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matter. It was finally decided, at the sug- 

 gestion of J. H. Baird, that a committee be 

 appointed to draw up suitable resolutions on 

 conservation which would give the Supreme 

 Nine something to start work on and at the 

 same time show just what stand the order 

 takes in the problem of conservation. 



The fourth suggestion offered by the com- 

 mittee was that the section of the by-laws 

 which was amended at the last annual meet- 

 ing to read that no liquor shall be served at 

 "on the roof" functions be changed to read 

 ro liquor except beer. A spirited discussion 

 of the recommendation followed, and it was 

 finally decided that the matter should stand 

 as it was, and that no liquor be served at 

 future concatenations or banquets after con- 

 catenations. 



The last suggestion offered by the commit- 

 tee was that the membership of the Osirian 

 Cloister be limited to past members of the 

 Supreme Nine and Vicegerent Snarks. This 

 question was voted down on the ground that 

 it was a matter to be handled by the Cloister 

 itself. 



The report of the committee was then 

 adopted as amended. 



Report of Committee on Constitution and 

 By-Laws 



The report of the Committee on Constitu- 

 tion and By-Laws was then presented by 

 Chairman N. A. Gladding. The committee 



CISCO, SATURD.^Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1910. 



recommended certain changes in the resolu- 

 tions and suggestions adopted at the joint 

 conference of the House of Ancients and the 

 Supreme Nine, held in Chicago last Novem- 

 ber. The following changes were adopted: 

 Article III — Active membership, as recom- 

 mended by the Chicago conference, was 

 adopted, with an amendment that the clause 

 reading "officers of regularly organized lum- 

 ber associations, state or national" have 

 added to it "officers or representatives of 

 mutual or interinsurance companies placing 

 risks on lumber properties exclusively." 



The second paragraph of Article IV, Sec 

 tion VI, was changed to read: "No member 

 is eligible to an office in the order, either by 

 election or appointment, if delinquent in 

 dues." The third paragraph of this article, 

 regarding the returning of the ritual by the 

 Vicegerent within a period of twenty-nine 

 days and providing a penalty, was stricken 

 out. Article III, Section VI, was changed to 

 read: "The handbook shall be issued be- 

 tween the 1st of February and the 1st of 

 April of each year and shall be sent only to 

 all new members and such old members of 

 the Order as request a copy of it." 



The resolution rescinding the action of the 

 Hot Springs annual regarding the changing 

 of the size of the button was adopted. 



The proposed death emergency fund as 

 outlined by the Chicago conference was 



adopted with 

 the amendment 

 that the time 

 limit of sixty 

 ■ lays for the 

 est ablishment 

 of the fund 

 shall be ex. 

 tended to Jan- 

 uary 1, 1911. 



Further ac- 

 tion on the 

 report of the 

 (Jommittee o n 

 O n s t i tution 

 and By - laws 

 was deferred 

 until the ses- 

 sion on the 

 morning of 

 September 12. 



Adjournment 

 was then taken 

 until nine 

 o 'clock Mon- 

 day morning, 

 September 12. 



CONCLUDING 

 SESSIONS 



The annual 

 ^vas brought to 

 a close by two 

 very busy ses- 

 sions on Mon- 

 dav. Chairman 



Gladding continued the report of the Com- 

 mittee on Constitution and By-Laws carried 

 over from Saturday 's session. The most im- 

 portant action taken was the adoption of 

 the recommendation for the appointment of 

 a traveling representative of the Supreme 

 Nine to look after concatenations throughout 

 the country. W. M. Stephenson, of St. Paul, 

 was appointed for the position. 



It was also decided that Hoo-Hoo territory 

 be divided into nine permanent jurisdictions, 

 and that the next annual meeting take place 

 on a steamship on the Great Lakes. 



A resolution favoring conservation of 

 natural resources was adopted, particular em- 

 phasis being given to the organization's 

 interest in timber conservation. 

 New Officers 



At the afternoon session the nominating 

 committee presented its selection lor officers 

 as follows: 



Snark— H. J. Miller, Index, Wash. 



Senior Hoo-Hoo— Jeff B. Webb, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich. 



Junior HooHoo — G. A. Graham, Portland, 

 Ore. 



Bojum — A. J. Russell, San Francisco, Cal. 



Scrivenoter — J. H. Baird, NashvUle, Tenn. 



Jabberwock — C. P. Walker, Oklahoma 

 City, Okla. 



Custocatian — Jerome H. Sheip, Philadel- 

 phia. 



Arcanoper — J. F. Judd, St. Louis, Mo. 



Gurdon — T. H. Calhoun, Beach, Ga. 



The recommendations received the unani- 

 mous support of the convention and Snark 

 Miller was given such a rousing call that he 

 found it difficult to respond. The customary 

 ring was presented to retiring Snark Hadley. 



Retiring Snark Hadley then tendered the 

 formal thanks of the visitors to the local 

 Hoo-Hoo committee, declaring th^ annual the 

 best in the history of the order and express- 

 ing appreciation of the splendid entertain- 

 ment offered. 



JEROME H. SHEIP, PHILADELPHIA, 

 SUPREME CUSTOCATIAN. 



