THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION 



The adjourned annual meeting of the American Forestry Association 

 was held in Washington, D. C, on February 25, 1921. After a general 

 statement by the President as to the activities and accomplishments 

 of the Association during the past year, the nomination by the Board 

 of Directors of the following officers was announced : 



President, Charles Lathrop Pack. 

 Treasurer, Charles F. Quincy. 



Directors, E. F. Baldwin, N. C. Brown, W. R. Brown, Standish 

 Chard, John Hays Hammond, Addison S. Pratt. 



Prof. R. S. Hosnier, of New York, presented from the floor the 

 following nominations which were seconded by Mr. P. P. Wells, of 

 Connecticut : 



President, Charles Lathrop Pack. ~ » 



Treasurer, John E. Jenks. 



Directors (to serve three years), Henry S. Graves, John E. Jenks, 

 John B. Burnham, F. H. Newell, Wm. E. Wharton; (to fill unexpired 

 term) F. W. Besley. 



A comparison of the lists of directors presented by the Board and 

 by the rank and file of the membership shows the leaning of the two 

 sides. 



Mr. Wells demanded the reading of the call for the meeting from 

 which it appeared that the constitution of the Board of Directors was 

 proposed to be revolutionized as to tenure and powers. He supported 

 Professor Hosmer's nominees as opponents of this radical change. His 

 remarks were ruled out of order and he was not permitted to read a 

 letter he had written to the President objecting to the latter's program. 

 These rulings were, on appeal, supported by a majority of those in 

 attendance. The officers and directors proposed by the Board of 

 Directors were thereupon overwhelmingly elected by a standing vote. 

 Obviously the meeting regarded such men as Henry S. Graves and 

 F. H. Newell, who have done so much for the cause of forestry in this 

 country, as undeserving even of serious consideration. 



The next business was consideration of amendments to the by-laws 

 proposed by the Board of Directors. The actual wording of the 



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