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PAUL HAUPT, a Signer of the Call which led to the formation of the Linguistic Society of America, and a Foundation Member of the Society, died suddenly in Baltimore, on December 15, 1926, at the age of sixtyeight years.

He was born in Görlitz, Germany, on November 25, 1858, and after being graduated from the local Gymnasium went to the University of Leipzig, where he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1878. He pursued further studies at Berlin and in the British Museum in London, and was Privat Docent 1880-83 and Professor of Assyriology 1883-89 at the University of Göttingen. In 1882 he was called to the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore as Spence Professor of Semitic Languages and Director of the Oriental Seminary, a position which he held until his death. From 1888 on, he held an honorary curatorship at the National Museum at Washington. He was made Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle in 1901, and in the following year received the honorary degree of Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow. He was an official delegate to several International Congresses of Orientalists, on the History of Religions, and of Americanists, serving several times as presiding officer of the Semitic section of the first two. He was a member of many learned societies, both in this country and abroad; he was President of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis 1905-06 and of the American Oriental Society 1913-14.

His scientific writings were voluminous, including numerous books on the Old Testament and in the Assyrian and Sumerian field, and almost countless articles in technical journals. His complete bibliography is to be found in the Haupt Festschrift, issued in 1926, where it is compiled by C. Adler and A. Ember.

Professor Haupt took an active part in the formation of the Linguistic Society, and was always ready to help generously in every way to further its work. His valuable advice and assistance will be sorely missed.

By action of the Society at the Cambridge meeting, classes of Life Members and of Benefactors have been created. It is hoped that as many as possible of the annual members will avail themselves of this opportunity and thereby not only decrease the routine work of the Society's administrative office, but establish a permanent Endowment Fund for the aims of the Society. The dues of Life Members amount to One Hundred Dollars less half the annual dues already paid, in addition to the dues of the current year; thus any member who joined

in 1925 may in 1927 become a Life Member on payment of $97.50 ($100 less half of $15, plus dues of 1927). Benefactors are those who pay at one time into the treasury of the Society the sum of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars. Two have already been enrolled: Mrs. Robert M. Littlejohn (Rebecca Bolling) and Miss Charlotte Townsend Littlejohn of New York.

Attention is called to the provision for binding sets of LANGUAGE. Any member may send the issues of a volume of LANGUAGE to the Secretary of the Society, accompanied by a check for Two Dollars; and will in due course receive the volume handsomely bound in magenta buckram, suitably labeled on the back in gold letters. New members wishing to purchase a complete file of bound voumes may secure it by remitting an additional sum of One Dollar Seventy-Five Cents per volume, above the regular price of Five Dollars per annum for the publications of the Society.

The following members were received into the Society in the last three months of 1926; their titles and addresses will be found in the list of members published in this issue of LANGUAGE: Louis Allen, Ludlow S. Bull, Alice H. Bushee, John M. Clapp, Oscar F. W. Fernsemer, Barend Faddegon, Henry Hyvernat, Elizabeth Knott (Mrs. J. P.), T. A. Knott, Harriet Allison Loeb (Mrs. Edwin M.), Edgar A. Menk, Homer F. Rebert, Henry Brush Richardson, Rollin H. Tanner, John S. P. Tatlock.

The following have been received into the Society as members of 1927, before the close of the calendar year 1926:

Professor S. E. Bassett, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. (Greek) Professor Harry Caplan, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. (Classics) Prof. R. W. Cowden, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Rhetoric) Miss Helen S. Eaton, 79 Washington Place, New York City. (Linguistic Research Assistant to the Internat. Aux. Lang. Assn.) Mr. J. V. Martin, 10 Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan.

Prof. Ralph Van Deman Magoffin, New York University, University Heights, New York City. (Classics)

Mr. Leo Erval Saidla, 95 Livingston St. Brooklyn, N Y.

Prof. Joshua Whatmough, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. (Comp. Philology)

Prof. Edward Yoder, Goshen College, Goshen, Ind (Greek and Latin)

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

AT THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING

CAMBRIDGE, DECEMBER 27-30, 1926

The Third Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Cambridge, December 27 to 30, conjointly with the annual meetings of the American Philological Association, the Modern Language Association of America, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the College Art Association of America. The societies were the guests of Harvard University. Record was secured of the attendance of the following members and members-elect of the Society, at its various sessions:

B. M. Allen, L. Allen.

L. C. Barrett, P. Barry, S. E. Bassett, W. N. Bates, C. H. Beeson, Miss G. H. Beggs, L. Bloomfield, G. M. Bolling, W. N. Brown, C. D. Buck.

