American Oriental Society: Western Branch Proceedings of the Annual Meeting April 22-23,1972Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 92, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1972), pp. 599-600Published by: American Oriental SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/600060 .

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AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY: WESTERN BRANCH

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING

APRIL 22-23, 1972 Tins WESTERN BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL The business meeting was held at 4:00 P.M. The

SOCIETY held its twenty-second annual meeting on Secretary-Treasurer presented the following financial April 22 and 23, 1972, at the University of British report: Columbia, Vancouver. (Attached)

The following members of the Society attended the This report was approved. The Secretary then pre- meeting: sented the following list of recommendations which had

been submitted by the Chairman of the Nominating A. N. Aklujkar, J. Ardussi, A. E. Dien, N. El-Azma, Committee, Professor McCullough. This list was unan-

R. G. Harrison, III, S. lida, E. Kaplan, H. E. Kassis, G. W. Kent, L. R. Lancaster, E. Loeb, J. imously approved as officers of the Branch for the Mandaville, L. Mullatti, D. Nivison, E. Ord, I. Plot- year 1972-1973: kin, K. Po, E. G. Pulleyblank, P. Serruys, 0. Wierer, President-Chauncey Goodrich W. R. Wilson. Vice-President-John DeFrancis

A number of guests were also present. Secretary-Treasurer-Albert Dien The meeting opened at 9:30 A.M., April 22, in the Executive Committee-James Bosson, Edwin Gerow, Roy

Walter H. Gage Residence, on the campus. The follow- Miller, David Nivison ing communications were presented: Two new members were elected to the Nominating

I. EA5T AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA Committee, whose composition is now as follows:

Chairman: E. G. Pulleyblank, University of British Leon Hurvitz, Chairman, Paul Serruys, Turrell Wylie Columbia

Ella-Marie K. Loeb, Berkeley (terms expire 1973) Lewis Lancaster, Rachel Van Baumer (terms expire "Malaysian Settlements" 1974) Paul L-M Serruys, University of Washington "On the Particle hou in Shih ching" The Committee on Resolutions, chaired by Professor George W. Kent, University of California, Irvine Lancaster, offered the following resolutions which were "Preliminary Observations on the Meaning of ling in unanimously adopted:

Early Chinese Texts" E. G. Pulleyblank, University of British Columbia That the members of the Western Branch of the "Language and History" American Oriental Society express their deep thanks to

Following a recess for lunch, David S. Nivison, the host institution, The University of British Columbia Stanford University, presented his Presidential Address: and especially its faculty in Asian Studies. "Two Philosophies of History: Chang Hsiieh-ch'eng To the Dean of Arts at the University of British and R. G. Collingwood." Columbia, our host for the reception.

During the afternoon session, the following communi- To David S. Nivison of Stanford University, our past cations were presented: president, and our hard working Secretary-Treasurer,

Albert Dien of Stanford. II. BUDDHISM AND TIBET To the local arrangements committee headed by Pro-

Chairman: Leon N. Hurvitz, University of British fessor Kassis. Columbia

Lewis R. Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley The business meeting was adjourned at 4:30 P.M. The Multiple Chinese Translations of Buddhist Texts" The Dean of Arts, University of British Columbia, was John A. Ardussi, Seattle, Washington host of a cocktail reception tendered for the members "The Dates of Thang-stong-rgyal-po, The Mad Tibetan at the Faculty Club on campus. This was followed by a

Bridge-Builder: A Reappraisal" subscription dinner also at the Club.

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600 Journal of the American Oriental Society, 92.4 (1972)

The second day of the meeting began at 9:00 A.M. ing of Persian Animals and Plants to California by The following communications were presented: Truxton Beale as Minister to Persia, 1891-1892" (Read

by Ira Plotkin)

III. INDIA AND PERSIA IV. NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST

Chairman: Joseph I. Richardson, University of British Chairman: H. E. Kassis, University of British Columbia Columbia Robert L. Alden, Conservative Baptist Theological

L. C. Mullatti, University of British Columbia Seminary "Yogyat and the Category Cross" "Chiastic Psalms: A Study in the Mechanics of Semitic Ashok Aklujkar, University British Columbia Poetry in Psalms 1-50" (By title) "Notes on Nyflya" James M. Kelly, University of Utah Raymond C. Kargl, Los Angeles "Arabic Influence on Medieval Islamic Turkic Lexi- "An 18th Century Rajasthani Meghamallra Itagini in cography" (Read by H. E. Kassis)

the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Indian Col- Nazeer El-Azina, Portland State University lection" "The Manners and Powers of Initiation in the Naqsha-

Vincent Ponko, Jr., California State College at Bakers- band! Tariqa and their Implications" field

"A Little Bit of Persia in Kern County; The Transplant- The meeting adjourned at 12:00 noon.

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