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Dates: August 30 - September 1, 1921
Place: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Number of Members in Attendance: 77 Total (100 According to AIP Archives); 20 Female (?? Female According to AIP Archives); 57 Male (100 According to AIP Archives)
Number of New Members Admitted: 19 Total (20 Total according to AIP Archives); 7 Female (0 Female According to AIP Archives); 12 Male (20 Male according to AIP Archives)
Total Membership: ?? (356 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 49
Officers:
President, Frank Schlesinger 1919-1922
Vice-President, Otto Klotz 1920-1922
Vice-President, John A. Miller 1921-1923
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1921-1922
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1921-1922
Councilors, Henry Norris Russell 1919-1922, V.M. Slipher 1919-1922, Caroline E. Furness 1920-1923, Philip Fox 1921-1923, A.O. Leuschner 1921-1924, and Frederick Slocum 1921-1924.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: Professor E.B. Frost was elected a Representative of the Society on the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council for the Term 1922-1925.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: Eclipse Committee; Committee on Variable Stars; and the Meteor Committee.
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: the Twenty-sixth Meeting of the AAS was held on Tuesday to Thursday, August 30, 1921 - September 1, 1921 at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, on the invitation of Professor Frederick Slocum, Director of the Van Vleck Observatory. The attendees were housed together in college dormitories, and were fed in the spacious PSI Upsilon fraternity house. Scientific Sessions took place in the John Bell Scott Laboratory nearby. On recommendation of a special sub-committee, made up of Messrs. Otto Klotz and S.I. Bailey, the Council took the following general actions with regard to committees to take effect at the Annual Meeting of 1922: (1) the abolition of such committees whose functions are carried out by other organizations, for example, the Variable Star Committee, the Committee on Photographic Astrometry, and the Committee on the Teaching of Astronomy; (2) the functions of committees now in existence will be considered terminated; (3) each committee appointed hereafter shall report to the Society on or before the next following Annual Meeting, when the functions of the committee shall cease, unless renewed by request of its Chairman for completing its work in the succeeding year; and (4) at the Annual Meeting of the Society, the Council shall appoint such committees as may be necessary to further the work of the Society. The Council also decided to hold two meetings next year due to increasing interest in society. The Eclipse Committee reported on the best places to observe the September 21, 1922 and September 10, 1923 Solar Eclipses. The Variable Star Committee distributed a questionnaire which showed that considerable activity vis-a-vis variable stars was going on, but in an uncoordinated way. The need for greater communication among observers was stressed. The Meteor Committee reported on some early attempts at instrumentation, and mentioned the continuing work of the American Meteor Society.
Dates: December 2931, 1921
Place: Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Number of Members in Attendance: 53 Total (60 Total According to AIP Archives); 8 Female (0 Female according to AIP Archives); 45 Male (60 Male according to AIP Archives)
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 2 Female; 8 Male
Total Membership: 370 (356 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 35
Officers:
President, Frank Schlesinger 1919-1922
Vice-President, Otto Klotz 1920-1922
Vice-President, John A. Miller 1921-1923
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1921-1922
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1921-1922
Councilors, Henry Norris Russell 1919-1922, V.M. Slipher 1919-1922, Caroline E. Furness 1920-1923, Philip Fox 1921-1923, A.O. Leuschner 1921-1924, and Frederick
Slocum 1921-1924.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Carl Vilhem Ludvik Charlier of the Linds Observatorium, University of Lund, Sweden
Notes of Interest: the Twenty-seventh Meeting of the AAS took place on Thursday to Saturday, December 29-31, 1921 at the Sproul Observatory of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, upon the invitation of the Director, Professor John A. Miller. Attendees were housed in Parrish Hall, the Main Building and Dormitory of the College. Because of the winter season, there were no outside excursions. On Friday evening, Dr. William Romaine Newbold, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, gave an interesting talk, entitled "Evidence Contained in the Voynich Manuscript That Roger Bacon Possessed a Telescope."
Dates: September 58, 1922
Place: Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Number of Members in Attendance: 68 Total (100 Total according to AIP Archives); 12 Female (0 Female according to AIP Archives); 56 Male (100 Male according to AIP Archives)
Number of New Members Admitted: 19 Total; 4 Female; 15 Male
Total Membership: 390
Number of Papers Presented: 64
Officers:
President, William Wallace Campbell 1922-1925
Vice-President, John A. Miller 1921-1923
Vice-President, Henry Norris Russell 1922-1924
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1922-1923
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1922-1923
Councilors, Caroline E. Furness 1920-1923, Philip Fox 1921-1923, A.O. Leuschner 1921-1924, Frederick Slocum 1921-1924, John M. Poor 1922-1925, and Charles E. St. John 1922-1925.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: Mr. Ernest W. Brown was appointed a Member of the National Research Council for the Term 1923-1926. Other Members of this group who are continuing to serve (with their terms of office) are: W.W. Campbell 1920-1923, Henry Norris Russell 1921-1924, and Edwin B. Frost 1922-1925.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: the Twenty-eighth Meeting of the AAS was held on Tuesday to Friday, September 5-8, 1922 at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin - the Twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Observatory, and also the founding of the Society. On Wednesday evening, Professor E.E. Barnard gave an illustrated lecture on "Some Peculiarities of the Comets", and on Friday, Dr. Frank Schlesinger gave his mandatory address as retiring President of the Society on "The Positions of the Stars."
Dates: December 27-29, 1922
Place: Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 75 Total; 16 Female (18 Female according to AIP Archives); 59 Male (57 Male according to AIP Archives)
Number of New Members Admitted: 13 Total; 4 Female, 9 Male
Total Membership: 398
Number of Papers Presented: 35 (36 According to AIP Archives)
Officers:
President, W.W. Campbell 1922-1925
Vice-President, John A. Miller 1921-1923
Vice-President, Henry Norris Russell 1922-1924
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1922-1923
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1922-1923
Councilors, A.O. Leuschner 1921-1924, Frederick Slocum 1921-1924, John M. Poor 1922-1925,
Chas. E. St. John 1922-1925, Caroline E. Furness 1920-1923, and Philip Fox 1921-1923.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: Eclipse Committee (For the Total Solar Eclipse of September 10, 1923), Comprised of W.W. Campbell, Chair, Heber D. Curtis, Joaquin Gallo, W.J. Humphreys, Frank B. Littell, and S.A. Mitchell.
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): Herbert Hall Turner, Director of the University Observatory, Oxford, UK
Notes of Interest: The Twenty-ninth Meeting of the AAS took place on Wednesday to Friday, December 27-29, 1922, in affiliation with the AAAS, in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts. A major blizzard occurred during the entirety of the Meeting, hence no photograph of the Society was taken. The headquarters for members was at the Copley Square Hotel and the Scientific Sessions were held at both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On the first day, Wednesday, after the Morning Session, the Society voted to adjourn and to visit the Mathematical Symposium on "Space and Time," at which the speakers representing Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy respectively, were Messrs. G.D. Birkhoff, P.W. Bridgman, and Harlow Shapley, all of Harvard University. On Friday afternoon, at the closing Meeting, the address of the retiring Vice-President of Section D of the AAAS on "The Importance of Ionization," was read. Social receptions were given by Professor and Mrs. Shapley, and by Dr. and Mrs. Stetson. The Society's President, W.W. Campbell of Lick Observatory, having just returned from the Australian Eclipse, was unable to attend the Meeting. News of his elevation to the Presidency of the University of California was announced, however, and a congratulatory message was dispatched. A report from the Eclipse Committee on the Total Solar Eclipse to take place on September 10, 1923 was submitted.
Dates: September 17-20, 1923
Place: Mt. Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California
Number of Members in Attendance: 92 Total (93 Total according to AIP Archives); 22 Female (0 Female according to AIP Archives); 70 Male (93 Male according to AIP Archives)
Number of New Members Admitted: 17 Total; 5 Female (6 Female according to AIP Archives); 12 Male (11 Male according to AIP Archives)
Total Membership: 401
Number of Papers Presented: 46
Officers:
President, W.W. Campbell 1922-1925
Vice-President, Henry Norris Russell 1922-1924
Vice-President, Ernest W. Brown 1923-1925
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1923-1924
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1923-1924
Councilors, A.O. Leuschner 1921-1924, Frederick Slocum 1921-1924, John M. Poor 1922-1925, Chas. E. St. John 1922-1925, Heber D. Curtis 1923-1926, and Anne S. Young 1923-1926.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger
Members/representatives/delegates: The Following Society Members were appointed Members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: W.W. Campbell 1921-1924, Edwin B. Frost 1922-1925, Ernest W. Brown 1923-1926, and Harlow Shapley 1924-1927.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: the Pacific Division of AAAS and with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP).
Honorary Member(s): None.
Notes of Interest: The Thirtieth Meeting of the AAS was held at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California, on Monday to Thursday, September 17-20, 1923, in conjunction with the Pacific Division of the AAAS. All sessions were also held jointly with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The Eclipse of September 10, 1923 had attracted a large number of astronomers from all over the world, and there were present at the meeting astronomers from Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Japan, England, France, Spain, Belgium, and Holland. The program began on Sunday, September 16, with a reception and tea given by Dr. and Mrs. Adams at their home in Pasadena. On the afternoon of the next day a well-attended symposium on eclipses and relativity was held at the University of Southern California; the speakers were W.W. Campbell, S.A. Mitchell, Charles E. St. John, and R.J. Trumpler. That evening, the members of the Society and the AAS assembled again in Bovard Auditorium of the University of Southern California to hear the address of the retiring President of the Pacific Division, Dr. E. Percival Lewis, on "The Contribution of Astronomy to Civilization." Tuesday morning, September 18, the Society met in the Library of the Pasadena Headquarters of the Mt. Wilson Observatory. Ample time was afforded both before and after the morning session to tour the offices, laboratory, and shops of this unique astronomical institution. That afternoon the Scientific Sessions were held in the Norman Bridge Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. In the evening, a special reunion dinner was held for those members who were current or former members of the Lick Observatory and the Students' Observatory of the University of California. On Wednesday morning, Society Members and friends were taken to the Mt. Wilson mountaintop where the various telescopes and ancillary equipment was on display. The final Scientific Session took place in the Dome of the Hooker 100-inch Telescope, followed by dinner at the Mt. Wilson Hotel, and then general viewing through the major instruments when the sky darkened. By Thursday noon, the meeting was essentially over.
