February, ' 16] business proceedings 3 



President Glenn W. Herrick: You will please come to order. 

 The first business on the program is the report of the Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



At the time of the last Annual Meeting of the Association the membership con- 

 sisted of 133 active, 212 associate and 52 foreign members, making a total of 397. 

 At that meeting one active member resigned and seven associate members were trans- 

 ferred to the active hst. Since the meeting one active member has died and three 

 have been dropped for non-payment of dues. At the time of the meeting two asso- 

 ciate members resigned and 66 new associate members were elected. Since that 

 time two have been dropped for non-payment of dues. The present membership is 

 as follows: Active, 135; associate, 267; foreign, 52, making a total of 454. 



Since our last meeting ^Nlr. Harrj' M. Russell, who for a number of j'ears has been 

 emploj-ed by the Bureau of Entomology-, has been removed by death. Mr. Russell 

 was born in Bridgeport, Conn., IMarch 30, 1882; graduated from the Bridgeport 

 High School in 1901 and from the ^Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1906. He 

 died at Phoeni.x, Ariz., June 25, 1915. Mr. Russell was an excellent worker in eco- 

 nomic entomologj' and his loss will be gi-eatly felt. 



On August 9-10, 1915, a special meeting of the Association was held at Berkeley^ 

 Cal. The meeting was very successful, members attending who are usually unable 

 to be present at the annual meeting. The Secretary attended the meeting and was 

 greatly impressed with the enthusiasm and zeal -with which the members in the west- 

 ern states are meeting the many difficult entomological problems which must be 

 solved. 



At the Berkeley meeting, several sessions of which were held jointly with the Pacific 

 Coast Association of Economic Entomologists, the desire was expressed by that asso- 

 ciation to become affiliated with this Association and a committee was appointed to 

 consider the matter. A report of this committee ■will be found in the October num- 

 ber of the Journal. A recommendation for making a minor modification of the 

 constitution so as to bring this affiliation about is suggested by the committee for 

 action at this meeting. 



The finances of the Association have improved since the last annual meeting and 

 at the present time we have a generous surplus on hand. This has been brought 

 about by the sUght increase in the amount of dues provided for at the last meeting; 

 and also because a considerable portion of the 1916 dues have already been paid. 



The JoTJRNAii OF Economic Entomology 

 The increase in Association dues was coupled with a slight advance in the sub- 

 scription price of the Journal and this has been very beneficial to that publication. 

 It has been possible to accept more papers for publication and print them more 

 promptly than heretofore. This should be appreciated by the members and sub- 

 scribers. 



During the past year the net increase in the subscription list has amounted to 44. 

 Although there have been manj* cancellations of foreign subscriptions, there was a 

 net increase of three during the j'ear. The number of subscriptions to the Journal 

 should be still further increased. If the members wiU interest themselves in new 

 subscribers the list ought to extend very materially. 



