PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA CINCINNATI, DECEMBER 27-28, 1927 AND NASHVILLE, DECEMBER 30, 1927 The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 27 and 28, 1927, conjointly with the American Philological Association, the Archaeological Institute of America, the College Art Association of America, the National Association of Teachers of Speech, and the American Association of University Professors; the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce were the hosts of the meeting. The headquarters of the meeting were in the Hotel Gibson, Fourth and Walnut Streets. A single session was held also at Nashville on the afternoon of December 30, in connection with the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Record was secured of the attendance of the following members of the Society, at the sessions in Cincinnati: B. M. Allen, L. Allen, H. Almstedt. L. C. Barret, Miss S. F. Barrows, S. E. Bassett, Miss M. J. Bentley, L. Bloomfield, G. M. Bolling, C. D. Buck. H. Caplan, J. M. Clapp, Miss C. C. Coulter, E. Cross. G. T. Flom, C. C. Fries. Miss E. A. Hahn. Mrs. E. Knott, T. A. Knott, H. Kurath. R. Levy, C. M. Lotspeich, C. G. Lowe, W. F. Luebke. R. V. D. Magoffin, T. Michelson, C. W. E. Miller, S. Moore. M. B. Ogle. W. Petersen, Miss L. Pound, F. R. Preveden, L. M. Prindle, E. Prokosch. A. W. Read. R. E. Saleski, E. Sapir, E. H. Sehrt, W. T. Semple, E. H. Sturtevant. R. H. Tanner. [41] The First Session was held in Room 1002 of the Hotel Gibson, on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 27. President Buck called the meeting to order at 2.30 p.m., and in the absence of the Secretary, appointed Professor E. H. Sturtevant Secretary pro tempore. About 35 persons were present at the session. By motion, the reading of the minutes was dispensed with, as the minutes of the previous meeting had already been printed in LANGUAGE 3.30-42. For the Local Committee (W. T. Semple, Chairman; C. W. Blegen, Miss Hilda Buttenwieser, R. K. Hack, Miss Elizabeth Kellogg, A. K. Laing, C. M. Lotspeich), Professor Lotspeich presented briefly the arrangements which had been made for the meeting: that the University of Cincinnati would entertain the delegates at luncheon on Wednesday; that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft would receive the delegates at their home on Wednesday and Friday afternoon, to view their art collections and partake of hospitality, and also invited the delegates to a concert on the piano, by Mme. Marguerite Liszniewska, on Friday evening, at the Hotel Gibson, after the joint banquet of the societies; and other matters pertaining to the joint sessions and the banquets of the societies. The Secretary pro tempore presented the report of the Secretary, Prof. R. G. Kent, as follows, and the report was ordered to be received and filed. The work of the Secretary's office has been continued along the lines of previous years. The membership shows some increase. For the year 1926, there were 356 members, of whom 4 died during the year, and 2 (I. G. Dobsevage, G. Van Loan) removed without leaving their addresses; 18 others (A. J. Armstrong, L. D. Bailiff, L. M. Brown, A. H. Bushee, W. R. Davis, J. L. Gerig, T. P. Haviland, L. Jung, R. M. Littlejohn, E. W. Madeira, E. L. McCreery, F. W. Nightingale, F. O. Reed, L. L. Rockwell, T. T. Stenberg, W. R. F. Stier, E. B. Twitmyer, J. Zimmermann) presented their resignations, effective at the end of 1926. The net membership with which the Society started 1927 was therefore 332; the new members of 1927 are 49 in number, giving a total of 381. Of these, however, we must regretfully record the death of 3: O. F. Emerson on March 13, B. I. Wheeler on May 2, and Miss E. M. Grice on December 4; biographical sketches of these are to be found in the Notes and Personalia of LANGUAGE. It is a matter of regret that the apparent increase over the membership of 1926 is made up largely of 18 members who have not paid the dues of 1926 and 1927, and will accordingly, under the final clause of Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, be dropped from the rolls on December 31 of the present year. Three members have become Benefactors: Mrs. R. M. Littlejohn, Miss C. T. Littlejohn, Mr. A. M. Huntington; and two have become Life Members: G. M. Bolling, R. G. Kent. It is desirable that there be additions to these classes of membership. The Library subscriptions have increased from 63 to 78, by the addition of 16 new subscriptions and the cancellation of 1. The exchanges and copies for review have increased from 42 to 49. The liberal policy of the Society toward foreign scholars has been continued, and with a few additions made during the year the list of those receiving complimentary copies in 1927 amounted to 129; of these, two have