Dates: December 27-28, 1923
Place: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Number of Members in Attendance: 50 Total; 14 Female; 36 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 8 Total; 1 Female; 7 Male
Total Membership: 408
Number of Papers Presented: 25
Officers:
President, W.W. Campbell 1922-1925
Vice-President, Henry Norris Russell 1922-1924
Vice-President, Ernest W. Brown 1923-1925
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1923-1924
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1923-1924
Councilors, A.O. Leuschner 1921-1924, Frederick Slocum 1921-1924, John M. Poor 1922-1925,
Chas. E. St. John 1922-1925, Heber D. Curtis 1923-1926, and Anne S. Young 1923-1926.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: a Committee for the Solar Eclipse of January 24, 1925 was appointed by the Council as follows: S.A. Mitchell, Chair, H.D. Curtis, W.J. Humphreys, J.A. Miller, Frederick Slocum, J. Stebbins, E.W. Brown, L.J. Comrie, W.S. Eichelberger, and H.N. Russell.
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Benjamin Baillaud, Director of the Paris Observatory
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-first Meeting of the AAS was held on Thursday and Friday, December 27-28, 1923, at Vassar College upon the invitation of Miss Caroline E. Furness. Members were housed and fed in the Main Building of Vassar, and the Scientific Sessions were held in the Sanders Laboratory of Chemistry nearby. In the absence of the Society President, W.W. Campbell, the Sessions were presided over by Vice-Presidents Henry Norris Russell and Ernest W. Brown. As mentioned above, the Council authorized the formation of a Committee to look into the Solar Eclipse of January 24, 1925.
Dates: August 3-6, 1924
Place: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Number of Members in Attendance: 68 Total; 11 Female; 57 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: Total 10; Female 2; Male 8
Total Membership: 411
Number of Papers Presented: 40
Officers:
President, W.W. Campbell 1922-1925
Vice-President, Ernest W. Brown 1923-1925
Vice-President, Heber D. Curtis 1924-1926
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1924-1925
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1924-1925
Councilors, John M. Poor 1922-1925, Chas. E. St. John 1922-1925, Anne S. Young 1923-1926, C.A. Chant 1924-1926, W.J. Hussey 1924-1927, and Harlow Shapley 1924-1927.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger
Members/representatives/delegates: The following Society Members were appointed Members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: Edwin B. Frost 1922-1925, Ernest W. Brown 1923-1926, Harlow Shapley 1924-1927, and Joel Stebbins 1925-1928.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: Committee on Eclipses August 1924; Sub-committee on Measurements and Public Co-operation of the 1925 Eclipse.
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-second Meeting of the AAS took place at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire on August 3-6, 1924 at the invitation of John M. Poor. The timing was arranged to occur just before the meeting of the British Association of the Advancement of Science to be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; in consequence, several astronomers from England and France were in attendance. On Tuesday, August 5, 1924, the Society was addressed by one of its Honorary Members, Professor A.S. Eddington, who spoke on his latest researches on the source of stellar energy. Two Committee reports were also submitted - the first from the Committee on Eclipses August 1924, and the second from the Sub-committee on Measurements and Public Co-operation of the 1925 Eclipse.
Dates: December 30, 1924 - January 1, 1925
Place: Washington, D.C.
Number of Members in Attendance: 77 Total; 8 Female; 69 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 0 Female; 10 Male
Total Membership: 416
Number of Papers Presented: 36
Officers:
President, W.W. Campbell 1922-1925
Vice-President, Ernest W. Brown 1923-1925
Vice-President, Heber D. Curtis 1924-1926
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1924-1925
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1924-1925
Councilors, John M. Poor 1922-1925, Chas. E. St. John 1922-1925, Anne S. Young 1923-1926, C.a.
Chant 1924-1926, W.J. Hussey 1924-1927, and Harlow Shapley 1924-1927.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): Arthur Stanley Eddington
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-third Meeting of the AAS was held in Washington, D.C., in affiliation with the AAAS from Tuesday, December 30, 1924 to Thursday, January 1, 1925. The headquarters for the meeting was at the Powhatan Hotel. Scientific sessions were held at the Bureau of Standards, at the Naval Observatory, and at the George Washington University. Talks of note, given Tuesday afternoon in a joint meeting with the physicists, were by W.F.G. Swann on "The Trend of Thought in Physics," the Vice-President of Section B, by Heber D. Curtis on "The Equinox of 1950," the Vice-President of Section D, and by Professor V. Bjerknes of the Geofysisk Institut of Bergen, Norway on "Solar Hydrodynamics." During the meeting, it was announced by the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, Captain Pollock, that at midnight on Wednesday, December 31, 1924 a change from astronomical to civil reckoning would take place, thus conforming to the practice followed by the principal national almanacs of the world. Actually, this change had been recommended some years ago by a committee of the Society. On Thursday morning, in Corcoran Hall of George Washington University, Professor Henry Norris Russell addressed a joint session and gave his latest views, as well as those of Professor A.S. Eddington, on "Stellar Evolution." On this Occasion, Professor Russell also reported on Dr. Edwin P. Hubble's prize-winning Work, "Cepheids in Spiral Nebulae."
Dates: September 8-10, 1925
Place: Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Number of Members in Attendance: 28 Total; 3 Female; 25 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 16 Total; 5 Female; 11 Male
Total Membership: 421 (416 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 20
Officers:
President, George C. Comstock 1925-1928
Vice-President, Heber D. Curtis 1924-1926
Vice-President, S.A. Mitchell 1925-1927
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1925-1926
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1925-1926
Councilors, Anne S. Young 1923-1926, C.a. Chant 1924-1926, W.J. Hussey 1924-1927, Harlow Shapley 1924-1927, H.C. Wilson 1925-1928, and W.H. Wright 1925-1928.
Ex-President(s), W.W. Campbell, and Frank Schlesinger.
Members/representatives/delegates: the Following Society Members were appointed Members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: Ernest W. Brown 1923-1926, Harlow Shapley 1924-19, Joel Stebbins 1925-1928, and C.G. Abbot 1926-1929.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: At the invitation of Professor H.C. Wilson, the AAS met at Goodsell Observatory, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota on Tuesday to Thursday, September 8-10, 1925 (Thirty-fourth Meeting). It should be noted that Goodsell Observatory is the home of "Popular Astronomy." The opening event was an evening reception given by Dr. Cowling, the President of Carleton College, and Mrs. Cowling. In the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Society, the sessions were presided over by Messrs. Comstock, St. John, and Wilson, and by Miss Anne S. Young.
Dates: December 31, 1925 - January 2, 1926
Place: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York
Number of Members in Attendance: 36 Total; 9 Female; 27 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 1 Female; 9 Male
Total Membership: 428
Number of Papers Presented: 22
Officers:
President, George C. Comstock 1925-1928
Vice-President, Heber D. Curtis 1924-1926
Vice-President, S.A. Mitchell 1925-1927
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1925-1926
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1925-1926
Councilors, Anne S. Young 1923-1926, C.a. Chant 1924-1926, W.J. Hussey 1924-1927, Harlow Shapley 1924-1927, H.C. Wilson 1925-1928, and W.H. Wright 1925-1928.
Ex-President(s), W.W. Campbell, and Frank Schlesinger.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: at the Invitation of C.E.K. Mees, the AAS held its Thirty-fifth Meeting at the Research Laboratory of the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York from Thursday to Saturday, December 31, 1925 to January 2, 1926. Meeting Headquarters were at the Hotel Seneca, where members gathered the first afternoon (Thursday) to begin an inspection of the Eastman Plant as well as the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. That evening, Dr. Mees and Mrs. Mees gave a welcoming reception. On Saturday afternoon, January 2, 1926, the retiring address of the Society's President, W.W. Campbell, was read. The meeting closed with a special dinner at the Hotel Seneca, President Comstock Presiding.
Dates: September 7-10, 1926
Place: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 69 Total; 18 Female; 51 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 1 Female; 9 Male
Total Membership: 437
Number of Papers Presented: 38
Officers:
President, George C. Comstock 1925-1928
Vice-President, S.A. Mitchell 1925-1927
Vice-President, A.O. Leuschner 1926-1928
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1926-1927
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1926-1927
Councilors, W.J. Hussey 1924-1927, Harlow Shapley 1924-1927, H.C. Wilson
1925-1928, W.H. Wright 1925-1928, C.E.K. Mees 1926-1929, and
E.C. Slipher 1926-1929.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger, and W.W. Campbell.
Members/representatives/delegates: The Following Society Members Were Appointed Members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: Harlow Shapley 1924-1927, Joel Stebbins 1925-1928, C.g. Abbot 1926-1929, and Frank Schlesinger 1927-1930.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: Committee on Meteors.
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the AAS was held from Tuesday to Friday, September 7 to 10, 1926, at the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts at the invitation of Miss Margaret Harwood. The Ocean House, in the center of quaint old Nantucket Town, served as meeting headquarters. Ample time was provided between the scientific sessions to enjoy the sea, and the other attractions of the island. In the absence of Joel Stebbins, Dr. Frederick Slocum acted as Secretary. A report of the Committee on Meteors was submitted by its Chair, Dr. Chas. P. Olivier. The Nantucket Meeting was one of the largest on record, more than one hundred and twenty members and guests being present. It was also one of the most successful, both from an astronomical and from a social point of view.
