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FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 1914. 



The chairman called the meeting to onler. The secretary read the 

 minutes of the two meetings of the day before, which were approved. 



First the nominating committee, comjjosed of Mr. Lynds Jones, Rev. 

 W. F. Hcnuinger and the secretary, reported and submitted its nomina- 

 tions. Eesolved, that the secretary cast unanimous ballot for the follow- 

 ing officers: President, Dr. T. C. Stephens; vice-president, Mr. G. L. For- 

 dyce; secretary, Mr. O. M. Schantz; treasurer, Mr. P, B. Coffin, 3232 

 Groveland Ave., Chicago, 111. Resolved, that the election of a business 

 manager be postponed. 



The following new members and associates were elected: Active, Dr. 

 Joseph Grinnell, Berkeley, Cal. proposed by Prof. Lynds Jones; Mr. E. 

 A. Cleasby, Portage, Wis., proposed by Dr. T. C. Stephens; Mr. F. M. 

 Woodruff, Chicago, Mr. B. T. Gault, Glen Ellyn, 111.; Mr. K. W. Kah- 

 mann, Chicago, Mr. F'. A. Schantz, Berlin, Ont., proposed by the secretary. 

 Associate: Mr. Wier R. Mills, Pierson, la.; Mr. Arthur A. Osborne, 

 Peabody, Mass. ; Mr. E. W. Johns was promoted from associate to active 

 membership; Mrs. I. G. Wheelock, in addition to being an active mem- 

 ber, became a sustaining member. 



Resolved, to elect the following as members of the auxiliary editorial 

 committee: For Illinois, O. M. Schantz and I. E. Hess; Indiana, R. C. 

 Norris and A. W. Butler ; Ohio, F, M. Phelps and Dr. B. R. Bales ; Mich- 

 igan, A. D. Tinker and N. A. Eddy; Wisconsin, Dr. R. M. Strong and 

 Mrs. loda Malin; Minnesota, Dr. T. S. Roberts; Iowa, Prof. I. N. 

 Gabrielson and Miss Althea R. Sherman ; North Dakota, Adrian Larson ; 

 Pennsylvania, Frank L. Burns and W. E. Clyde-Todd; Canada, P. A. 

 Taverner and L. McI. Terrill ; Kansas, Dr. W. I. Mitchell and the Rev. 

 P. B. Peabody; Louisiana, G. S. Guion; Florida, O. E. Baynard; Texas, 

 Dr. A. R. Shearer. 



Note: This is at the same time to serve as the official notification to 

 the members of this standing committee of their election. 



Resolved, that this committee be active also in increasing the member- 

 ship of the club, under the standing membership committee. 



Eesolved, that the secretary prepare resolutions of thanks to the officia.ls 

 of the Academy of Sciences. Resolved, that we tender our thanks to the 

 editor of ' ' The Wilson Bulletin, ' ' Prof. Lynds Jones, for his labors and 

 sacrifices in behalf of the club and that he be reimbursed as soon as the 

 finances of the club allow it. 



Adjournment followed. 



In the afternoon session the following papers were read: A critique 

 of the latest systematic work on ornithology of Dr. Reichenow, by the 

 Rev. W. F. Henninger; The effect on the birds in the opening of the 

 park and the building of the reservoirs in the vicinity of Youngstomi, 

 Ohio, by Geo. L. Fordyce; A six weeks' stay in the Big Cypress Swamp 

 of Florida, by F. M. Phelps; Notes on the nesting of the Herring Gull, 