died: E. Courbaud, V. Thomsen. Finally, the Secretary wishes to call attention to the general development of the activities of the Society: in addition to the publications already begun, it has started a series of Language Dissertations; as member of the American Council of Learned Societies, the Society participates in the promotion of plans for the survey of American Indian languages, and for publication of studies in the same field; through affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society undertakes the holding of a session at the meetings of that Association; it is participating in the proposed Bureau of Language Research; and finally, through its members, the establishment of a Linguistic Institute comes to the fore, to be considered at this meeting. Other projects are likely to be proposed before long. The question naturally arises, whether the Society may not properly and hopefully seek a subvention, annual or otherwise, from a foundation established for the promotion of intellectual activities and scientific research. The Secretary pro tempore presented the report of the Treasurer, Prof. R. G. Kent, as follows, which was ordered received and filed, pending the report of the Auditors: Deposited in the West Philadelphia Title and Trust Co., 36th and Walnut Sts., Savings Fund.. Balance on deposit in the First National Bank of Philadelphia, 32d and Market Sts....... Assets: 500.00 1031.21 1531.21 $5107.91 Schedule of Assets and Liabilities, to Dec. 31, 1927 Cash in checkable account, First Nat. Bk. of Phila..... $1031.21 Current funds in Endowment Fund.... Accrued interest on preceding items, to Dec. 31, 1927.... Recoverable arrears of dues and subscriptions, and un paid orders for publications...... Subvention to Monograph No. 3, balance due.. Subvention to Dissertation No. 1, balance due... 500.00 65.00 60.00 83.00 52.05 50.00 $1841.26 Estimated Net Balance, in addition to $935 of Endowment. 1231.26 775.55 The report of the Trustees of the Endowment Fund is appended to this report: The Trustees of the Endowment Fund acknowledge receipt from the Treasurer of the Society, on February 8, 1927, of One Thousand Dollars, being $750 of Benefactors' Fees (Mrs. R. M. Littlejohn, Miss C. T. Littlejohn, Mr. A. M. Huntington) and $250 of current funds. They invested this sum in one One Thousand Dollar Five Percent Net Guaranteed Mortgage Certificate of the West Philadelphia Title and Trust Co., the certificate to be held by the said Title and Trust Co. for safe-keeping and the income remitted to the Treasurer of the Society when due, on August 1 and February 1. The Treasurer paid also the accrued interest, amounting to $1.11, and later transferred to the Trustees $185 as Life Membership Fees (G. M. Bolling, R. G. Kent), upon which the Trustees transferred back to the Treasurer $185 of the current funds in their possession. The Endowment Fund accordingly contains $935 of endowment and $65 of current funds, invested as stated. The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the interest due on August 1, 1927. Dec. 23, 1927 (signed) ARTHUR R. SPENCER On behalf of the Executive Committee, the Secretary pro tempore presented the following report: Pursuant upon the action taken at the last meeting of the Society, the President appointed a Committee of three to arrange a session at Nashville, in connection with the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Committee consists of Prof. W. A. Oldfather, Chairman; Prof. G. M. Bolling; Prof. Edward Sapir. Professor Bolling will act as chairman of the Nashville session, and Professor Sapir will be the delegate of the Society to the Council of the Association. The Linguistic Society of America was elected to membership in the American Council of Learned Societies on January 29, 1927. The President of the Society has appointed E. H. Sturtevant to serve as representative on the Council for the term 1927-1930, and Leonard Bloomfield for the term 1927-1928, term of service thereafter being four years. No meeting of the Council has been held since their appointment. But the Secretary of the Society has coöperated with a Committee of the Council in securing the release of manuscripts on American Indian Languages, for eventual publication with a subvention. L. H. Gray was appointed delegate to the directorate of the proposed Bureau of Language Research. He has attended meetings of the board, and reports progress. According to the provisions of Article II, Section 11 of the Constitution, the Executive Committee appointed as trustees of the Endowment Fund F. Corlies Morgan, Treasurer of the University of Pennsylvania, and Arthur R. Spencer, Assistant to the Dean of the College of the University of Pennsylvania, together with the Treasurer of the Society, acting ex-officio. |