Annual Meeting 29 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



The sixth annual meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Club 

 was held December 29 and 30 at St. Louis, Mo. As an affiliated 

 organization of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science the meetings of the club were held with those of the Asso- 

 ciation in the new Soldan High School building. 



Morning Session, December 29. 



The first session of the meeting was opened at 10 a. m. by the 

 President, Professor Myron H. Swenk, of the University of Ne- 

 braska, and the morning was given over to business. First in 

 order was the reading of a report submitted by the retiring Treas- 

 urer, F. M. Phelps. By careful management during the year 

 a small cash balance was shown to the credit of the Club. A re- 

 port was made by Secretary Ganier on his activities for the year. 

 Editor Jones gave the status and told the needs of the official or- 

 gan. The Wilson Bulletin. President Swenk gave a resume of the 

 work of the past year and outlined many activities that could be 

 profitably undertaken in the next. 



The matter of increasing the size of The Wilson Bulletin was 

 discussed with interest and it developed that a number of papers 

 were on the editor's waiting list. A considerable advance in the 

 cost of printing had made it necessary to cut the size of The Bul- 

 letin, and to meet this added cost it Avas decided upon that active 

 steps be taken to increase the Club's membership. 



The furnishing of seperata of the main articles in The Bul- 

 letin, when desired by the contributor, was taken up and it was 

 decided not to discontinue the practice when contributors make 

 request in advance and bear the actual cost of the reprints. A 

 schedule of these costs will be published elsewhere. 



Suggestions as to the place of the next annual meeting were 

 brought up and it was decided to meet in Chicago, in December, 

 1920, again with the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



A committee consisting of Messrs. Stephens, Gunthorp and 

 Ganier was appointed to look into the suggestion that the name 

 of the Wilson Ornithological Club be changed to the Wilson Orni- 

 thological Society, and make their report at the next annual meet- 

 ing. 



A list of twenty-five new members, recommended by the Coun- 

 cil, was read by the Secretary and ratified by the Club. 



President Swenk closed the session by naming a committee 

 to nominate officers for the new year. 



