406 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



The Committee expended about $150 more than last year, which 

 is accounted for in the advancing cost of everything. Had not the 

 increased price of coal been in a great measure offset by the mildness 

 of the winter, the difference in the coal bill (8637.76 for 1918-19, 

 8602.30 for 1917-18) would have been considerably greater. 



Not wishing to discharge the wife of the late janitor, the Committee 

 has adopted the policy of retaining Mrs. Reardon and giving her the 

 use of the janitor's rooms. A man to look after the furnace, etc., is 

 hired only for the months during which the furnace is burning. 



Respectfully submitted, 



G. R. Agassiz, Chairman. 

 May 14, 1919. 



It was 



Voted, To amend the Statutes in accordance with the report 

 of the Committee, as follows: — 



Chapter IX., Article 1, paragraph 2, to read 



"It shall consider all nominations duly sent to it by any Class 

 Committee and act uptMi them in accordance with the provisions 

 of Chapter III." 



On motion of the Treasurer, it was 



Voted, That the Annual Assessment be 810.00. 



A biographical notice of S. W. Williston by H. W. Shinier was 

 presented. 



The question of printing communications from non-members 

 was referred to the Publication Committee. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following officers 

 and committees: — 



Theodore W. Richards, President. 

 Eliiiu Thomson, ]' ice-President for Class I. 

 Harvey Gushing, Vice-President for Class II. 

 George F. ]Moore, Vice-President for Class III. 

 Harry W. Tyler, Corresponding Secretary. 

 James H. Ropes, Recording Secretary. 

 Henry II. Edes, Treasurer. 

 Arthur G. \Verster, Librarian. 



