THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 27, 1918 The meeting was called to order at 9:00 A.M. by President Cooley in the salon of the Jefferson Hotel. The following were present: Professors Cooley, Chapin, Gillette, and Bedford. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The annual reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Managing Editor, previously given to members of the Committee, were read in part and explained and ordered filed. It was moved and carried that the Committee express a preference for holding the next annual meeting in Lexington, Kentucky. It was moved and carried that President Blackmar be empowered to confer with the informal Committee on "Standardization of Rural Research," chairman, C. J. Galpin, which met at the time of our annual meeting in Philadelphia in 1917, with a view to making this one of the standing committees of the Society. Mr. Bedford notified the Committee that he could not accept the three positions of Secretary, Treasurer, and Managing Editor any longer unless relieved of all duties except purely advisory, that he had served the Society in these positions for seven of the thirteen years of its history and felt that the affairs of the Society were in reasonably good condition to turn over to someone else. It was moved and carried that arrangements be made by Mr. Bedford with a representative of the University of Chicago Press for delegating his duties to a person mutually agreeable to him and to the Press, the understanding being in accord with a letter from Mr. Newman Miller, director of the Press. The Committee then adjourned. Respectfully submitted, SCOTT E. W. BEDFORD, Secretary THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, RICHMOND, The annual business meeting was called to order by President Cooley in the salon of the Jefferson Hotel, about thirty-five members being present. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved. The annual reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Managing Editor were read in part and ordered filed. President Cooley made a report of his work for the year regarding the construction of the program and other matters. He read a letter of greetings from Professor Rene Worms, secretary of the Institut International de Sociologie. It was moved and carried that President Cooley send a message of greetings to Professor Worms from this Society. It was moved and carried that greetings be sent by Professor Cooley to the sociological societies in the nations recently our Allies in arms, with a view to establishing a better understanding in our common labor. The Committee on Adaptation of Courses to War Conditions, F. H. Giddings, chairman, made no report. The committee was continued. The Committee on Standardization of Research, J. L. Gillin, chairman, made no report. The committee was continued. The Committee on Statistics, co-operating with the Economic and Statistical societies, reported through its chairman, W. N. Adriance, that the committee had rendered aid to the Federal Board on Centralized Statistics. It was moved and carried that the committee make an effort in the next census to secure a more satisfactory classification of the population upon the basis of urban and rural residence. The committee was continued. The Committee on Nominations named the following persons for the offices indicated: President, Frank W. Blackmar, University of Kansas; First Vice-President, James Q. Dealey, Brown University; Second Vice-President, Edward C. Hayes, University of Illinois; Secretary-Treasurer and Editor, Scott E. W. Bedford, University of Chicago; Executive Committee, E. L. Earp, Drew Theological Seminary; and Grace Abbott, Federal Children's Bureau. Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. GILLETTE, Chairman C. W. THOMPSON E. L. EARP It was moved and carried that the Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the Society for the persons for the offices indicated. It was moved and carried that the incoming president appoint a committee to inquire into what is and what may be done in the teaching of sociology in the grades of the public schools and in the high schools of the United States. The committee appointed by President Blackmar is as follows: A. J. Todd, Charles A. Ellwood, John Phelan, W. R. Smith. The meeting then adjourned. Respectfully submitted, SCOTT E. W. BEDFORD, Secretary CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY ARTICLE I-NAME This Society shall be known as the American Sociological Society. ARTICLE OBJECTS The objects of this Society shall be the encouragement of sociological research and discussion and the promotion of intercourse between persons engaged in the scientific study of society. ARTICLE III-MEMBERSHIP Any person may become a member of this Society upon payment of Three Dollars and may continue such by paying thereafter annually a fee of Three Dollars. By a single payment of Fifty Dollars any person may become a life member of the Society. Each member is entitled to a copy of the current publications of the Society. ARTICLE IV-OFFICERS The officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer-elected at each annual meeting-and an Executive Committee consisting of the officers above mentioned ex officio, together with six elected members whose terms of office shall be three years; except that of those chosen at the first election two shall serve for but one year and two for two years. The offices of Secretary and of Treasurer may be filled by the same person. ARTICLE V-ELECTION OF OFFICERS All officers shall be elected only after nomination by a special committee of the Society appointed by the Executive Committee; except that the officers for the first year shall be nominated by a committee of three to be appointed by the chairman of the meeting at which this constitution is adopted. All officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Society present at the annual meeting. ARTICLE VI-DUTIES OF OFFICERS The President of the Society shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the Executive Committee, and shall perform such other duties as the Executive Committee may assign to him. In his absence his duties shall devolve, successively, upon the Vice-Presidents in the order of their election, upon the Secretary, and upon the Treasurer. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Society, and perform such other duties as the Executive Committee may assign to him. The Treasurer shall receive and have the custody of the funds of the Society, subject to the rules of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have charge of the general interests of the Society, shall call regular and special meetings of the Society, appropriate money, appoint committees and their chairmen, with suitable powers, and in general possess the governing power in the Society except as otherwise specifically provided in this constitution. The Executive Committee shall have power to fill vacancies in its membership occasioned by death, resignation, or failure to elect, such appointees to hold office until the next annual election. Five members shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee, and a majority vote of those members in attendance shall control its decisions. ARTICLE VII-RESOLUTIONS All resolutions to which objection is made shall be referred to the Executive Committee for its approval before submission to the vote of the Society. ARTICLE VIII-AMENDMENTS Amendments to this constitution shall be proposed by the Executive Committee and adopted by a majority vote of the members present at any regular or special meeting of the Society. AMENDMENT I (Adopted in 1914) The Executive Committee shall appoint each year a Managing Editor for the annual volume of Papers and Proceedings. It shall be his duty to collect, edit, and arrange the material for the Papers and Proceedings of the annual meeting. |