MEETING OF AMERICAN NA TURE- STUDY SOCIETY 3 



Guyer, F. L. Stevens, W. Lochhead, M. A. Bigelow, C. R. Mann, 



E. F. Bigelow, J. F. Woodhull, and Alice R. Northrop, The 

 Organizing Committee elected L. H. Bailey, chairman, and M. A. 

 Bigelow, secretary. 



The -work of the Organizing Committee has consisted chiefly in 

 circulating information concerning the proposed society, in 

 drafting a constitution, and in appointing a nominating sub- 

 committee. In the two latter duties the committee has been 

 guided closely by the suggestions made in the March Review, 

 because numerous letters indicated that the plan of organization 

 there proposed in general outlines would be most acceptable. 

 In making nominations the sub-committee has depended almost 

 entirely upon the suggestions from many persons whose influence, 

 local and national, made their recommendations valuable. 



Officers for 1908 



The following officers were elected by unanimous vote : 



President — L. H. Bailey, Cornell University. 



Vice-Presidents — C. F. Hodge, Clark University; F. L. 

 Stevens, N. C. College of Agriculture; V. L. Kellogg, Stanford 

 University; W. Lochhead, Macdonald College, Quebec; F. L. 

 Charles, DeKalb (111.) Normal School. 



Secretary-Treasurer — M. A. Bigelow, Teachers College, Colum- 

 bia University. 



Directors — (for two years) D. J. Crosbv, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture; C. R. Mann, University of Chicago; S. Coulter, 

 Purdue University; H. W. Fairbanks, Berkeley, California; 

 M. F. Guyer, University of Cincinnati; (for one year) O. W. 

 Caldwell, University of Chicago; G. H. Trafton, Passaic, N. J.; 



F. L. Clements, University of Minnesota; Ruth Marshall, Uni- 

 versity of Nebraska; E. R. Downing, Marquette (Mich.) 

 Normal School. 



A glance at the list above will make it clear that the officers 

 elected for this year represent a wide range in geographical 

 territory, educational institutions, and lines of science and edu- 

 cation. Of course, there are many others who "ought to have 

 been on the list of officers." The Secretary can easilv name 

 more than 50 people who ought to be in the list of officers and 

 most of whom will probably be officers within five vears; 

 certainly so if advice from several members of the present council 



