Suit against the Institute

A suit has been brought by Messrs. Louis Duncan, Francis B. Crocker, and Michael I. Pupin against the Institute and its Board of Directors. The object of the suit is to enjoin further transfers under present procedure, and to have declared illegal the transfers already made, to the grades of Member and Fellow under the Special Section of the Constitution, which was adopted in May, 1912, at the same time as the constitutional amendments creating an additional grade of membership.