SOCIETY Al'l'AIRS 223 



F. W. Ceslcy I). A. Crocker 



Philip W. Ayres W. I\. Mattoon 



A. H. Pierson K. W. Woodward 



W. Hoyt Weber E. C. Hirst 



I. T. Worthley Dr. H. L. Shantz 



F. A. Gaylord A. C. X'olkmar 



W. D. Clark E. R. Hodson 



Alfred Gaskill R. J. Blair 



Paul D. Kelleter E. N. Munns 



The ■Meetings Committee, to whom great credit is due for the suc- 

 cess of the meeting, was composed of the following: J. A. Ferguson, 

 chairman; J. G. Peters, F. W. Besley. 



Air. Besley was the local representative of the committee and looked 

 after the quarters and ecpipment, as well as arranging for the informal 

 dinner given at the New Howard Hotel on Friday evening, Decem- 

 ber 27. 



At the business session, which followed the completion of the pro- 

 gram, the usual routine reports of the officers and standing committees 

 were presented. 



At the request of the Permanent Board of Control of Botanical Ab- 

 stracts, by letter from Donald Reddick, two members — J. S. lUick and 

 Barrington Moore — were appointed to represent the Society on that 

 Board.^ 



At the dinner given on December 27 thirty-seven were present, many 

 of whom took part in the informal discussion on a number of questions 

 of current forest practice and policy. Major ]\Ioore gave a greatly 

 appreciated talk on French forestry in war time and led the discussion 

 which followed on that topic. 



The meeting was one of the most successful which the Society has 

 ever held, due to the efforts of the Meetings Committee, those on the 

 program, and members generally. About thirty or more were present 

 at all the sessions, and the total number attending was close to fifty. 

 It was noteworthy in another respect that while Forest Service men 

 were present and took part the meeting was made up largely of those 

 outside the Service, from State forester's forces, forest schools, and 

 private forestry. This indicates the growing importance of forestry 

 outside of the Federal Government's work and is a healthv sign. Can- 

 ada was well represented by three foresters, who took an active part 

 in the discussion and had one paper on the program. 



As evidenced by the resolutions passed, the Society takes a keen 

 interest in the welfare of forest matters throughout the countrv and is 

 prepared to throw the weight of its influence to promote progress by 