Dates: December 28-30, 1926
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Number of Members in Attendance: 78 Total; 21 Female; 57 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 12 Total; 4 Female; 8 Male
Total Membership: 437
Number of Papers Presented: 18
Officers:
President, George C. Comstock 1925-1928
Vice-president, S.A. Mitchell 1925-1927
Vice-president, A.O. Leuschner 1926-1928
Secretary, Joel Stebbins 1926-1927
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1926-1927
Councilors, W.J. Hussey 1924-1927, Harlow Shapley 1924-1927, H.C. Wilson 1925-1928, W.H.
Wright 1925-1928, C.E.K. Mees 1926-1929, and E.C. Slipher 1926-1929.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger, and W.W. Campbell.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-seventh Meeting of the AAS was held in affiliation with the AAAS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Tuesday, December 28, 1926 to Thursday, December 30, 1926. The meeting was headquartered at the Hotel Walton, while scientific sessions were held in Bennet Hall of the University of Pennsylvania. In the absence of Society President, George C. Comstock, the presiding Officers were Messrs. S.A. Mitchell and Frederick Slocum. On the afternoons of the first and second days, Tuesday and Wednesday, members heard addresses by H.M. Randall, on"Infra-red Spectroscopy," by W.F.G. Swann, on "The New Quantum Dynamics," by A.E. Douglass, the retiring Vice-President of Section D, on "Solar Records in Tree Growths," and by H.D. Curtis, "The Unity of the Universe." On Wednesday evening, an informal dinner was held at the Hotel Walton for astronomers and their friends; Professor Harlow Shapley acted as toastmaster. Thursday morning, three addresses of note were given, one by H.N. Russell, entitled "The Chemistry of the Stars," another by W.J. Humphreys, "The Atmosphere, Bottom to Top," and the third by G.P. Merrill, "The Present Condition of Knowledge on the Composition of Meteorites." After the final scientific session Thursday afternoon, a bus load of members made the circuit to the Flower Observatory of the University of Pennsylvania, through Haverford and Bryn Mawr, and, finally, to the Sproul Observatory of Swarthmore College.
Dates: September 6-8, 1927
Place: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Number of Members in Attendance: 48 Total; 3 Female; 45 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 19 Total; 3 Female; 16 Male
Total Membership: 443 (429 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 24
Officers:
President, George C. Comstock 1925-1928
Vice-President, A.O. Leuschner 1926-1928
Vice-President, J.S. Plaskett 1927-1929
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1927-1928
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1927-1928
Councilors, H.C. Wilson 1925-1928, W.H. Wright 1925-1928, C.E.K. Mees 1926-1929, E.C.
Slipher 1926-1929, R.H. Curtiss 1927-1930, and Margaret Harwood 1927-1930.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger, and W.W. Campbell.
Members/representatives/delegates: The following Society members have been appointed members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: Joel Stebbins 1925-1928, C.G. Abbot 1926-1929, Frank Schlesinger 1927-1930, and Walter S. Adams 1928-1931.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: Executive Committee of the American Section of the International Astronomical Union (To organize committees in preparation for the meeting of the Union in Leiden in July, 1928).
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the AAS was held at the University of Wisconsin at the invitation of the President and Secretary of the University. Members were housed in the fraternity houses of Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The scientific sessions finished up on Thursday, September 8, 1927, and the meeting was brought to a close that evening at a final dinner, complete with after-dinner speeches. On Friday, some of the members returned via Williams Bay to visit the Yerkes Observatory. On that day, there was also held a meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Section of the International Astronomical Union to organize committees in preparation for the meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Leiden in July, 1928.
Dates: December 29-30, 1927
Place: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Number of Members in Attendance: 87 Total; 20 Female; 67 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 15 Total; 2 Female; 13 Male
Total Membership: 450 (429 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 45
Officers:
President, George C. Comstock 1925-1928
Vice-President, A.O. Leuschner 1926-1928
Vice-President, J.S. Plaskett 1927-1929
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1927-1928
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1927-1928
Councilors, H.C. Wilson 1925-1928, W.H. Wright 1925-1928, C.E.K. Mees 1926-1929, E.C. Slipher 1926-1929, R.H. Curtiss 1927-1930, and Margaret Harwood 1927-1930.
Ex-President(s), Frank Schlesinger, and W.W. Campbell.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committee: None
Old Committee: Committee on Incorporation (Dropping of the word "the" in the title of the Society).
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Max Wolf, Director of Heidelberg Observatory
Notes of Interest: The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the AAS took place in New Haven on Thursday and Friday, December 29-30, 1927, at the invitation of Yale University, with all the scientific sessions held in William L. Harkness Hall. The President of the Society, George C. Comstock, presided over the first two sessions and part of the third, and then asked Ex-President Frank Schlesinger to take the Chair. At the Business Meeting on Thursday, December 29, Comstock reported for the Committee on Incorporation - the word "The" was deleted from the name of the Society as it appeared in the Articles of Incorporation. A Resolution was passed thanking Joel Stebbins for his years of service as Secretary of the Society. At the request of the Society Council, the National Fellowship Research Board authorized the publication of a statement to the effect that qualified candidates in astronomy are eligible to apply for National Research Council Post-doctoral Fellowships. On Saturday morning, many of the AAS Members re-assembled as the American Section of the International Astronomical Union, Professor Harlow Shapley presiding, to discuss general Union business. Some of the matters discussed, in part, were: the mathematical definition of the limits of the Northern Constellations; the standard unit of Stellar Distance; the early publication of Meridian Observations; the marked increase in the accuracy of New Secondary Standards of Iron and of the New System of Solar Standards; Observations of Latitude Variation in the Southern Hemisphere; an international code for telegrams to contain provision for a brief description of Objects; a New Catalogue of Meteor Radiants; publication of old observations of Variable Stars; the Nomenclature of Variable Stars; the systematic errors of Visual and Photographic Observations of Double Stars; plans for cooperation in the Observation and Classification of Nebulae; the classification of O-type Stars; and the systematic extension of Radial-velocity Determinations to Fainter Stars.
Dates: September 10-12, 1928
Place: Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 61 Total; 13 Female; 48 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 22 Total; 5 Female; 17 Male
Total Membership: 474 (452 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 28
Officers:
President, E.W. Brown 1928-1931
Vice-President, J.S. Plaskett 1927-1929
Vice-President, V.M. Slipher 1928-1930
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1928-1929
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1928-1929
Councilors, C.E.K. Mees 1926-1929, E.C. Slipher 1926-1929, R.H. Curtiss 1927-1930,
Margaret Harwood 1927-1930, F.B. Littell 1928-1931, and F.E. Ross 1928-1931.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: The following Society member was appointed a member of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: W.S. Eichelberger 1929-1932.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Professor Henri Deslandres, Director of the Paris and Meudon Observatories
Notes of Interest: The Fortieth Meeting of the AAS was held at Amherst College on Monday to Wednesday, September 10-12, 1928. The Scientific sessions were held in one of the lecture rooms of Fayerweather Laboratories, and were presided over by AAS President, G.C. Comstock. At a short business session on Tuesday, September 11, Mr. Comstock reported that the Society has been duly Incorporated and is now, in the eyes of the law, domiciled at the Dearborn Observatory, in Cook County, Illinois. The meeting came to a close with a highly successful dinner at the Lord Jeffrey.
Dates: December 26-29, 1928
Place: New York, New York
Number of Members in Attendance: 108 Total; 22 Female; 86 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 15 Total; 4 Female; 11 Male
Total Membership: 485 (452 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 31
Officers:
President, E.W. Brown 1928-1931
Vice-President, J.S. Plaskett 1927-1929
Vice-President, V.M. Slipher 1928-1930
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1928-1929
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1928-1929
Councilors, C.E.K. Mees 1926-1929, E.C. Slipher 1926-1929, R.H. Curtiss 1927-1930,
Margaret Harwood 1927-1930, F.B. Littell 1928-1931, and F.E. Ross 1928-1931.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: Constitutional Committee (To consider advisable changes in the Society's Constitution and By-laws to make them consistent with the Articles of the recent Incorporation), composed of F. Schlesinger, F. Slocum, and J. Stebbins, Chair.
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Forty-first Meeting of the AAS was held in New York City on Wednesday to Saturday, December 26-29, 1928, in conjunction with the AAAS. The four sessions for scientific papers were held jointly with Section D in the Physics Building of Columbia University, and were presided over by AAS President, E.W. Brown, by F. Schlesinger, by H.H. Turner, Honorary Member of the Society, and by Philip Fox. The Presidential address of George C. Comstock, "The Atmospheric Refraction" was read on Saturday Morning by Mr. Joel Stebbins. In addition, on Friday afternoon, at the Museum of Natural History, Mr. Nicholson read the address of the retiring Vice-President of Section D, Walter S. Adams, "On the Possibilities of the Proposed 200-inch Telescope." This was followed by talks by W.J. Humphreys on "Samples of Outdoor Physics," and by H.H. Turner, the invited representative of the British Association, on "A Scientific Retrospect." Some members went to all the receptions and evening lectures, several shows, and the concert of the New York Philharmonic Sunday afternoon, ending up with Mr. Harlow Shapley's Tour Through "Galaxies of Galaxies."
Dates: August 26-29, 1929
Place: Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Number of Members in Attendance: 75 Total; 12 Female; 63 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 14 Total; 2 Female; 12 Male
Total Membership: ?? (485 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 47
Officers:
President, E.W. Brown 1928-1931
Vice-President, V.M. Slipher 1928-1930
Vice-President, R.G. Aitken 1929-1931
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1929-1930
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1929-1930
Councilors, R.h. Curtiss 1927-1930, Margaret Harwood 1927-1930, F.B. Littell 1928-1931, F.E. Ross 1928-1931, E.S. King 1929-1932, and F.H. Seares 1929-1932.