H. Caplan, F. S. Cawley, G. D. Chase, Miss E. F. Claflin, J. M. Clapp, H. M. Cleasby, Miss R. D. Cornelius, H. Craig.

Miss H. Dean, R. J. Deferrari, N. W. DeWitt, H. G. Doyle, D. L. Drew.

Miss H. S. Eaton, O. F. Emerson.

B. Faddegon, O. F. W. Fernsemer, C. C. Fries.

Miss L. Haessler, Miss E. A. Hahn, R.-M. S. Heffner, J. W. Hewitt, R. C. Horn, H. M. Hubbell.

C. L. Keith, G. D. Kellogg, R. G. Kent, Mrs. E. Knott, T. A. Knott, F. B. Krauss, H. Kurath.

A. G. Laird, E. B. Lease, C. E. Little, C. M. Lotspeich.

R. V. D. Magoffin, G. L. Malécot, K. Malone, E. K. Maxfield, A. D. Menut, C. W. E. Miller, S. Moore.

A. R. Nykl.

M. M. Odgers, M. B. Ogle, W. A. Oldfather.

W. W. Perkins, F. H. Potter, Miss L. Pound, L. M. Prindle.

A. F. J. Remy, E. Riess, D. M. Robinson.

L. E. Saidla, R. E. Saleski, H. F. Scott, E. A. Sehrt, D. B. Shumway, T. Starck, E. H. Sturtevant, Miss G. Sturtevant.

Miss H. H. Tanzer.

M. N. Wetmore, J. Whatmough, C. A. Williams, W. P. Woodman, W. F. Wyatt. (79)

The First Session was held in Room A, Emerson Hall, on the afternoon of Monday, December 27. In the absence of President Maurice

Bloomfield, Vice-President Emerson called the meeting to order at 2.30 P.M. About 45 persons were present at this session.

By motion the reading of the minutes was dispensed with, as the minutes of the previous meeting had already been printed in LANGUAGE 2.64-77.

For the Local Committee (C. N. Jackson, Chairman; B. S. Hurlbut; G. R. Lincoln; F. W. C. Lieder; C. R. Post; T. Starck; J. B. Titchener), Prof. Starck, as the special representative of the Linguistic Society, reported briefly the arrangements which had been made for the meeting: that the hospitality of the Harvard Union and of the Colonial Club were extended; that Harvard University would entertain the visitors at luncheon on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, at the Harvard Union; that Radcliffe College had opened two of its dormitories for the women delegates; that Miss Longfellow would open the Longfellow House on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, from two to four o'clock; and other matters pertaining to the joint sessions and the banquets of the societies.

The Secretary, Prof. R. G. Kent, presented the following report, which was ordered to be received and filed:

The work of the Secretary's office has been continued along the lines stated in the last report.

The membership shows a gratifying increase. At the end of 1925, the Society had received 323 members, of whom 2 had died during the year. In 1926, the Society received 56 additional members, but lost 20 by resignation and 1 by removal without giving the new address: J. E. Abbott, T. G. Allen, K. C. Babcock, A. Bruderhausen, G. W. Elderkin, G. C. Engerrand, A. H. R. Fairchild, G. B. Fundenburg, E. F. Hacker, A. Jacobson, E. Johnston, H. S. V. Jones, G. P. Krapp, C. R. Lanman, A. P. MacVay, J. H. Minnick, B. W. Mitchell, W. Rosenau, L. S. Smith, C. F. Sparkman, J. Zeitlin. The net membership is therefore 355. Of these, however, we must regretfully record the death of 4: H. C. G. von Jagemann on January 27, Aaron Ember on May 31, Charles F. Brédé on August 2, Paul Haupt on December 15. Biographical sketches of all these are to be found in the Notes and Personalia of LANGUAGE.

The library subscriptions were during the year increased from 22 to 63, all but one of these taking our publications from the beginning.

The exchanges and copies for review were during the year increased from 26 to 42.

The same liberal policy has been followed toward foreign scholars, which was announced in the report for last year. Three more of those on our complimentary list have died: C. Bartholomae, G. Herbig, A. Noreen. Some additions have been made to the list, which now totals 117.

As Business Manager of the Publications, the Secretary has continued for 1926 the publication of LANGUAGE with the George Banta Publishing Co. of Menasha, Wisconsin, but has arranged for a return to the Waverly Press of Baltimore for

1927, which printed in November a BULLETIN of the Executive Committee, entitled SURVEY OF LINGUISTIC STUDIES. The MONOGRAPHS are being printed by Protat Frères of Mâcon, France, Nos. 2 and 3 of the series being now in the press, to be distributed as publications of 1926.

Other matters are dealt with in the report of the Executive Committee and in the report of the Treasurer.

As Treasurer, Professor Kent then presented the following report, which was ordered received and filed, pending the report of the Auditors:

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