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the Board of Trustees; public session at 8 p. u. Col. A. R. Kuser gave up the 

 presidency on account of ill health. Officers elected were: President, Clarence 

 B. Riker; Vice-President, W. DeW. Miller; Secretary-Treasurer, Beecher 

 S. Bowdish; Board of Trustees — Clarence B. Riker, W. DeW. Miller, Beecher S. 

 Bowdish, Anthony R. Kuser, George Batten, Henry van Dyke, Frank M. Chap- 



B. S. BOWDISH, 

 Secretary of the New Jersey Audubon Society. He is one of the Audubon Societies' most active fneld men. 



man, Edwin S. Lines, John K. Gore, Alexander H. Phillips, Philip B. Philipp, 

 John T. Nichols, Mrs. Walter D. Ferres, John Dryden Kuser, Ira Barrows, 

 Samuel N. Rhoads, Miss Mary Pierson Allen. 



At the evening session, Mr. Henry Oldys, as accredited representative of the 

 Hoover Food Administration, gave a free illustrated lecture on 'Birds and Food 

 Shortage' to a good and appreciative audience. — Beecher S. Bowdish, 

 Secretary. 



