JOHN H. WIN SEE 57' 



The membership list has increased from approximately 

 800 to 2,000; the permanent endowment, from nothing to 

 $1,013,000. 



Before 1881 there were no publications, whereas the 

 appropriation for publications alone for the current year 

 is more than the entire appropriation of that year. 



Before 1881 there were no public lectures. During the 



past year more than three hundred were delivered. 



The meeting of the board was memorable, moreover, as 



bringing together for the first time in many years three of the 



original founders of the Museum, Messrs. Joseph H. Choate, 



J. Pierpont Morgan and Morris K. Jesup. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn. 



JOHN H. WINSER. 



FTER a brief illness with pneumonia complicated 

 with heart trouble, Mr. John H. Winser, for many 

 years secretary and assistant treasurer of the 

 Museum, died Friday, January 12. At the annual 

 meeting of the Board of Trustees the following 

 resolutions were adopted : 



"RESOLVED, That the Trustees desire to record their sense of 

 loss in the death of Mr. John H. Winser, for so many years the 

 faithful Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of the Museum. 



"Mr. Winser was appointed to his office in 1892, and for fourteen 

 years served the Board of Trustees and the officers of the staff of the 

 Museum with the greatest fidelity. He was invariably accurate 

 in all his accounts and records, absolutely trustworthy in all 

 matters of administration, devoted to the best interests of the 

 Museum, giving its interests his A-ery constant thought and attention, 

 and extremely courteous and kindly in his manner. When acting 

 under the direction of the President or other members of the Board 

 he could always be depended upon faithfully to represent their wishes 

 and instructions. During all the long years of his service he never 

 failed to do his duty to the best of his ability. His genial and kindly 

 presence will be greatly missed at the Museum. 



"Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the surviving 

 members of his family with an expression of warm sympathy." 



