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- GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETICS Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 3:50 P.M. September 3, 1948 1. The meeting was called to order by Katharine Gilbert, president. Mrs. Gilbert reported on the Society's application for membership in the ACLS. (See Board meeting) 2. The Secretary-Treasurer read the minutes of the 1947 Annual Meeting of members and presented the financial report of the Society and JOURNAL. Both were accepted by the members. 3. Mrs. Gilbert announced to the members the grant of $500 each year for three years made to the Society by the Bollingen Foundation. Grant was secured by Huntington Cairns. Dr. Munro made a motion that Mrs. Gilbert express the appreciation of the Society to Mr. Cairns. Motion carried. 4. Isabel Hungerland moved that the Sec-Treas write a letter of thanks to the President of Harvard University for the hospitality shown to the Society during its current meetings. Mrs. Hungerland read a resolution to that effect. Motion was made and carried. (See Sec-Treas book for copy) 5. At the Annual Banquet, Dr. Munro explained the activities of the Arts and Letters section of UNESCO and made a motion that the Society go on record as approving this work and stating to the Director General of UNESCO that the !SA stands ready to back this activity. A letter, drafted by Dr. Munro, was read and approved by the Society members present. On September 9, 1948, Mrs. Gilbert sent this letter to the Director General. 6. Mrs. Gilbert opened the meeting for a discussion of the current meeting's program and asked for expressions of opinions from the members. In general, the discussion centered around, (1) longer papers and fewer, (2) possibility of having panel-discussions rather than prepared papers, (3) the arrangements of Sessions from papers of specific fields to general fields of interest, (4) preparing abstracts of each p<per to be given to all members at the opening of the Annual Meeting. After dis cussion, it was decided that the Sessions be continued with perhaps fewer papers on each Session, and that the president appoint a program committee, according to the Constitution, to be guided by the wishes of the members for the 1949 Annual Meeting. RECORD BOOK, PAGE CORRECT SEORETARY -- 7. Dr. wolfgang Stechow invited the Society to meet at Oberlin College on October 22, 23, 24, 1949 for its Annual Meeting. The invitation was accepted. The meeting date has been changed from September to October, since no September date has met with the unanimous approval of the membership. 8. The Secretary outlined the objectives far the following year which con sisted mainly of continuing the method of securing new members (see Board Meeting notes), and a renewed effort to secure more Contributing Institutional memberships. 9. w~s. Gilbert announced the results of the nominating committee's suggestions for president, Vice-President and four new Board members and asked for further nominations. There were no further nominations and Mrs. Gilbert instructed the Secretary to mail ballots to all members as provided in the Constitution. 10. Meeting was adjourned. RECORD BOOK. PAGE CORRECT SEORETARY REPOR T ON 1HE BOARD OF '!RUS'lEES ANNUAL llEETING OF 1HE AMERICAN SOCIBTY FOR AESTHETICS Fogg Art ll'useum -- Harvard Uni versi ty Ylednesday, Thursday, Friday, September 1, 2, 3, 1948 I. l~embers of the American Society for Aesthetics met at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Uni versi ty in Cambridge, 1!assachusetts, for their annual meeting. Dr . Henry D. Aiken of Harvard's Department of Philosophy 1Vas host. Five sessions of papers, a party and the Annual Bannuec were hel d. (See attached program) II. ANNUAL liEETI,;o OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 1HE SOCIETY A. The Board of Trustees met in the office of Harvard's Philosophy Department at 9 A. M. on .lednesday, September 1, 1948 . Lembers present were: Katharine Gilbert, president; Lynn D. Poole, secretary treasurer; Thomas ~unro , editor of the JOURNAL; C.J. Ducasse, Helmut Hungerland, Lester Longman, Carroll Pratt, Wolfgang Stechow. B. Katharine G~lbert and C. J. Ducasse presented a report on the status of the Society's application for membership in the .