Ex-President(s), W.W. Campbell 1925-1931, and G.C. Comstock 1928-1934.
Members/representatives/delegates: The following Society members were chosen as representatives on the National Research Council: Frank Schlesinger 1927-1930, W.S. Adams 1928-1931, W.S. Eichelberger 1929-1932, and S.A. Mitchell 1930-1933.
Messrs. D.W. Morehouse and C.C. Wylie were appointed Representatives of the Society on the Council of the AAAS for the Des Moines Meeting in December of 1929.
New Committees: Scientific Radio Union Committee (To consider the advantages of co-operating with the International Scientific Radio Union), composed of C.G. Abbot, F.B. Littell, and Wm. Bowie, Chair.
Old Committees: Constitutional Committee.
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Forty-second Meeting of the AAS was held at the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa, Monday to Thursday, August 26-29, 1929, at the invitation of the Minister of the Interior and the Director of the Observatory. In addition to the scientific sessions, on Wednesday evening, under the Joint Auspices of the Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society and the AAS, Mr. J. W. Fecker gave a very instructive talk on the making of telescopes and domes, entitled "Engineering in Astronomy." A significant step taken by the society was the unanimous adoption of the new Constitution and By-laws. The Meeting ended with a banquet at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, complete with good food and good speeches.
Dates: December 30, 1929 - January 2, 1930
Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 91 Total; 24 Female; 67 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 19 Total; 1 Female; 18 Male
Total Membership: 498
Number of Papers Presented: 29
Officers:
President, E.W. Brown 1928-1931
Vice-President, V.M. Slipher 1928-1930
Vice-President, R.G. Aitken 1929-1931
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1929-1930
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1929-1930
Councilors, R.H. Curtiss 1927-1930, Margaret Harwood 1927-1930, F.B. Littell 1928-1931, F.E. Ross 1928-1931, E.S. King 1929-1932, and F.H. Seares 1929-1932.
Ex-President(s), W.W. Campbell 1925-1931, and G.C. Comstock 1928-1934.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: Investment Committee (To consider the investment of Society funds), Composed of Messrs. E.W. Brown, Benjamin Boss, and G.H. Peters, Chair.
Old Committees: Membership Fee Committee (To define the sliding scale of Life Membership fees provided for by the New Constitution).
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Friedrich Kustner of Bonn
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Forty-third Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Monday, December 30, 1929 to Thursday, January 2, 1930. Except where noted below, the scientific sessions were conducted in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory of Harvard University. A telegram expressing the sympathy of the Society was sent to Mrs. Curtis on the occasion of the recent loss of her husband, R.H. Curtis. On Tuesday afternoon, the Society descended "en masse" on Wellesley College, where one of the sessions was held, and the Whitin Observatory was visited. A lively, and highly successful, New Year's Eve party, dubbed "The Harvard Observatory Pinafore," modelled after the operetta of the same name, interrupted the astronomical deliberations. A significant action of the Council during the Forty-third Meeting was that the President was authorized to appoint a committee to proceed with the organization of the meeting of the International Astronomical Union, to take place in this country in 1932. Wednesday evening, a dinner was held at the Commander Hotel, and on Thursday morning, the meeting ended with a field trip to the General Electric plant in West Lyme, where Dr. Elihu Thomson and his colleagues, reported on their work to use quartz in astronomical mirrors.
Dates: September 3-6, 1930
Place: Adler Planetarium & Astronomical Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Number of Members in Attendance: 100 Total; 12 Female; 88 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 19 Total; 2 Female; 17 Male
Total Membership: 513 (498 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 45
Officers:
President, E.W. Brown 1928-1931
Vice-President, R.G. Aitken 1929-1931
Vice-President, Joel Stebbins 1930-1932
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1930-1931
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1930-1931
Councilors, F.B. Littell 1928-1931, F.E. Ross 1928-1931, E.S. King 1929-1932, F.H. Seares 1929- 1932, E.P. Hubble 1930-1933, C.P. Olivier 1930-1933, R.M. Stewart 1930-1933, A.E. Douglass
1930-1932, and F. Slocum 1930-1931.
Ex-President(s), W.W. Campbell -1931, and G.C. Comstock -1934.
Members/representatives/delegates: The following Society members have been designated as representatives of the Society on the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council: W.S. Adams 1928-1931, W.S. Eichelberger 1929-1932, S.A. Mitchell 1930-1933, and the President and Secretary of the AAS ex officio. This body is the National Committee in the International Astronomical Union; Adams is Chair and R.S. Dugan is Secretary. H.N. Russell was elected for the term 1931-1934. Mr. J.J. Nassau has been selected as a delegate to represent the Society at the semi-centennial of the Case School, while Mr. V.M. Slipher has been selected a delegate to represent the Society at the Presidential Inauguration of the University of Arizona. Additionally, Mr. W.S. Adams has been selected a delegate to represent the Society at the dedication of the Los Angeles campus of the University of California, and Mr. F.C. Leonard has been selected a delegate to represent the Society at the semi-centennial of the University of Southern California. Messrs. H.W. Mountcastle and J.J. Nassau have been appointed as delegates, representing the Society, to the Council of the AAAS for the Cleveland Meeting.
New Committees: Journal Committee (To consider the feasibility of the Society publishing it's own journal), composed of Messrs. R.G. Aitken, Benjamin Boss, E.B. Frost, H.H. Plaskett, and E.W. Brown, Chair; Exhibit Committee (To look into the desirability of exhibiting with the Royal Photographic Society), composed of Messrs. R.G. Aitken, H.D. Babcock, E.B. Frost, V.M. Slipher, and C.K.E. Mees, Chair; Popular Science Award Committee (To look into the desirability of a popular science award conferred monthly), composed of Messrs. H.D. Curtis, A.S. King, and F. Schlesinger, Chair; the following committees have been appointed to proceed with preparations for the meeting of the International Astronomical Union to be held in this country in 1932: General Committee, composed of Messrs. C.G. Abbot, W.S. Adams, R.G. Aitken, Benjamin Boss, William Bowie, W.W. Campbell, H.D. Curtis, E.B. Frost, G.E. Hale, J.A. Miller, S.A. Mitchell, H.N. Russell, F. Schlesinger, Harlow Shapley, V.M. Slipher, F. Slocum, J. Stebbins, the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory ex officio, the AAS President ex officio Chair, and the AAS Secretary ex officio Secretary; Executive Committee, consisting of Messrs. W.W. Campbell, H.N. Russell, F. Schlesinger, Harlow Shapley, J. Stebbins, and the President and Secretary as ex officio Chair and Secretary respectively; Committee on Place of Meeting, composed of Messrs. C.G. Abbot, J.J. Carty, H.N. Russell (Dugan substitute), F. Schlesinger, and Harlow Shapley, Chair; Committee on Finance, Composed of Messrs. W.W. Campbell, Chair, Harlow Shapley, F. Slocum, and the President and Secretary of the Society ex officio.
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Forty-fourth Meeting in Chicago, Illinois at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum on Wednesday to Saturday, September 3-6, 1930. Messrs. Philip Fox, G. Van Biesbroeck, and Oliver J. Lee were called upon by the Society President to Preside over the scientific sessions. Mr. Frederick Slocum acted as Press Secretary. At the Business Meeting of the Society on Friday, September 5, an amended Article of the By-laws dealing with dues was adopted in the form proposed in the printed announcement of the Meeting. On Saturday morning, the General Organization Committee for the 1932 International Astronomical Union Meeting, held a session at which the place and time of the 1932 Meeting, and some of the preparatory steps, were given full discussion. During the Society Meeting, members and their guests visited the Dearborn Observatory at the invitation of Mr. Oliver Lee, and the corridor surrounding the planetarium examining the transparencies and instruments which have been collected over time. At the close of the Meeting, a resolution proposed by James Stockley Jr. thanking Mr. Max Adler for his generous gift to astronomy was unanimously adopted by the Society. Also, at the close, members and their guests were invited to visit the Yerkes Observatory by Professor Edwin B. Frost.
Dates: December 31, 1930 - January 3, 1931
Place: New Haven, Connecticut
Number of Members in Attendance: 79 Total; 18 Female; 61 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 12 Total; 0 Female; 12 Male
Total Membership: 510 (534 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 38
Officers:
President, E.W. Brown 1928-1931
Vice-President, R.G. Aitken 1929-1931
Vice-President, Joel Stebbins 1930-1932
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1930-1931
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1930-1931
Councilors, F.B. Littell 1928-1931, F.E. Ross 1928-1931, E.S. King 1929-1932, F.H. Seares 1929- 1932, E.P. Hubble 1930-1933, C.P.olivier 1930-1933, R.M. Stewart 1930-1933, A.E. Douglass 1930-1932, and F. Slocum 1930-1931.
Ex-President(s), W.W. Campbell -1931, and G.C. Comstock -1934.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: Journal Committee; Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union Organization Committee.
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Forty-fifth Meeting in New Haven, Connecticut from Wednesday to Saturday, December 31, 1930 to January 3, 1931. President E.W. Brown called upon Ex-President F. Schlesinger, Vice-President Joel Stebbins, and Councilor Frank B. Littell to preside over the scientific sessions. As reported above, the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union met and approved the recommendation from the Committee on Place of Meeting that the 1932 Meeting of the International Astronomical Union take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The date of the meeting is still under discussion, but it will be as soon after the Eclipse of August 31, 1932 as possible. A committee of three is to be appointed to make investigations of sites and arrangements for eclipse parties. Also, as reported above, the Journal Committee reported disagreement, and the matter was laid on the table.
