Members Elected Since DecemberSource: Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 19, No. 145 (Mar., 1924), pp. 101-102Published by: American Statistical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2277270 .

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between all the principal countries, a comparison of present trade with that before the war, particular discussions of how ex-port trade in these products is actually car- ried out, etc. The first bulletin to be issued will deal with "The Distribution of the Agricultural Exports of the United States," which will be followed shortly by two bulletins on "Methods of Merchandizing American Wheat in the Export Trade."

In organizing this work Secretary Hoover appointed a committee consisting of farmers, representatives of farm organizations, the trade and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to assist in outlining the work and to draw constructive conclusions from the results. The present series of bulletins represent the reports prepared by the Departmental staff and will form the basis from which the committee will draw such conclusions as it sees fit.

Walter Thompson Prize Award.-On February 5, 1924, the Board of Judges on the J. Walter Thompson Company prize essay competition on the subject: "A Sta- tistical Index of the Purchasing Power of Consumers in the United States," announced their decision as follows: First prize-$1500.00-to Essay entitled "An Index of the Incomes of Factory Work-

ers," by Professor William 0. Berridge, Brown University, Providence, R. I., with the assistance of the staff of the "Brown Bureau of Business Research."

Second prize-$800.00-to Essay entitled "Contributions from Budget Studies to the Construction of a Statistical Index of the Purchasing Power of Consumers in the United States," by Miss Emma A. Winslow, West View Park, Riverside, Conn.

Third prize-$500.-00-to Essay entitled "A Statistical Index of the Purchasing Power of Consumers in the United States" (recommending The State Employ- ment Office Index), by Richard A. Flinn, Chief, Division of Employment, New York State Department of Labor, 124 East 28th Street, New York City.

The judges of the contest were: Robert E. Chaddock, chairman, Professor of Statistics at Columbia University; Henry Sturgis Dennison, President of the Denni- son Manufacturing Company; A. Lincoln Filene, Treasurer and General Manager of Wm. Filene's Sons Company; Stanley Resor, President of the J. Walter Thompson Company, and Allyn A. Young, Professor of Economics, Harvard University.

MEMBERS ELECTED SINCE DECEMBER

Anderson, H. E., Case Pomeroy Co., New York City Armstrong, Florence A., Institute of Economics, Washington, D. C. Bandit Brijkishore Bhargave, The Bjarat Stores, Gwalior, India Blackett, 0. W., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Boody, R. Elizabeth, Comm. on Economic Research, Harvard University, Cam-

bridge, Mass. Carter, Hugh S., Graduate Student at Columbia University Chapman, John M., School of Business, Columbia University, New York Creswell, Charles F., Statistician, Assn. of Life Insurance Presidents, New York City Dakin, Edwin, Associate Editor, Commerce and Finance, New York City Ellsworth, Donald W., American Tel. & Tel. Co., New York City Evans, J. H., Washington, D. C.

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Fisher, William C., Dept. of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg, Pa. Graham, Benjamin, Inter-security Arbitrage, 100 Broadway, New York Green, Howard W., Director of Research and Statistics, Cuyahoga County Public

Health Assn., Cleveland, Ohio Hamilton, T. R., Port of New York Authority, New York City Hansen, C. Frederick, W. T. Grant Co., New York City Hawkins, R. C., New York Telephone Co., New York City Hedden, Walter P., Port of New York Authority, New York City Hely-Hutchinson, Maurice, Edward B. Smith & Co., New York City Herskovits, M. J., New School for Social Research, New York City Higgins, Edward W., White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio Horwitz, H. B., The Joseph & Feiss Company, Cleveland, Ohio Howd, C. R., Dept. of Economics, Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. Jamieson, J. Thomas, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C. Johnston, Mary, Institute of Social and Religious Survey, New York City Kirstein, Louis E., William Filene's Sons Co., Boston, Mass. Lane, Mortimer B., Bureau of Census, Washington, D. C. Lewisohn, Sam A., Vice-President, Miami Copper Co., New York City Love, John W., The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio McClelland, Ross J., McClelland Claggett Co., New York City McFall, Robert J., Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Mass. Agricultural College,

Amherst, Mass. Maar, Charles, State Insurance Department, Albany, N. Y. Moir, Jesse A., New York Telephone Co., New York City Myers, William I., College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Nash) L. R., Stone & Webster, Inc., Boston, Mass. Parker, Frank, State Dept. of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. Pearson, F. A., College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Purves, C. M., Agricultural Administration Dept., College of Texas, College Station,

Texas Roberts, George B., Federal Reserve Bank, New York City Scoville, G. P., Dept. Farm Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Shaulis, L. L., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Sloan, L. H., Standard Statistics Company, New York City Spencer, Leland, College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Stinger, Harriet E., Office Manager, H. & S. Pogue Co., Cincinnati, Ohio Surface, Frank M., Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. C. Tandy, Elizabeth, Comm. on Dispensary Development, New York City Towles, John K., Chase National Bank, New York Citv Warslow, H. T., Comptroller, National Lead Co., New York City Weale, G. J., Public Accountant, 18 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Wells, P. V., E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Parlin, N. J. Williams, W. J., Girard Trust Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Wilson, Elizabeth, Washington, D. C.

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