~erican Council of Learned Societies . Correspondence on this matter is in the files of the Sec- Treas . Present status is that a committee of the ACLS is studying the application and its acceptance seems probable. J.:r . Poole and Dr . Boas were instructed to coordinate with ltrs . Gilbert in followir~ the matter to completion. C. Dr . !..'unro presented a report on the progress of the JOURNAL. The Board studied t.he problen of a new cover and discussed sugvested covers submitted by ~U!!las ':'cAgy . There 1Vas a general feeling that the JOURNAL should have a new cover. Lester Longman was asked to submit designs for a new cover. D. Mr . Poole presented the firuL~cial report of the Society and the JOURNAL. Report was accepted. Announcement was made that Federal Tax- Exemption has been secured and that with this Dr. Huntington Cairns had ir~orned the Society that the Bollingen Foundation would on January 1, 1949 contribute ~50o each year for three years to the operation of ~~e Society. (See attached financial report) E. L~ . Poole gave the membership report of the Society. (See attached) RECORD BOOK. P AGE CORRECT SEORETARY F. Mr . Pool e gave a report on the subscriptions to the JOURNAL . A study of advertising in the JOURl'L'IL was presented. It was decided not to attempt to secure advertising nor exchange advertising, as there is no profit in such. G. 'll1e problem of neVi members and neVl Contributing Institutional member ships was discussed. The Sec- Treas was instructed to continue the l!lethod of securin!' new members and to accelerate the work of securing new Contributina J:embers . \; ays and means were discussed. At present there are 12 contributing institutions paying a total amount of .3500 to the Society each year. New members and contributing members are the major source of income for the growth of the Society and JOURNAL . H. Problem of date and place of next Annual Iteeting was discussed. Possibility of holding the meeting in California in response to an i nvitation from J . Donald Young at Occidental College in Los Angeles was discussed. Board felt that such a meeting shoul d be held, but not this coming year. It was decided to hold the meeting at Oberlin Collep'e, Oberlin, Ohio, in response to an invitation from iiolfgang Stechow. Meetinv will be held late in October, 1949. l<-lH} I. On December 31, 1948, the terms of three members of the Board of Trustees expire, as well as those of the President and Vice- President. A list of candidates was presented and discussed. Dr. George Boas was nominated for President, Dr. Carroll Pratt was nominated for Vice President. TIlis action left a fourth vacancy on the Board (Carr oll Pratt was a trustee) . Craig LaDriere, Henry D. Aiken, Ernest Hassold and Palll Zucker were nominated to vacancies on the Board of Trustees . 'll1e Sec~etary was instructed to mail ballots to all members, according to the rules of the Constitution. J . Mrs . Gilbert asked for a motion from the Board to give formal thanks to Dr. kunro for his continued services as editor of the JOURNAL . Hotion was made and unanimousl y carried. lZrs . Gilbert asked for a motion that the Board send formal thanks to Huntington Cairns for securing the 1500 gr~~t from Bollingen Foundation. K. 3lcretary was instructed to secure list of members of al lied organizations and select names from these lists to circul ate invitations to join the Society. Secretary was asked to secure list from Dr . Farnsworth of the menbers of the American Psychological Association belongin~ to the Aesthetics Division. L. Meeting was adjourned at 12 :15 P. !l. RECORD BOOK. P A GE CORRECT S EOFIETARY I~AAf~U,~ • m D. POOLE ;HH, Ernest Hassold declined nomination. Rudolph Arnheim selected to replace him. RECORD BOOK. PAGE CORRECT SEORETARY MEMBERS ATTENDING ANNUAL MEETING C. J. Ducasse K. Price F. C. Flint M. E. Wilson R. F. Piper M. McLendon H. G. McCudy K. Meyer-Baer J. R. Tuttle J. Portnoy A. L. Tuttle P. Ginetti N. Cayden H. B. Lee A. Torres-Rioseco H. M. Austin K. Row H. D. Aiken S. Riklin R. Traherne J. Collinson P. R. Farnsworth VI. Abel J. Smith P. M. LaPorte H. Bugbee R. Arnheim L. Garvin E. M. Blake P. Pinson. R. Poggioli D. Morgan M. Bill sky S. Albert G. Culler H. A. Hatzfield E. Munsterberg R. Holkstra M. Schoen A. Szathmary V. LOlVefeld I- I. Cain C. E. Gauss H. Clarke A. Isenberg T. N'nmro C. C. Pratt \Y . Stechow L. D. Longman L. D. Poole J. Bier H. Hungerland I- C. Hungerland K. Gilbert J. Alford RECORD BOOK. PAGE CORRECT SEOAIETARY PROGRAM for AmlUAL MEETING AMERICAN SOCIEI'Y FOR AESTHETICS HARVARD UNIVERSITY September 1, 2, 3, 1948 WEDNESDAY, SEPTJ!1.1BER 1, 1948 9:00 - 12:00 Board of Trustees Meeting, Emerson Hall, Philosophy Office 9:30 - 12:00 Registration of Members; Emerson Hall, First Floor, Emerson B 2:00 - 4:30 FIRST SESSION - Fogg Art MLlseum, Large Lecture Room PROBLEMS OF MEANING AND REPRES:ENrATION IN THE ARTS Chairman: Renato Poggioti, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University 1. "Meaning of Poetry", Isabel Hungerland 2. "The Ambiguity of Representation", Douglas Morgan 3. "Analysis of Aesthetic Form", Joseph Cobitz 4. "Vico and Aesthetic Historicism", Erich Auerbach 5. "Conceptual Problems in History of Architecture", P.M. LaPorte 5:00 ---------- Cocktail Palty for Members - Commander Hotel 8:15 ---------- Concert for Members and Guests -- Program to be announced.