Proceedings. 109 



SECOND SESSION, 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 — 9:00 A. M. 



Mr. C. S. Harrison moved that article four of the constitution ba 

 amended, providing for the election of one director for one year, one 

 for two years, one for three years, and afterward to elect every yeir 

 one director to serve for three years. 



Motion carried unanimously. 



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MR. HARRISON: I move also that article four be changed so 

 that the office of secretary be filled by the Executive Board instead 

 of by election at the annual meeting. 



Motion seconded. 



MR. HADKI?CSON: I would like to ask if the secretary will be a 

 servant of the board. 



G. A. MARSHALL: I was one of that committee on amending 

 the constitution. Mr. Harrison was the father of that idea. It was not 

 new. When he visited the Minnesota Society, one of his main objects 

 was to gather information relative to the work this committee is doing. 

 He has looked into the matter thoroughly, and we could find no ob- 

 jection to his ideas. We hold the Executive Board responsible for what 

 the Secretary does. The Secretary does the work and the Board gets 

 credit for what he does. Therefore, the Executive Board should be 

 the people to select their man. The Board consists of all the officers 

 and the three directors, eight men in all. 



MR. DUNLAP: This thing seems to me to partake of a political 

 nature now. Of course politics is one of the duties of American citizen- 

 ship, but I believe it would be better to hold things down. 



MR. CAMP: This is a government of, for, and by the people. It 

 is a whole lot better now than when it began. Why cannot our asso- 

 ciation be the same? 



MR. BROWN: There is no politics at all in this; it is simply a 

 matter of business. It is just this way. We elect our Board of Di- 



