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That this election was literally the last chance for the members to 

 have any further voice in the affairs of this great and historic associa- 

 tion was fully realized beforehand. The fact which recently came to 

 light that in November of 1919 the Finance Committee had sanctioned 

 the renewal of the contract with the Secretary for the next five years, 

 without the knowledge of the Board is furher confirmation of this 

 condition. The personal interest of the President and the Executive 

 Secretary had become so great that it was surmised they would use 

 their possession of the list of members to secure the attendance of as 

 many persons as necessary to out-vote any opposition anticipated. 



Fifty-five members, all of long standing and interested in rescuing 

 the Association from autocratic domination, attended the New York 

 meeting in January, 1920, and voted in opposition to the President. 

 Seventy votes were mustered for the slate of the President's selection, 

 which was elected. Directors Greeley and Chapman and Treasurer 

 J. E. Jenks voted in opposition. The former two, however, had also 

 been placed on the Pack ticket and were elected to serve two years. 

 Mr. Jenks was on both slates as Treasurer, and was unanimously 

 elected, but was not included on the winning slate as a director. 



^lost of those voting for the President's slate left soon after casting 

 their votes. The by-laws were then presented, and acted upon by 

 those that remained, and a clause was adopted providing that the 

 financial statement must be published annually. Under this mandatory 

 by-law, the statement finally appeared in the ]\Tarch issue in the con- 

 densed form described in Part III. 



At the next Directors' meeting on February 4, it was announced that 

 owing to the change made in the by-laws, requiring the Treasurer to 

 be a member of the Board, it was impossible for Mr. Jenks to serve, 

 as the change had been made before the election was held. This ruling 

 was obtained by Secretary Ridsdale from a lawyer, on the basis that 

 the votes were still being counted and the result had not yet been 

 announced when the change was made in the by-laws. The purpose 

 of this change was to conform to a practice which had been followed 

 previously for over ten years. But the failure of those whose slate 

 was elected to place the nominee for treasurer on this slate as a 

 director was later, as shown, made the basis of his being dropped as 

 treasurer on this technicality. At the Board meeting on February 4, 

 Mr. Ouincy was made Treasurer of the Association. The President 



