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Announcement

Local Board — shall constitute themselves a Council under the name of the “ American Com- mittee for Lectures on the History oiReligions." The Council shall elect out of its number a Chair-

man, 3. Secretary, and 21 Treasurer.

. All matters of local detail shall be left to the In-

stitutions or Local Boards, under whose auspices the lectures are to be delivered.

A course of lectures on some religion, or phase of religion, from an historical point of view, or on a subject germane to the study of religions, shall be delivered annually, or at such intervals as may be found practicable, in the different cities repre- sented by this Association.

The Council (a) shall be charged with the selec- tion of the lecturers, (b) shall have charge of the funds, (5) shall assign the time for the lectures in each city, and perform such other functions as

may be necessary.

8. Polemical subjects, as well as polemics in the treat-

ment of subjects, shall be positively excluded.

9. The lecturer shall be chosen by the Council at

least ten months before the date fixed for the course of lectures.

ID. The lectures shall be delivered in the various cities

between the months of September and June.

II. The copyright of the lectures shall be the prop-

erty of the Association.