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The following committee was appointed for this purpose: 

 Professor T. H. Huxley, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas. 

 Professor H. S. Dill, Vertebrate Museum, Iowa City, Iowa. 

 Professor Frank Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. 



Change in Officers. 



Mr. P. B. Coffin proposed that the Constitution be so changed. 



That the Business Management of the Club be in the hands of 

 two or three men, who -shall constitute the Executive Committee, 

 one of whom might be some business man or newspaper man or 

 advertising man who need not be a member of the Club, 



That the people constituting this executive committee should be 

 appointed by the General Council, 



That the General Council consist of the President, the Record- 

 ing Secretary, and a series of Vice-Presidents or, if preferred. As- 

 sociated Fellows, one of whom should be named from each state 

 where the Club has twenty-five or more members, and one should 

 be named from each organization affiliated with the Club. This 

 General Council should meet once a year to determine the policy 

 of the Club, but it would not have anything to do with its business 

 detail. Each Vice-President or Associated Fellow would be held 

 responsible for his own state and have the following duties: 



A. to solicit new members, 



B. to obtain reports and articles for the Wilson Bulletin, 



C. to give information. 



That all of the correspondence of the Club be centered in one 

 place, and all of its records should be kept at one point, by having 

 one man be Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. One man 

 should be Editor of the Bulletin, and a third should be Business 

 Manager. These three men should be located where they can 

 meet together at least once a month, and their communication to 

 the Club members should be through the Bulletin. 



Conservation. 



The Club voted that it go on record as urging the County Com- 

 missioners to establish Bird and "Wild Life Havens in the pros- 

 pective Outer Park Forest belt of Cook County, Illinois. 



Mr. O. M. Schantz was appointed to represent the Wilson Club 

 in conferences, to be held with a view to securing this Forest Pre- 

 serve. 



Election of Officers. 



The following officers were elected for the coining year: 



President, Rev. W. F. Henninger, New Bremen, Ohio. 



Vice-President and Business Manager, George L. Fordyce, Youngs- 

 town, Ohio. 