Dates: September 7-9, 1931
Place: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
Number of Members in Attendance: 79 Total; 8 Female; 70 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 17 Total; 3 Female; 14 Male
Total Membership: 510 (534 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 30
Officers:
President, W.S. Adams 1931-1934
Vice-President, Joel Stebbins 1930-1932
Vice-President, C.g. Abbot 1931-1933
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1931-1932
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1931-1932
Councilors, F.H. Seares 1929-1932, A.E. Douglass 1930-1932, E.P. Hubble 1930-1933, C.P. Olivier 1930-1933, R.M. Stewart 1930-1933, J.C. Hammond 1931-1934, P.W. Merrill 1931-1934, and H.H. Plaskett 1931-1934.
Ex-President(s), G.C. Comstock 1928-1934, and E.W. Brown 1931-1937.
Members/representatives/delegates: Society members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council, constituting the Executive Committee of the American Section of the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union are: W.S. Eichelberger 1929-1932, S.A. Mitchell 1930-1933, H.N. Russell 1931-1934, W.S. Adams 1931-1934 ex officio, and R.S. Dugan 1931-1932 ex officio. Society member H.D. Curtis was elected for the term 1932-1935. Miss Caroline E. Furness and Mr. A.S. King have been selected as delegates to represent the Society on the Council of the AAAS for the New Orleans and Pasadena Meetings. Mr. E.S. Haynes has been selected as a delegate to represent the Society at the Inauguration of President R.H. Ruff, Central College, Fayette, Missouri on May 25, 1931. Mr. O.L. Dustheimer has been selected as a delegate to represent the Society at the dedication of Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio on June 17, 1931.
New Committees: Eclipse Committee (To pick observing sites for the 1932 Solar Eclipse), made up of F. Slocum, Chair, O. Roberts, and R.M. Stewart; Finance Committee (For the International Astronomical Union), made up of A.O. Leuschner, Chair, E.W. Brown, Treasurer, Harlow Shapley, F. Slocum, AAS President ex officio, and AAS Secretary ex officio Secretary.
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Professor W. De Sitter
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Forty-sixth Meeting at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio on Monday to Wednesday, September 7-9, 1931 on the invitation of H.T. Stetson, Director of the Perkins Observatory. Messrs. Frank B. Littell, Frederick Slocum, H.T. Stetson, and R.M. Stewart were asked to preside over the scientific sessions. The Eclipse Committee, mentioned above, submitted their report almost immediately, before the next meeting of the Society. The farewell banquet was given on Tuesday evening, September 8, at the Granville Inn, and was enjoyed by all.
Dates: December 28-30, 1931
Place: Washington, D.C.
Number of Members in Attendance: 101 Total; 18 Female; 83 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 14 Total; 4 Female; 10 Male
Total Membership: 534
Number of Papers Presented: 34
Officers:
President, W.S. Adams 1931-1934
Vice-President, Joel Stebbins 1930-1932
Vice-President, C.G. Abbot 1931-1933
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1931-1932
Treasurer, Benjamin Boss 1931-1932
Councilors, F.H. Seares 1929-1932, A.E. Douglass 1930-1932, E.P. Hubble 1930-1933, C.P. Olivier 1930-1933, R.M. Stewart 1930-1933, J.C. Hammond 1931-1934, P.W. Merrill 1931-1934, and H.H. Plaskett 1931-1934.
Ex-President(s), G.C. Comstock 1928-1934, and E.W. Brown 1931-1937.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Forty-seventh Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday to Wednesday, December 28-30, 1931. Local arrangements were in the hands of Captain J.F. Hellweg, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory, and other members of his staff. The scientific sessions were held in the Lecture Hall of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, and included the presidential address of E.W. Brown, entitled "Observational and Gravitational Theory in the Solar System." Vice-President C.G. Abbot was the presiding officer of the meeting. Mr. J.Q. Stewart served as Press Secretary. Extra-curricular activities included a generous reception at the Naval Observatory, and a visit to the National Bureau of Standards. The farewell banquet was, as usual, a decided success.
Dates: September 2, 1932
Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 46 Total; 11 Female; 35 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 8 Total; 3 Female; 5 Male
Total Membership: 532 (530 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 0
Officers:
President, W.S. Adams 1931-1934
Vice-President, C.G. Abbot 1931-1933
Vice-President, Benjamin Boss 1932-1934
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1932-1933
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1932-1933
Councilors, E.P. Hubble 1930-1933, C.P. Olivier 1930-1933, R.M. Stewart 1930-1933, J.C. Hammond 1931-1934, P.W. Merrill 1931-1934, F.R. Moulton 1932-1934, Harriet W. Bigelow 1932-1935, D.W. Morehouse 1932-1935, and Otto Struve 1932-1935.
Ex-President(s), G.C. Comstock 1928-1934, and E.W. Brown 1931-1937.
Members/representatives/delegates: Society Members of the Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council, Constituting the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union are: S.A. Mitchell 1930-1933, H.N. Russell 1931-1934, Chair, H.D. Curtis 1932-1935, W.S. Adams 1931-1934 ex officio, and R.S. Dugan 1932-1933 ex officio. Member J.A. Miller was elected for the term 1933-1936. Messrs. W.S. Eichelberger and W.P. Graham were selected as representatives of the Society on the Council of the AAAS. Mr. Theodore Dunham Jr. was selected a representative of the Society to serve on the American National Committee for International Congresses of Photography, while Mr. Max Wolf was selected a representative of the Society at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Zurich, September 4-12, 1932. Mr. Jan Schilt was selected a representative of the Society at the inauguration of the President of Brooklyn College, June 21, 1932, and Mr. Samuel G. Barton was selected a representative of the Society to serve on the General Committee for the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of David Rittenhouse.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Forty-eighth Meeting of the AAS was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Friday, September 2, 1932. As the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union was to meet immediately afterwards, it had been decided at a previous meeting of the Society to dispense with the usual program of papers, and to limit the meeting to one day. That evening the Society hosted a reception for members of the International Astronomical Union in the Quadrangle of Lowell House, Harvard University, Through the invitation of Professor Julian L. Coolidge, Master.
Dates: December 27-29, 1932
Place: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Number of Members in Attendance: 76 Total; 15 Female; 61 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 6 Total; 0 Female; 6 Male
Total Membership: 534 (530 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 36
Officers:
President, W.S. Adams 1931-1934
Vice-President, C.g. Abbot 1931-1933
Vice-President, Benjamin Boss 1932-1934
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1932-1933
Treasurer, F.c. Jordan 1932-1933
Councilors, E.P. Hubble 1930-1933, C.P. Olivier 1930-1933, R.M. Stewart 1930-1933, J.C. Hammond 1931-1934, P.W. Merrill 1931-1934, F.R. Moulton 1932-1934, Harriet W. Bigelow 1932-1935, D.W. Morehouse 1932-1935, and Otto Struve 1932-1935.
Ex-President(s), G.C. Comstock 1928-1934, and E.W. Brown 1931-1937.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: Section D of AAAS
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Forty-ninth Meeting in Atlantic City, NJ, on Tuesday to Thursday, December 27-29, 1932, with Section D of the AAAS. Ex-President W.W. Campbell presided at one scientific session, and President W.S. Adams Presided at the others. Three addresses of special note were given during the meeting - the first by the retiring Chair of Section D of the AAAS, J.H. Moore, on "Solar Eclipse Problems," the second, by Harlow Shapley on "Fact and Fancy in Cosmology," and the third, by H.N. Russell on "The Constitution of the Stars."
Dates: June 21-24, 1933
Place: Chicago, Illinois
Number of Members in Attendance: 97 Total; 19 Female; 78 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 2 Female; 8 Male
Total Membership: 532 (534 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 36
Officers:
President, W.S. Adams 1931-1934
Vice-President, Benjamin Boss 1932-1934
Vice-President, Harlow Shapley 1933-1935
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1933-1934
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1933-1934
Councilors, J.C. Hammond 1931-1934, P.W. Merrill 1931-1934, F.R. Moulton 1931-1934, Harriet W. Bigelow 1932-1935, D.W. Morehouse 1932-1935, Otto Struve 1932-1935, J.C. Duncan 1933- 1936, C.O. Lampland 1933-1936, and H.T. Stetson 1933-1936.
Ex-President(s), G.C. Comstock 1928-1934, and E.W. Brown 1931-1937.
Members/representatives/delegates: Representatives of the Society on the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council are: H.N. Russell 1933-1934, H.D. Curtis 1933-1935, J.A. Miller 1933-1936, and Frederick Slocum 1934-1937.
New Committees: Finance Committee, made up of F.C. Jordan, Chair, E.W. Brown, and A.L. Loomis.
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Fiftieth Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday to Saturday, June 21-24, 1933, in affiliation with the AAAS. The meeting opened with a symposium on "Spectroscopy and Astronomy," Arranged jointly with the American Physical Society, and held at the International House of the University of Chicago. The speakers were W.S. Adams, Theodore Dunham Jr., A.G. Shenstone, and Otto Struve. Two sessions for contributed papers were held at the Planetarium, Following addresses by Mr. Adler, donor of the Planetarium, by Mr. Donoghue, General Superintendent of the South Park Commissioners, Director Philip Fox, and by President W.S. Adams. Messrs. V.M. Slipher, Chair of Section D, and Frederick Slocum were called upon to share the duties of the Chair. The Program of the Association offered many interesting features, and there was something for everyone in the "A Century of Progress" exhibition. The meeting closed with an excursion to the Yerkes Observatory on Saturday, June 24.
