Nebraska Ornitholgists' Union 109 



MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SECOND AN- 

 NUAL MEETING OF THE NEBRASKA 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



The twenty-second annual meeting of the Nebraska Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union was held at Omaha, Nebraska, Friday and Saturday, 

 May 13 and 14, 1921. This meeting was held in joint session with 

 the Nebraska Audubon Society, as was the nineteenth annual meet- 

 ing on May 10 and 11, 1918, and, as at that meeting, the sessions 

 were held at the First Unitarian Church, 31st and Harney Streets. 



The business meeting was called to order at 6:00 p. m. by 

 Dr. R. H. Wolcott, in the absence of the President, Dr. H. B. Lowry. 

 The reports of the officers were received, and the financial report 

 of the Secretary-Treasurer was referred to a committee composed 

 of Mr. J. T. Zimmer and Mrs. G. A. Loveland for auditing. 



The names of Mrs. Margaret M. Corey of Lincoln, Mr. F. M. 

 Dille of Valentine, and Mr. C. K. Hart of Prosser, were proposed 

 for membership, and all were elected. 



It was moved and carried that nominations for new officers be 

 made from the floor. As a result of the nominations made in that 

 way the following officers were elected for 1921: 



President — Dr. H. Hapeman, Minden. 



Vice-President — Mrs. H. C. Johnston, Superior. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Prof. M. H. Swenk, Lincoln. 



A motion was carried authorizing the Secretary-Treasurer to 

 donate $30.00 of the funds of the Union toward the financial sup- 

 port of the Wilson Bulletin during the current year, with the un- 

 derstanding that additional Nebraska material would be published 

 by the Bulletin as offered. 



Eleven members were present at this session of the N. 0. U., 

 as follows: Mesdames W. F. Baxter, L. R. Button, Blanche Gar- 

 ten, H. C. Johnston, G. A. Loveland, L. H. McKillip and Mary St. 

 Martin and Messrs. L. O. Horsky, M. H. Swenk, R. H. Wolcott and 

 J. T. Zimmer. 



Adjournment of the business session took place at 6:30 p. m., 

 shortly after which the members of the N. 0. U. and Nebraska Au- 

 dubon Society gathered in the Assembly Room of the church for 

 the joint banquet. About one hundred members of the two so- 

 cieties were present at the banquet, along with several guests of 

 the two societies from the neighboring state of Iowa. 



Following the banquet Mr. Fitz Roberts, President of the Ne- 

 braska Audubon Society, introduced Dr. H. Gifford of Omaha, who 

 spoke on ' Some Random Observations of a Bird Chaser " giving 

 especially his recent experiences on a trip to British Guiana. 

 Prof. M. H. Swenk then aimounced the plans for the field day and 

 introduced Dr. R. H. Wolcott of Lincoln, who spoke briefly on the 



