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The Honorary President shall hold office until recalled by the Society at 

 any regular meeting through recommendations of the Executive Com- 

 mittee and by vote of three-fourths of the active members present. 



ARTICLE V. Add Section 6 as follows: 



Section 6. The Honorary President shall be exempt from dues and shall 

 have no specific duties, but he shall be ex-officio a member of the Executive 

 Committee. 



Following the adoption of this amendment, Mr. E. A. Schwarz 

 was unanimously elected Honorary President. 



At the conclusion of the Presidential address, a vote of thanks 

 was tendered Mr. Caudell for his excellent address. 



At the end of the regular program Dr. F. E. Lutz and Dr. 

 C. T. Braes were called on and responded with appropriate re- 

 marks. 



The following program was presented: 



ADDRESS OF RETIRING PRESIDENT. 



AN ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION OF ORTHOPTERA DIRECTLY 



AFFECTING MAN. 



BY A. N. CAUDELL. 



At first glance the subject I have chosen may seem one of little 

 scope, scarcely broad enough for a paper such as the present one. 

 As a matter of fact, however, it is necessary to treat it in a very 

 concise manner in order to keep it within desirable bounds. 

 Therefore the following considerations are condensed as much as 

 is conveniently possible. 



Orthoptera directly concerning man, either beneficially or in- 

 juriously, affect him either physically or psychically, that is his 

 physical person, externally or internally, or his spiritual or emo- 

 tional nature. Orthoptera may, to the uninitiated, appear 

 scarcely worth mentioning as directly affecting man injuriously 

 but literature contains a number of incidents of sufficient interest 

 to merit brief reference. Forms injuriously affecting man's person 

 externally is a subject dealing mostly with injuries inflicted by 

 biting. In dealing with this and allied subjects it is not easy to 

 separate popular superstitions from actualities and when the 

 evidence rests upon the observations of laymen it is often more or 

 less faulty. Actual incidents are evidently sometimes exagger- 

 ated by recognized observers and more popular and less scrupu- 

 lous writers often go still further. Inexperienced or ignorant 

 people misconstrue facts and thus our literature teems with ques- 



