PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA AT THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING NEW YORK, DECEMBER 27-29, 1938 The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at New York, Tuesday to Thursday, December 27-29, jointly with the American Anthropological Association, the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and the Modern Language Association of America. The headquarters of the Society were at The Commodore, Forty-Second Street and Grand Central Station. Record was secured of the attendance of the following members and members-elect; others were present, but failed to give their names to the Secretary: K. M. Abbott, W. F. Albright, H. B. Allen, J. H. D. Allen Jr., H. Almstedt. J. M. Carrière, F. G. Cassidy, C. D. Chrétien, Miss E. F. Claflin, J. B. Costanzo, Miss J. E. Daddow, Miss T. B. DeGraff, P. Delattre, J. del Toro, C. F. Donahue. N. E. Eliason, M. B. Emeneau. P. L. Faye, G. B. Fitch. Miss E. F. Gardner, A. Goetze, L. H. Gray, C. Grimm. Miss L. Haessler, S. N. Hagen, Miss E. A. Hahn, R. A. Hall Jr., M. L. Hanley, Z. S. Harris, S. I. Hayakawa, G. Herzog, U. T. Holmes, V. E. Hull. M. Joos. R. G. Kent, Mrs. R. G. Kent, J. S. Kenyon, J. Kepke, B. J. Kirchhoff, Miss A. E. Kober, F. B. Krauss, S. M. Kuhn, H. Kurath. G. S. Lane, H. Larsen, W. R. Leete, H. L. Levy, F. K. Li, G. S. Lowman, M. A. Luria. Miss E. Y. Maguire, K. Malone, C. A. Manning, R. Marcus, W. Matthews, R. I. McDavid Jr., J. Mersand, E. D. Myers. A. A. Nehring, S. S. Newman. J. J. Obermann, C. J. Ogden. J. J. Parry, C. Paschall, W. C. Paul, H. Penzl, J. Phelps, H. I. Poleman, Miss L. Pound, Miss R. M. Preuninger, F. R. Preveden. J. J. Raymond, K. Reuning, A. L. Rice, H. B. Richardson, E. Riess, M. H. Roberts, L. L. Rockwell, E. C. Roedder, H. A. Rositzke. P. Scherer, B. Schwartz, Miss P. Segal, E. H. Sehrt, C. Selmer, A. Senn, M. Sherover, J. K. Shryock, M. A. Simsar, G. W. Small, H. L. Smith Jr., E. A. Speiser, H. Sperber, O. Springer, E. H. Sturtevant, M. Swadesh. P. Tedesco, R. W. Tucker, W. F. Twaddell. A. van Erden, H. H.Vaughan, C. F. Voegelin. J. R. Ware, H. Whitehall. Mrs. A. R. Zollinger. [117] The First Session of the Linguistic Society was held on the morning of Tuesday, December 27, in Rooms B and C, on the Ball Room Floor of The Commodore. President Gray called the meeting to order at 9.35 A.M. and presided throughout the session. About 100 persons were present at this session, which began with the business of the Society. When the reading of the minutes of the last meeting was called for, the motion was made and seconded that their reading be dispensed with, as they had already been printed in Bulletin No. 11 of the Society, pages 3-22, which was distributed in March, 1938. One member rose to offer corrections, but was ruled out of order in view of the length of time since the printed minutes had been received by all the members, during which period no objection to their wording had been received by the Secretary. The motion was then carried. Similarly, the reading of the minutes of the First Summer Meeting, held at Ann Arbor July 29-30, 1938, was dispensed with, as they were shortly to be printed in Bulletin No. 12. The Secretary, Prof. R. G. Kent, presented the following report, which was ordered to be received and filed: For the year 1938 the membership statistics are as follows: For the year 1937 there were 482 members (apart from Honorary Members), of whom 3 died during the year (R. F. Butin, E. Fiesel, A. G. Solalinde); 3 presented their resignations, effective at the end of 1936 (H. M. Belden, J. H. Jackson, P. V. D. Shelly), and 24 presented their resignations, effective at the end of 1937 (S. O. Andrew, A. C. Ehrensperger, A. G. Eichelberger, A. M. Espinosa, E. Fleet, O. H. Fleissner, C. H. Grandgent, C. E. Heffelfinger, J. W. Hewitt, D. E. Kleinfelter, A. G. Laird, G. Laves, J. A. Mason, A. R. Nykl, W. W. Perkins, H. Rosen, S. Saito, H. F. Scott, G. Summey Jr., H. H. Tanzer, E. T. Vogel, E. Weinberg, B. Weiner, J. Whatmough); 6 were dropped for non-payment of dues during 1936 and 1937. The net membership with which the Society started 1938 was therefore 446; the new members for 1938 are 49. The total membership for 1938, in addition to the Honorary Members, is 495, a gain of 13 over 1937. Of these, 11 are unpaid for 1937-8 and are subject to being dropped from the rolls at this time, and 31 others are unpaid for 1938. We regretfully record the death of 7 Active Members in 1938: Dorothy M. Paschall on February 1, E. P. Davis in February, A. Walther on May 19, T. Michelson on July 26, E. Prokosch on August 11, A. U. N. Camera on August 28, S. Kroesch on October 26. The Honorary Members were 24 in number at the end of 1937, when the Society elected one (J. Vendryes), making a total of 25 for 1938, of whom two died during the year: J. Wackernagel on May 22, N. Trubetzkoy on June 25. The library subscriptions have increased from 163 to 169, by the loss of 8 and the addition of 14. Of the 169, there are 74 foreign subscriptions. The exchanges and copies for review have increased from 83 to 85. The number of foreign scholars receiving the regular publications of the Society gratuitously is now 114. The Group for Phonemics had during the year 1938 61 adherents, an increase of 10 over 1937. Dues for the 61 adherents and the Society itself were forwarded to Professor Vilém Mathesius, Maiselova 19, Prague V, Czechoslovakia. Pamphlets received from the international organization were distributed to the adherents of the Group and so likewise were reprints of Parmenter's Bibliography of Phonetics, which is printed in American Speech. The Group for American Indian Linguistics now counts 45 adherents, an increase of 11 over 1937. As yet there have been no publishing activities of the Group as such, but the Editor of Language has agreed to include in Language an annual bibliography of linguistic books and articles on American Indian languages, the preparation of which is undertaken by Professor Morris Swadesh with the assistance of other Americanists. The first issue of this bibliography is in Language 14.4. The present outlook for new members in 1939 is promising, but I must again call the attention of members to the necessity of making known to their associates and students the desirability of assuming formal membership in the Linguistic Society, and in that way enabling it to realize more fully its possibilities for the advancement of the scientific study of language. As Treasurer, Prof. Kent presented the following financial report: LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA TREASURER'S REPORT, DEC. 21, 1937 TO DEC. 20, 1938 |
