Report of the Board of Directors to the Members of The American Academy of Political and Social Science for the Year 1955
| DOI | 10.1177/000271625630400119 |
| Date | 01 March 1956 |
| Published date | 01 March 1956 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Report
of
the
Board
of
Directors
to
the
Members
of
The
American
Academy
of
Political
and
Social
Science
for
the
Year
1955
THE
year
which
has
just
passed
has
been
a
fruitful
one
for
the
Academy
and
one
of
more
than
ordinary
activity.
BYLAWS
S
At
the
annual
meeting
on
January
24,
1955,
you
approved
a
revision
of
the
Bylaws.
According
to
Article
VIII
of
these
Bylaws,
amendments
may
be
made
&dquo;by
a
majority
vote
of
those
present
at
any
meeting
of
the
members
of
the
cor-
poration
or
of
the
Board
of
Directors,&dquo;
and
it
is
also
provided
that
if
the
Board
of
Directors
amend
the
Bylaws,
the
change &dquo;shall
continue
in
effect
unless
and
until
altered
at
a
meeting
of
the
members
of
the
corporation.&dquo;
At
the
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Direc-
tors
immediately
following
the
meeting
of
members
mentioned
above,
the
fol-
lowing
changes
in
the
Bylaws
were
made
and
are
now
submitted
for
your
ap-
proval.
Instead
of
the
following
wording:
There
shall
be
at
least
one
regular
meet-
ing
of
the
Board
of
Directors
in
each
year.
The
time
and
place
of
such
meetings
shall
be
determined
by
the
Board
of
Directors.
Section
2
of
Article
V
now
reads:
A
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Directors
shall
be
held
immediately
following
the
annual
business
meeting
of
the
members.
If
a
quorum
of
directors
be
then
present
no
notice
of
such
meeting
shall
be
necessary
and
at
such
organization
meeting
the
Board
of
Directors
may
elect
officers
for
the
en-
suing
year
and
may
also
transact
any
other
business
coming
before
the
meeting.
In
addition
to
such
meeting,
regular
meetings
of
the
Board
of
Directors
shall
be
held
on
the
fourth
Fridays
of
May
and
October
in
each
year
at
such
place
and
hour
as
may
be
determined
by
the
President
or
by
a
majority
of
the
directors.
Furthermore,
Section
3
of
Article
VI:
The
first
Vice-President
shall
in
the
ab-
sence or
during
the
disability
of
the
Presi-
dent
have
all
the
powers
and
perform
all
the
duties
of
the
President.
was
amended
by
the
addition
of
the
fol-
lowing
words:
... provided
however
that
the
Board
of
Directors
may
grant
the
President
a
leave
of
absence
for
any
period
and
may
delegate
the
powers
and
assign
the
duties
of
the
President
for
such
period
or
any
portion
thereof
to
some
officer
other
than
the
First
Vice-President,
including
any
officer
spe-
cially
elected
or
appointed
for
the
purpose,
and
may
revoke
such
delegation
of
powers
and
assignment
of
duties
at
the
pleasure
of
the
Board.
MEETINGS
There
were
two
meetings
held
in
Phila-
delphia
during
the
year.
One
was
our
regular
spring
convention
on
April
1
and
2,
which
for
the
first
time
in
several
decades
dealt
with
an
important
do-
mestic
issue
rather
than with
interna-
tional
relations.
The
general
topic
of
the
meeting
was
&dquo;Internal
Security
and
Civil
Rights
in
the
United
States.&dquo;
A
distinguished
array
of
highly
competent
speakers
addressed
the
convention,
and
the
discussion
from
the
floor
was
of
a
uniformly
high
standard.
Attendance
at
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