Dates: December 28-30, 1933
Place: Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 100 Total; 24 Female; 76 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 16 Total; 5 Female; 11 Male
Total Membership: 538 (534 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 40
Officers:
President, W.S. Adams 1931-1934
Vice-President, Benjamin Boss 1932-1934
Vice-President, Harlow Shapley 1933-1935
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1933-1934
Treasurer, F.c. Jordan 1933-1934
Councilors, J.C. Hammond 1931-1934, P.w. Merrill 1931-1934, F.r. Moulton 1931-1934, Harriet W. Bigelow 1932-1935, D.W. Morehouse 1932-1935, Otto Struve 1932-1935, J.C. Duncan 1933- 1936, C.O. Lampland 1933-1936, and H.T. Stetson 1933-1936.
Ex-President(s), G.C. Comstock 1928-1934, and E.W. Brown 1931-1937.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): Albert Einstein
Notes of Interest: The AAS, in affiliation with the AAAS, held its Fifty-first meeting jointly with Section D at the Harvard College Observatory from Thursday to Saturday, December 28-30, 1933. Messrs. Harlow Shapley, Vice-President of the Society, V.M. Slipher, Vice-President of Section D, and Councilors E.W. Brown, J.C. Duncan, D.W. Morehouse, H.T. Stetson, and Otto Struve were called to the chair. The Annie J. Cannon Prize in Astronomy was established and rules for it being awarded accepted by the Council. Social events included a reception on Thursday afternoon, December 29, given in the observatory residence by Dr. and Mrs. Shapley, and at luncheon the following day.
Dates: September 10-12, 1934
Place: Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Number of Members in Attendance: 79 Total; 20 Female; 59 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 18 Total; 5 Female; 13 Male
Total Membership: 546 (535 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 24
Officers:
President, H.N. Russell 1934-1937
Vice-President, Harlow Shapley 1933-1935
Vice-President, C.A. Chant 1934-1936
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1934-1935
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1934-1935
Councilors, D.W. Morehouse 1932-1935, Otto Struve 1932-1935, J.C. Duncan 1933-1936, C.O.
Lampland 1933-1936, H.T. Stetson 1933-1936, W.E. Harper 1934-1937, J.H. Moore 1934- 1937, R.E. Wilson 1934-1937, and Cecilia P. Gaposchkin 1934-1935.
Ex-President(s), E.W. Brown -1937, and W.S. Adams -1940.
Members/representatives/delegates: The Representatives of the Society on the Council of the AAAS are H.D. Babcock and R.T. Crawford for the Berkeley Meeting, June, 1934 and Keivin Burns and Zaccheus Daniel for the Pittsburgh Meeting, December, 1934.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Fifty-second Meeting at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut on Monday to Wednesday, September 10-12, 1934. The scientific sessions were presided over by E.W. Brown, Frank Schlesinger, Benjamin Boss, Harlow Shapley, and by H.T. Stetson. A decision to award the first Annie J. Cannon Prize to Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin at the next Society Meeting was taken by the Council.
Dates: December 27-29, 1934
Place: the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Number of Members in Attendance: 104 Total; 20 Female; 84 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 17 Total; 1 Female; 16 Male
Total Membership: 557 (535 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 42
Officers:
President, H.N. Russell 1934-1937
Vice-President, Harlow Shapley 1933-1935
Vice-President, C.A. Chant 1934-1936
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1934-1935
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1934-1935
Councilors, D.W. Morehouse 1932-1935, Otto Struve 1932-1935, J.C. Duncan 1933-1936, C.O. Lampland 1933-1936, H.T. Stetson 1933-1936, W.E. Harper 1934-1937, J.H. Moore 1934- 1937, R.E. Wilson 1934-1937, and Cecilia P. Gaposchkin 1934-1935.
Ex-President(s), E.W. Brown -1937, and W.S. Adams -1940.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Fifty-third Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Thursday to Saturday, December 27-29, 1934, on invitation from the Franklin Institute, and supplementary invitations transmitted by Professor Chas. P. Olivier, for the session on Thursday afternoon, followed by Tea in Houston Hall, from Haverford College for both sessions on Friday, with luncheon in Founder's Hall, and an inspection of Strawbridge Memorial Observatory guided by Professor Henry V. Gummere, and from the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society for a reception on Thursday evening. On that occasion, the address of Ex-President W.S. Adams was delivered on the subject "Some Factors in the Design of a Large Telescope." President H.N. Russell presided at all sessions. During the meeting, Mr. James Stockley gave a special demonstration of the Fels Planetarium. As noted in the summary of the previous meeting, the Annie J. Cannon Prize was awarded to Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin by Society President H.N. Russell. Mr. D.B. Mclaughlin acted for the Society Secretary. A short session of the American Section of the International Astronomical Union, in preparation for the Meeting of the Union in Paris, July 10-17, 1935, was held immediately after the adjournment of the Society Meeting.
Dates: September 10-12, 1935
Place: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Number of Members in Attendance: 69 Total; 14 Female; 55 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 0 Female; 10 Male
Total Membership: 560 (557 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 36
Officers:
President, H.N. Russell 1934-1937
Vice-President, C.a. Chant 1934-1936
Vice-President, Frederick Slocum 1935-1937
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1935-1936
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1935-1936
Councilors, C.O. Lampland 1933-1936, J.C. Duncan 1933-1936, H.T. Stetson 1933-1936, W.E. Harper 1934-1937, J.H. Moore 1934-1937, R.E. Wilson 1934-1937, R.H. Baker 1935-1938, Annie J. Cannon 1935-1938, and Theodore Dunham Jr. 1935-1938.
Ex-President(s), E.W. Brown -1937, and W.S. Adams -1940.
Members/representatives/delegates: Mr. R.G. Aitken Was Elected to Represent the Society on the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council for the Term 1936-1939. The Five Representatives, Who Also Compose the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union, Are: J.A. Miller 1933-1936, Frederick Slocum 1934-1937, H.R. Morgan 1935-1938, AAS President ex officio, Chair, and AAS Secretary ex officio, Secretary. In addition, the Executive Committee appointed A.S. King to represent the Society at the inauguration of W.O. Mendenhall as President of Whittier College on September 21, 1934, and W.J. Luyten and E.S. Hayes as Society Representatives on the Council of the AAAS for the Minneapolis and St. Louis Meetings on June 24-29, 1935 and December 30, 1935 - January 4, 1936, respectively.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Ejnar Hertzsprung
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Fifty-fourth Meeting at the University of Toronto on Tuesday to Thursday, September 10-12, 1935, at the invitation of Professor C.A. Chant. The first three sessions were conducted at the David Dunlap Observatory, and the fourth in the Physics Building of the University. President, H.N. Russell, Vice-President Chant, and Councilor Otto Struve Presided. Social events included a garden party, given by Mrs. David Dunlap, a tour through Hart House, by Controller J.R. Gilley, and an afternoon tea given by Sir Frederick Stupert at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. The meeting closed with a fine dinner at Hart House.
Dates: December 26-29, 1935
Place: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Number of Members in Attendance: 88 Total; 14 Female; 74 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 8 Total; 1 Female; 7 Male
Total Membership: 557
Number of Papers Presented: 40
Officers:
President, H.N. Russell 1934-1937
Vice-President, C.A. Chant 1934-1936
Vice-President, Frederick Slocum 1935-1937
Secretary, R.S. Dugan 1935-1936
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1935-1936
Councilors, C.O. Lampland 1933-1936, J.C. Duncan 1933-1936, H.T. Stetson 1933-1936, W.E. Harper 1934-1937, J.H. Moore 1934-1937, R.E. Wilson 1934-1937, R.H. Baker 1935-1938, Annie J. Cannon 1935-1938, and Theodore Dunham Jr. 1935-1938.
Ex-President(s), E.W. Brown -1937, and W.S. Adams -1940.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Fifty-fifth Meeting of the AAS took place on Wednesday to Sunday, December 26-29, 1935, at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Sessions for scientific papers were held at the Frick Chemical Laboratory with President H.N. Russell presiding. Professor J.Q. Stewart acted as Secretary Pro Tem, in the absence of R.S. Dugan due to illness. Social events included tea on Friday afternoon at the Prospect Avenue Observatory and the New Observatory, inspection of the 23-inch Telescope, and luncheon Friday and Saturday, and dinner Friday at the Campus Club. The final banquet was held in Proctor Hall of the Graduate College, at which time Professor Einstein favored all present by playing his violin.
Dates: September 2-5, 1936
Place: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: ?? Total; ?? Female; ?? Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 27 Total; 2 Female; 25 Male
Total Membership: 578 (580 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 35
Officers:
President, H.N. Russell 1934-1937
Vice-President, Frederick Slocum 1935-1937
Vice-President, R.S. Dugan 1936-1938
Secretary, J.C. Duncan 1936-1937
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1936-1937
Councilors, W.E. Harper 1934-1937, J.H. Moore 1934-1937, R.E. Wilson 1934-1937, R.H. Baker 1935-1938, Annie J. Cannon 1935-1938, Theodore Dunham Jr. 1935-1938, D.B. Mclaughlin 1936-1939, S.L. Boothroyd 1936-1939, and Keivin Burns 1936-1939.
Ex-President(s), E.W. Brown -1937, and W.S. Adams -1940.
