ANNUAL MEETING OF THE A. E. A. 



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conduct of the Association and that the thing to do was to leave its 

 conduct to a strongly organized Board of Directors. When Mr. Wells' 

 motion failed to carry (24 to 95), Mr. Reynolds promptly offered 

 another amendment also providing for a referendum vote, but m 

 addition providing for the submission of statements for and against 

 the proposed amendments and for a special committee to insure the 

 impartial counting of the votes. Twenty-one rising votes were cast in 

 favor of Reynolds' amendment. The Chairman declared it lost with- 

 out calling on the negative to vote. 



Further signs of restiveness in the audience developed and quite a 

 number of those originally present succeeded in getting away in spite 

 of Mr. Pack's energetic efforts to hold them. There was a very 

 apparent desire on the part of many of those present to wind up the 

 business of the meeting and adjourn as promptly as possible. Prof. 

 H. H. Chapman, of Connecticut, however, insisted in a brief statement 

 on making his protest against the proposed amendments a matter of 

 record. He pointed out their dangerous character and stated that as 

 a member of the Board of Directors of twelve years' standing he was 

 absolutely opposed to their passage and had been opposed to having 

 them presented to the meeting. Mr. Pack then emphasized once more 

 the cost of a referendum ballot, and on the statement from some one 

 in the hall that it was worth it to avoid the charge that the meeting was 

 packed, sneeringly replied that the foresters seemed to be present in 

 considerable numbers but that he would hardly call that packing the 

 meeting. 



The final vote on the motion to adopt the amendments was taken 

 almost immediately following Professor Chapman's statement. The 

 result of this vote was announced as 121 for and 25 against the adop- 

 tion of the amended by-laws. Professor Chapman raised the point of 

 order that the total announced vote considerably exceeded the total 

 number of persons present in the hall. Mr. Pack ignored this point of 

 order and promptly declared the meeting adjourned. 



The most salient features of this extraordinary meeting were as 

 follows : 



. 1. It made seven members of the Board of Directors (one less than 

 a majority), who had been nominated by the Board, permanent 

 members. 



2. It authorized the Board (a) to nominate its own elective mem- 

 bers; (b) to elect the President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and 



