Excerpt from Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association: Held at John Hopkins University, December 28, 30, 31, 1908; Together With the Address of the President, the Problem of Beauty Professor Charles M. Bakewell, of Yale University, and Professor F. J. E. Woodbridge, of Columbia University. Upon recommendation of the Executive Committee four new members were elected: Dr. G. W. Cunningham, of Middlebury College Professor Bruce R. Payne, of the University of Virginia; Professor James B. Pratt, of Williams College; and Professor Norman Wilde, of the University of Minnesota. It was voted that the place of the next meeting be Selected by the Executive Committee, the Association expressing its prefer ence for New Haven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.