Members/representatives/delegates: The Society members elected to represent the Society on the Division of the Physical Sciences of the National Research Council are: Frederick Slocum 1934-1937, H.R. Morgan 1935-1938, R.G. Aitken 1936-1939, Otto Struve 1937-1940, the AAS President ex officio, and the AAS Secretary ex officio. In addition, Mrs. Phyllis Hayford Hutchings was appointed a delegate to represent the Society at the semi-centennial of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida on November 4, 1936. Messrs. S.L. Boothroyd and W.S. Eichelberger were also selected to represent the Society on the Council of the AAAS at the Rochester-Ithaca and Atlantic Meetings, June and December, 1936.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): Hisashi Kimura
Notes of Interest: The Fifty-sixth Meeting of the AAS was held on Wednesday to Saturday, September 2-5, 1936 at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The sessions were presided over by President, H.N. Russell, and by Vice-Presidents C.A. Chant and Frederick Slocum. Mr. J.E. Merrill acted as Secretary Pro Tem, and Mr. B.J. Bok as Press Secretary. On Thursday afternoon, the Society attended the Tercentenary Conference on Astrophysics in the New Lecture Hall. Addresses by Antonie Pannekoek on "The Temperature Scale of the Stars," and by H.N. Russell on "The Masses of the Stars," were followed by short invited remarks by Theodore Dunham Jr., by M.N. Saha, and by Otto Struve. The following afternoon, in the same place, there was held the Conference on Cosmogony, Presided over by George David Birkoff. The two principal addresses were by Tullio Levi-Civita on "Astronomical Consequences of the Relativistic Problem of Several Bodies," and by Sir Arthur Eddington on "The Chemical Constant and the Recession of the Nebulae." Invited remarks by Arthur Haas, and by H.P. Robertson followed. A vote of thanks to R.S. Dugan for his work as Secretary of the Society was unanimously passed. The final dinner was held at Lowell House with Sir Arthur Eddington and M.N. Saha as guests of the Society.
Dates: December 28-30, 1936
Place: Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
Number of Members in Attendance: 81 Total; 15 Female; 66 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 7 Total; 2 Female; 5 Male
Total Membership: 580
Number of Papers Presented: 31
Officers:
President, H.N. Russell 1934-1937
Vice-President, Frederick Slocum 1935-1937
Vice-President, R.S. Dugan 1936-1938
Secretary, J.C. Duncan 1936-1937
Treasurer, F.C. Jordan 1936-1937
Councilors, W.E. Harper 1934-1937, J.H. Moore 1934-1937, R.E. Wilson 1934-1937, R.H. Baker 1935-1938, Annie J. Cannon 1935-1938, Theodore Dunham Jr. 1935-1938, D.B. Mclaughlin 1936-1939, S.L. Boothroyd 1936-1939, and Keivin Burns 1936-1939.
Ex-President(s), E.W. Brown -1937, and W.S. Adams -1940.
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Fifty-seventh Meeting of the AAS was held at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, from Monday to Wednesday, December 28-30, 1936 at the invitation of Leah B. Allen, Professor of Astronomy. Sessions for papers were held in the Reading Room of the College Library, and housing was provided in nearby Coblentz Hall, one of the girls' dormitories. President Russell occupied the chair at two of the sessions on Tuesday - Vice-President Slocum presided at the other session Wednesday morning. The social side of the program was well taken care of, and ended in the society dinner Tuesday evening. Most of the members left promptly after luncheon on Wednesday, a few continuing to Atlantic City for a part of the meeting of the AAAS.
Dates: September 8-11, 1937
Place: Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 94 Total; 17 Female; 77 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 22 Total; 2 Female; 20 Male
Total Membership: 595 (596 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 50
Officers:
President, Robert G. Aitken 1937-1940
Vice-President, R.S. Dugan 1936-1938
Vice-President, Frank E. Ross 1937-1939
Secretary, John C. Duncan 1937-1938
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1937-1938
Councilors, R.H. Baker 1935-1938, Annie J. Cannon 1935-1938, Theodore Dunham Jr. 1935-1938, D.B. Mclaughlin 1936-1939, S.L. Boothroyd 1936-1939, Keivin Burns 1936-1939, Leon Campbell 1937-1940, Edwin F. Carpenter 1937-1940, and Alfred H. Joy 1937-1940.
Ex-President(s), W.S. Adams -1940
Members/representatives/delegates: Mr. William D. Macmillan was elected to represent the Society in the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council, 1938-1941. Mr. W.S. Adams was also elected to fill the uncompleted term of Dr. Robert G. Aitken in the Division. Dr. Aitken, however, remains a member ex officio. The Society was represented at the centenary celebration of Mt. Holyoke College by Miss Anne S. Young, and at the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Societe Astronomique De France by Mr. William B. Stearns.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS held its Fifty-eighth Meeting at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from Wednesday to Saturday, December 8-11, 1937, at the invitation of Professor Willis I. Milham. Most of the members occupied rooms in Currier Hall, one of the College Dormitories, and sessions were held in near-by Goodrich Hall. It should be remarked in passing that, in spite of several inconveniences, the idea of holding meetings on college campuses, and residing in college dormitories, seems to be increasingly popular. One of the sessions was presided over by Vice-President Frederick Slocum - the remainder by President Henry Norris Russell. On Thursday afternoon, Professor Milham gave an address entitled "Early American Observatories" in which he gave convincing evidence that Hopkins Observatory (The observatory associated with Williams College) is probably the oldest American observatory in existence. The society dinner was held at the Williams Inn on Friday evening. After the close of the meeting on Saturday, Mrs. Milham conducted an expedition, in which many members took part, to the famous Bennington Battlefield; on their way home, the party visited Bennington College. The second award of the Annie J. Cannon Prize was made by the Council to Charlotte Moore Sitterly, the prize to be presented at the December Meeting in 1937.
Dates: December 29-31, 1937
Place: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Number of Members in Attendance: 75 Total; 5 Female; 70 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 2 Female; 8 Male
Total Membership: ?? (596 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 53
Officers:
President, Robert G. Aitken 1937-1940
Vice-President, R.S. Dugan 1936-1938
Vice-President, Frank E. Ross 1937-1939
Secretary, John C. Duncan 1937-1938
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1937-1938
Councilors, R.H. Baker 1935-1938, Annie J. Cannon 1935-1938, Theodore Dunham Jr. 1935- 1938, D.B. Mclaughlin 1936-1939, S.L. Boothroyd 1936-1939, Keivin Burns 1936-1939, Leon Campbell 1937-1940, Edwin F. Carpenter 1937-1940, and Alfred H. Joy 1937-1940.
Ex-President(s), W.S. Adams -1940
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS met Wednesday to Friday, December 29-31, 1937 at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, at the invitation of Professor W.A. Cogshall (Fifty-ninth Meeting). The meeting was held in the latter part of the week so as not to conflict with a meeting of Section D of the AAAS held earlier in the week in Indianapolis. All sessions of the Society's meeting were presided over by President Robert G. Aitken. On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Henry Norris Russell, the retiring President of the Society, gave his retirement address on "The Place of Approximate Methods in Astronomy." That evening, at the society dinner, President Aitken presented the Annie J. Cannon Prize to Charlotte Moore Sitterly, as mentioned in the summary of the previous meeting. Finally, it should be reported that the Executive Committee of the American Section of the International Astronomical Union, meeting on December 29 to consider matters to be recommended to the Union at its forthcoming meeting in Stockholm in August of 1938, voted that all members of the AAS who expect to attend the Stockholm Meeting may be accredited to the Union as members for that meeting only.
Dates: September 14-17, 1938
Place: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Number of Members in Attendance: 93 Total; 10 Female; 83 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 16 Total; 1 Female; 15 Male
Total Membership: 607 (612 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 48
Officers:
President, Robert G. Aitken 1937-1940
Vice-President, Frank E. Ross 1937-1939
Vice-President, Philip Fox 1938-1940
Secretary, John C. Duncan 1938-1939
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1938-1939
Councilors, D.B. Mclaughlin 1936-1939, S.L. Boothroyd 1936-1939, Keivin Burns 1936-1939, Leon Campbell 1937-1940, Edwin F. Carpenter 1937-1940, Alfred H. Joy 1937-1940, Alice H. Farnsworth 1938-1941, Donald H. Menzel 1938-1941, and John H. Pitman 1938-1941.
Ex-President(s), W.S. Adams -1940
Members/representatives/delegates: Mr. William H. Wright was elected to represent the Society on the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council. In addition, Mr. Edwin F. Carpenter was appointed a delegate to the inauguration of Dr. Alfred Atkinson as President of the University of Arizona, April 12, 1938, and Mr. John A. Miller, a delegate to the dedication of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, May, 1938. Mr. C.A. Chant was elected a representative of the Society on the Council of the AAAS, Ottawa, June, 1938. Mr. Ernest W. Brown was elected a delegate of the Society to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the American Mathematical Society, New York, September, 1938 (deceased), Mr. Heber D. Curtis, a delegate to the Commemoration of the Discovery of Radium, Electrons, X-rays, and Hertzian Waves, Paris, November, 1938, and N.T. Bobrovnikoff, a delegate to the inauguration of Charles Burgess Ketcham as President of Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, October 20, 1938. Finally, Messrs. H.R. Morgan and S.A. Mitchell were elected representatives of the Society on the Council of the AAAS, Richmond, Virginia, December, 1938. Mr. Charles Smiley was appointed assistant of the Society for the Meeting of December, 1938.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Sixtieth Meeting of the AAS was held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan from Wednesday to Saturday, September 14-17, 1938, at the invitation of Professor Heber D. Curtis. Most of the members and visitors occupied rooms at the Michigan Union. Scientific sessions were held in the upper auditorium of the Rackham Graduate School. Mr. Robert R. Mcmath was appointed by the Council to be a member of the Finance Committee to succeed Professor E.W. Brown, deceased. Special note should be made of the fact that the Society received two generous bequests from the estate of Professor Brown - first, the sum of $5000, with the instruction that the income be added to the principle until such time that the Society founds, or acquires, and has full control of a journal devoted to astronomical research, and second, the sum of $1000, to be used to the benefit of the Hollerith Astronomical Computing Bureau.
Dates: December 29-30, 1938
Place: Columbia University, New York, New York
Number of Members in Attendance: 114 Total; 30 Female; 84 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 16 Total; 1 Female; 15 Male
Total Membership: ?? (612 According to J. Hussey)
Number of Papers Presented: 41
Officers:
President, Robert G. Aitken 1937-1940
Vice-President, Frank E. Ross 1937-1939
Vice-President, Philip Fox 1938-1940
Secretary, John C. Duncan 1938-1939
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1938-1939
Councilors, D.B. Mclaughlin 1936-1939, S.L. Boothroyd 1936-1939, Keivin Burns 1936-1939, Leon Campbell 1937-1940, Edwin F. Carpenter 1937-1940, Alfred H. Joy 1937-1940, Alice H. Farnsworth 1938-1941, Donald H. Menzel 1938-1941, and John H. Pitman 1938-1941.
