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  facts 
  we 
  could, 
  and 
  the 
  suggestions 
  he 
  made 
  started 
  us 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  

   track 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  varieties 
  to 
  propagate. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  boat 
  is 
  ready, 
  but 
  before 
  we 
  go 
  I 
  want 
  the 
  

   report 
  on 
  nominations. 
  I 
  want 
  the 
  bfficers 
  elected 
  in 
  Enterprise. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Deming: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  say 
  this 
  before 
  we 
  proceed 
  to 
  the 
  

   election 
  of 
  officers. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  some 
  talk 
  among 
  us 
  that 
  it 
  

   would 
  stimulate 
  interest 
  in 
  our 
  work 
  and 
  meetings, 
  and 
  would 
  

   enable 
  us 
  to 
  confer 
  honors 
  on 
  more 
  people, 
  and 
  more 
  members 
  who 
  

   deserve 
  such 
  honors, 
  if 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  the 
  presidency 
  were 
  limited 
  to 
  

   one 
  year. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  rule 
  about 
  it 
  but 
  our 
  first 
  two 
  presi- 
  

   dents 
  have 
  each 
  held 
  office 
  two 
  years. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  re-elected 
  

   to 
  office 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  courtesy 
  and 
  appreciation 
  of 
  their 
  efforts. 
  

   If 
  from 
  now 
  on 
  we 
  limit 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  the 
  presidency 
  to 
  one 
  year 
  I 
  

   think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  better. 
  We 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  desirable 
  to 
  make 
  

   the 
  rule 
  that 
  the 
  President 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  eligible 
  for 
  immediate 
  re- 
  

   election, 
  that 
  is, 
  he 
  shall 
  not 
  follow 
  himself. 
  I 
  mention 
  it 
  so 
  that 
  if 
  

   this 
  rule 
  is 
  adopted 
  in 
  the 
  revision 
  of 
  our 
  constitution 
  and 
  by-laws 
  

   the 
  person 
  who 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  elected 
  President, 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  association, 
  will 
  understand 
  that 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  nothing 
  personal 
  

   about 
  such 
  action. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  that 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  say 
  

   that 
  the 
  present 
  President 
  has 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  heard 
  suggestions 
  

   of 
  that 
  kind 
  made, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  you 
  mentioned 
  it. 
  I 
  wasn't 
  for- 
  

   tunate 
  enough 
  last 
  year 
  to 
  be 
  at 
  the 
  meeting, 
  as 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  St. 
  

   Louis 
  to 
  help 
  try 
  a 
  case 
  before 
  the 
  interstate 
  commerce 
  commission, 
  

   or 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  brought 
  that 
  up 
  then. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris 
  is 
  absent 
  and 
  Professor 
  Close 
  is 
  the 
  next 
  on 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  on 
  nominations. 
  Professor 
  Close, 
  will 
  you 
  report? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close 
  : 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  I 
  was 
  the 
  next 
  member 
  and 
  

   Dr. 
  Morris 
  did 
  not 
  leave 
  any 
  data 
  with 
  me. 
  However 
  we 
  discussed 
  

   it 
  and 
  decided 
  to 
  recommend 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  J. 
  Russell 
  Smith 
  for 
  

   President, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed 
  for 
  Vice-President 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  for 
  

   Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Any 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  nominating 
  

   committee? 
  If 
  not, 
  those 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  adopting 
  the 
  report, 
  thereby 
  

   declaring 
  the 
  officers 
  named 
  elected, 
  make 
  it 
  known 
  by 
  rising. 
  

   (Vote 
  taken.) 
  Contrary 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  sign. 
  Your 
  officers 
  for 
  the 
  

   next 
  year 
  will 
  be 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Russell 
  Smith, 
  President, 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed, 
  Vice- 
  

   President, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Deming, 
  Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer. 
  I 
  con- 
  

   gratulate 
  the 
  association. 
  

  

  Meeting 
  adjourned. 
  

  

  