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Three guests of the Society, Mrs. and Ivliss Hilton and Miss 

 Bruner, and one candidate for membership, Mr. Gates, were also 

 present. 



Following the banquet, President Hilton called the meeting to 

 order. No reports were given by the President or Vice-Presi- 

 dent. Mr. J. T. Zimnier reported for the office of Secretary- 

 Treasurer, the report being aT)provcd and the financial statement 

 referred to an Auditing and Nominating Committee appointed by 

 the chair and consisting of Messrs. Low^y, Eiche and Bruner, the 

 committee to examine the accounts and report on their findings. 

 M. H. Swenk reported for the office of Editor and the report was 

 accepted. Wilson Tout gave a brief report for the Educational 

 Committee and R. H. Wolcott for the Record Committee, both 

 reports being accepted as read. 



Election of new members was held, and the names of Messrs. 

 L. M. Gates of University Place, and \V. A. Luke and W. R. 

 Skinner of Lincoln were proposed and all were unanimously 

 elected. 



H. B. Lowry as chairman of the Auditing Committee reported 

 finding the financial statement of the Secretary-Treasurer cor- 

 rect, and on motion to that efifect the report was accepted. As 

 chairman of the Nominating Committee Dr. Lowry presented 

 the following list of candidates for offices for the ensuing }ear : 



President, Professor Lawrence Bruner, Lincoln. 



\"ice-President, Miss Joy Higgins, Omaha. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. J. T. Zimmer, Lincoln. 



In presenting the name of the candidate for President it 

 was stated that Professor Bruner was the first President of the 

 Society at its organization and although no other President of 

 the Society had e\er held that office twice, it was thought em- 

 inently ]:)roper and fitting to elect l^rofessor Bruner again, since 

 next year would be the fifteenth amiiversary of the Union. H. B 

 L.owry moved to suspend the rules and have the President cast 

 the unanimous ballot of the Society for Professor Bruner as 

 President. M. H. Swenk repeated the motion with reference to 

 Miss Higgins as \'ice-Presidest and R. H. Wolcott with refer- 

 ence to J. T. Zimmer as Secretary-Treasurer. These motions 