Ex-President(s), W.S. Adams -1940
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: At the invitation of Professors Jan Schilt and W.J. Eckert, the Sixty-first Meeting of the AAS was held at Columbia University on Thursday and Friday, December 29-30, 1938. In the absence of the President and Secretary, both being in California, the sessions were presided over by Vice-President, Philip Fox, and the Secretary's duties were attended to by Assistant Secretary Charles H. Smiley. In addition to the scientific sessions, there was a pleasant tea at the Faculty Club, given by Dr. and Mrs. Schilt, a special demonstration by Director Clyde Fisher and his staff of the Hayden Planetarium, and visits to the Hollerith Computing Bureau, where vast computing projects are being carried out under the Direction of Dr. Eckert.
Dates: August 7-9, 1939
Place: University of California, Berkeley, California
Number of Members in Attendance: Total 68; Female 10; Male 58
Number of New Members Admitted: Total 31; Female 8; Male 23
Total Membership: 641
Number of Papers Presented: 47
Officers:
President, Robert G. Aitken 1937-1940
Vice-President, Philip Fox 1938-1940
Vice-President, Edwin P. Hubble 1939-1941
Secretary, John C. Duncan 1939-1940
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1939-1940
Councilors, Leon Campbell 1937-1940, Edwin F. Carpenter 1937-1940, Alfred H. Joy 1937-1940, Alice H. Farnsworth 1938-1941, Donald H. Menzel 1938-1941, John H. Pitman 1938-1941, Christian T. Elvey 1939-1942, Charles H. Smiley 1939-1942, and George Van Biesbroeck 1939-1942.
Ex-President(s), W.S. Adams -1940
Members/representatives/delegates: Mr. Paul W. Merrill was elected a member of the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council for the Term 1940-1943. In addition, Professor D.W. Morehouse was elected a representative of the Society at the inauguration of Dr. John Owen Gross as President of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, April 22, 1939, and Dr. Fred L. Whipple, as representative on the Sectional Committee for Standardization in the Field of Photography, American Standards Association, April 30, 1939.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The AAS's Sixty-second Meeting was held at the University of California, Berkeley, California on Monday to Wednesday, August 7-9, 1939, at the invitation of Dr. Robert G. Aitken. Three scientific sessions, all presided over by Dr. Aitken, were held in the University's International House. Prior to the Meeting, many members and guests attended the Golden Gate International Exposition, then in progress on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. After the meeting, organized expeditions were made to the Lick Observatory, to Palomar Observatory, to the Griffith Observatory, to the California Institute of Technology and the 200-inch Mirror in the process of being ground, to the shops and offices of the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, And, finally, to the top of Mount Wilson itself where the various instruments and telescopes were available for inspection and use (on Saturday night).
Dates: December 27-29, 1939
Place: Perkins Observatory, Delaware, Ohio
Number of Members in Attendance: 86 Total; 7 Female; 79 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 7 Total; 0 Female; 7 Male
Total Membership: ??
Number of Papers Presented: 54
Officers:
President, Robert G. Aitken 1937-1940
Vice-President, Philip Fox 1938-1940
Vice-President, Edwin P. Hubble 1939-1941
Secretary, John C. Duncan 1939-1940
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1939-1940
Councilors, Leon Campbell 1937-1940, Edwin F. Carpenter 1937-1940, Alfred H. Joy 1937-1940, Alice H. Farnsworth 1938-1941, Donald H. Menzel 1938-1941, John H. Pitman 1938-1941, Christian T. Elvey 1939-1942, Charles H. Smiley 1939-1942, and Georg Van
Biesbroeck 1939-1942.
Ex-President(s), W.S. Adams -1940
Members/representatives/delegates: Messrs. H.R. Morgan, F.R. Moulton, and S.A. Mitchell were appointed delegates to represent the Society at the eight American Science Congress which will meet in Washington in May of 1940. Mr. A.D. Maxwell was appointed Assistant Secretary Pro Tem until the Secretary returns from California in July of 1940.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s):
Notes of Interest: At the invitation of N.T. Bobrovnikoff, Director of the Perkins Observatory, the AAS held its Sixty-third Meeting at Delaware, Ohio, from Wednesday to Friday, December 27-29, 1939, in affiliation with the AAAS, which met in Columbus simultaneously - one of the Society's scientific sessions was held in Columbus. Most of the members and guests were housed and fed in Austin Hall, a dormitory on the women's campus of Ohio Wesleyan University, where sessions were held on Thursday morning and afternoon. In the absence of President Aitken, Vice-President Fox acted as Chair. Thursday evening, some of the members went for a free bus ride (compliments of the Perkins Observatory) to Columbus to hear the Sigma Xi address of Dr. Kirtley Mather on "The Future of Man as an Inhabitant of the Earth." The Friday morning session was held at the Perkins Observatory, followed by a buffet luncheon. In the afternoon, members and their guests were transported to Ohio State University in Columbus, where the Society met jointly with Section D of the AAAS. At that session, Dr. R. Meldrum Stewart, the retiring Vice-President of the Section, delivered his address. The meeting concluded in Delaware with the Society Dinner. One interesting note - upon approval by the Council and Members, the annual dues were increased to three dollars, and the Life Membership fees increased by fifty percent.
Dates: September 11-14, 1940
Place: Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Number of Members in Attendance: 115 Total; 24 Female; 91 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 13 Total; 3 Female; 10 Male
Total Membership: ??
Number of Papers Presented: 46
Officers:
President, Joel Stebbins 1940-1943
Vice-president, Edwin P. Hubble 1939-1941
Vice-president, H.R. Morgan 1940-1942
Secretary, D.B. Mclaughlin 1940-1941
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1940-1941
Councilors, Alice H. Farnsworth 1938-1941, Donald H. Menzel 1938-1941, John H. Pitman 1938- 1941, Christian T. Elvey 1939-1942, Charles H. Smiley 1939-1942, Georg Van Biesbroeck 1939-1942, Charlotte Moore Sitterly 1940-1943, J.A. Pearce 1940-1943, and H.M. Jeffers 1940-1943.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: The following appointments have been made: Mr. Paul Herget to the Watson Computing Bureau, and Messrs. Bart Bok, H.R. Morgan, and James Stockley to a Committee on the Distribution of American Astronomical Literature Abroad.
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: None
Honorary Member(s): A. Pannekoek, Director, Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland
Notes of Interest: The Sixty-fourth Meeting of the AAS was held at Wellseley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts from Wednesday to Saturday, September 11-14, 1940, on the invitation of Professor John C. Duncan. Most of the members and their guests were housed in Tower Court, a fine dormitory building. Sessions for papers were held on Thursday and Friday morning and afternoon in Pendleton Hall. On Friday morning, immediately following the Business Meeting and at the beginning of the scientific session, President Aitken delivered his retiring address on "Comments from the Side Lines." The Society Dinner was held on Friday Evening at Tower Court, and was followed by dancing. On Saturday morning, members and their guests travelled by automobile to the Oak Ridge Station of Harvard Observatory to inspect the instrumental equipment there.
Dates: December 29-31, 1940
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Number of Members in Attendance: 147 Total; 24 Female; 123 Male
Number of New Members Admitted: 10 Total; 3 Female; 7 Male
Total Membership: ??
Number of Papers Presented: 56
Officers:
President, Joel Stebbins 1940-1943
Vice-President, Edwin P. Hubble 1939-1941
Vice-President, H.R. Morgan 1940-1942
Secretary, D.B. Mclaughlin 1940-1941
Treasurer, Frank C. Jordan 1940-1941
Councilors, Alice H. Farnsworth 1938-1941, Donald H. Menzel 1938-1941, John H. Pitman 1938- 1941, Christian T. Elvey 1939-1942, Charles H. Smiley 1939-1942, Georg Van Biesbroeck 1939-1942, Charlotte Moore Sitterly 1940-1943, J.A. Pearce 1940-1943, and H.M. Jeffers 1940-1943.
Ex-President(s),
Members/representatives/delegates: None
New Committees: None
Old Committees: None
Held in Conjunction With: AAAS
Honorary Member(s): None
Notes of Interest: The Sixty-fifth Meeting of the AAS was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
from Sunday to Tuesday, December 29-31, 1940, at the invitation of Dr. Henry Butler Allen,
Director of the Franklin Institute, and Professor Charles P. Olivier, Director of the Flower
Observatory, University of Pennsylvania. The meeting was in affiliation with the AAAS.
Headquarters were at the Robert Morris Hotel, only a few blocks away from the Franklin
Institute. Sessions for papers were held in the Lecture Hall of the Franklin Institute on Monday
and Tuesday morning and afternoon, and, unless noted below, were chaired by the Society
President Joel Stebbins. A new feature of the meeting was a symposium on Tuesday morning
dealing with the general subject, "Intrinsic Stellar Variation," and presided over by the
symposium's organizer, Dr. Fred L. Whipple. Tuesday afternoon, the address of the retiring Chair
of Section D, Dr. Everett I. Yowell, entitled "The Motions of the Stars," was delivered. Dr. R.R.
Mcmath, Chair of Section D, presided. The meeting ended with the Society Dinner held Tuesday
evening in the Graphics Arts Section of the Franklin Institute. Immediately after the Dinner, the
Annie J. Cannon Prize was presented, in absentia, to Miss Julie Vinter Hansen of the Royal
Observatory in Copenhagen (now engaged in research at Berkeley).