante-bellum South. RiCHARD H. SHRYOCK, Duke University.

P.M. z.oo Meeting of the Council of the History of Science Society. Duke University, North Campus.

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