Junk i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



303 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



*" I "'HE regular Spring dinner of the New England Rubber 

 Club and the third annual meeting occurred on the 

 evening of May 15, at the Exchange Club, Boston, 

 The occasion was called for the sake of euphony a 

 •' Mexican-American Fiesta," on account of introduction of 

 features relating to Mexico, in connection with the develop- 

 ment there of the rubber planting interest. Prior to the din- 

 ner there was an informal social session of half an hour, fol- 

 lowed by a brief business meeting, at which, ex-Governor Bourn 

 being in the chair, the reports for the past year were presented 

 and accepted. They are as follows : 



secretary's report. 



Mr. President am' Member 01 uu Niu England Rui 

 CLUB : The last general meeting of the New England Rubber Club was 

 held at the Exchange Club, Boston, on the evening of May 13. 1902, 

 the p'esident, Augustus O. Bourn, presiding. The reports of the sec- 

 retary, treasurer, and auditors were read and accepted. A brief amend- 

 ment to the constitution was proposed, whereby one honorary president 

 and four honorary vice presidents were elected, the offices being filled 

 as follows : 



Honorary President — El 1 - 1 1 \ S. Converse 



Honorary Vice Presidents— George A. Aims, James Ben 

 Forsyth, George H. Hood, Robert D. E\ ins. 



The following officers were then elected : 



President — Augustus O. Bourn. 



/';■<• President —Lewis D. Apsley. 



Treasurer — George P. WH1TMORE 



Secretary — Henry C. Peai 

 I listant Secretary — Wm If. Gleason. 



Directors — Costello C. Converse, Joseph Davol, Allen L. Com 

 stock, Walter S. Bai.lou. John H. Flint, Geoi ge H. Forsyth. 



Adjourned. 



A review of the past year of our Club's life shows marked progress. 

 At our last annual meeting the total membership of the Club was 140. 

 It is now 175. We have had during the year five resignations, due to 

 the fact that those resigning had been called to other fields of usefulness, 

 where it would be impossible for them to attend our meetings, and thus 

 could derive no benefit from the Club. 



The three regular meetings of the Club during the past year — the 

 Midsummer Outing at the Country Club, and the Spring and Thanksgiv- 

 ing Dinners — were all well attended, and were most enjoyable occasions. 

 The committees on dinners, entertainments, and sports have all had their 

 work well in hand, and everything has moved smoothly and without 

 friction. 



As far as we know the members of the Club have all been prosperous 

 and happy, and the Club as a whole might do well to take note of this 

 fact. This organization, being a purely social one, we ought to rejoice 

 over the good fortune of the individual members, and mourn with them 

 over their sorrows. In order to make this practical, I would suggest that 

 we now rejoice with our fellow member. Mr. Barker, over the advent of 

 a diminutive and masculine Barker in his household, and also that we 

 mourn with Treasurer Whitmore over the irreparable loss of his appen- 

 dix. Respectfully submitted, HENRY c.'pearson, 



Secietary 

 TREASURER'S REPORT. 



At ins Annual Mbbting op Mkmbers ; adjourned from April ao, 1 

 May 15, 1903. 



RECEIPTS. 



Bank balance April 21, 1902 $ 912.57 



From members for initiation $ 11500 



From members for dues 1 ,095. 12 



From members for dinners 940.62 2, 1 50.74 



Total $3,063.31 



U I s 1: 1 R S E M E N T S . 

 Members for overpaid dues. ... % 2. 50 



Dinners, etc. . 1,220.97 



Flowers 50.00 



Music and entertainment 190.00 



Cigars 7467 



Prizes and sporting goods 31.00 



Printing, postage, etc 169 61 $1,738.75 



Bank balance and cash on hand April 20, 1903 ',324 5<> 



Total $3,063.31 



Respectfully submitted. GEORGE P. whitmore, 



Treasurer. 



auditors' report. 



To THE Mi 1 "i THE N i ■ v. Engi \\u Rubber Oris, Boston, 



Mass. : We hereby certify that we have audited the accounts of the 



Treasurer for the year ending April 20, 1903, and that same appear to 



be correct. We further certify that the attached statement of receipts 



and disbursements for the year also appears to us correct. 



J. F. DUNBAR, I . ,. 



I IS, f Aud.tors. 



A most interesting feature of the dinner was the manufac- 

 ture, in the presence of the audience, by Mr. W. F. Mayo, of a 

 Mexican milk punch. Mr. Mayo had provided himself with a 

 glass pitcher full of milk and a bottle of alcohol which he com- 

 bined in a huge punch bowl, all the time talking interestingly 

 about typical Mexican drinks, and when the pouring was fin- 

 ished produced not a beverage but a mass of pure rubber, 

 and then it was that the audience suddenly appreciated that 

 the milk was rubber milk and that they had been very cleverly 

 fooled. 



ANNUAL ELECTION. 



The following officers were then elected : 



President — Lewis D. Apsley. 



Vice President — Arthur W. STEDMAN. 



Treasurer— George P. Whitmore. 



Secretary — Henry C. Pearson. 



Assistant Secreta,) — E. E. WADBROOK. 



Directors— Costello C. Converse, Joseph Davol, Allen L. Com- 

 stock, A. M. Pail, John 11. FLINT, George H. Forsyth. 



On motion of the secretary, Messrs Henry C. Morse and 

 Augustus O. Bourn, former presidents of the Club, were made 

 honorary members. The meeting was then adjourned and 

 those present made their way to the banquet hall above, which 

 was decorated with floral emblems and with the Mexican and 

 American flags artistically entwined. After the dinner the fol- 

 lowing speakers were heard from : Seiior Arthur P. Cushing, 

 Mexican consul at Boston, who represented the Mexican am- 

 basssador, and who spoke most interestingly on President 

 Diaz; Lieutenant Godfrey L. Carden, u. S. N., who spoke on 

 foreign industrial conditions, and Mr. Elbert E. Foland, who 

 told several good after-dinner stories; the Hon. William M. 

 Owen, who was present as the guest of Mr. Arthur VV. Sted- 

 man, and was requisitioned by Toastmaster Apsley to tell what 

 he knew about the isthmus of Tehuantepec, and the Editor of 

 The India Rubber World, who was requested to explain why 

 he had gone to Mexico lately, and what he saw there. These 

 speeches were interspersed by music, notably the Mexican 

 national hymn, sung by Mr. Harry Noyes. 



Lieutenant Carden had spent several months in Europe, in 

 the interest of the coming St. Louis exposition, and his re- 

 marks were most interesting in regard to what may be learned 

 by Americans at St. Louis from the foreign exhibits already 

 assured. Many of these will be of a notable character, and 

 while they will relate mostly to other industries than rub- 

 ber, the rubber trade would do well to keep advised with re- 

 gard to mechanical development. 



