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W. H. Killian, Baltimore, Maryland. 



George H. Graham, Springfield, Massachusetts. 



Dwight Lydell, Comstock Park, Michigan. 



John W. Titcomb, Albany, New York. 

 Committee on Foreign Relations: 



George Shiras, Chairman, Washington, D. C. 



H. M. Smith, Washington, D. C. 



William C. Adams, Boston, Massachusetts. 



James White, Ottawa, Canada. 



E. E. Prince, Ottawa, Canada. 

 Committee on Relations with National and State Governments: 



E. W. Cobb, Chairman, St. Paul, Minnesota. 



James Nevin, Madison, Wisconsin. 



Jacob E. Reighard, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 



E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec, Canada. 



Charles O. Hayford, Hackettstown, New Jersey. 



It was moved and seconded that the Secretary be instructed 

 to cast one ballot for the Society. The motion was carried 

 and the respective officers were duly declared elected for the 

 year 1920-21. 



Only the respective chairmen of the three above-stated 

 committees were named in the formal report of the Committee 

 on Nominations, but for convenience the other members of 

 these committees designated subsequently by President Buller 

 have been included. 



President Avery: Before turning over the Society to 

 my successor, I wish to express to you my own deep appre- 

 ciation of the great assistance that has been rendered to me 

 by every member with whom I have had anything to do during 

 the past year. The office of President of this Society is largely 

 an ornamental affair. The President is not supposed to have 

 ■^ any work to do, and usually does not do anything except pre- 

 side at the meetings ; the actual work is done by the Executive 

 Secretary and the Treasurer and other officers who are chosen 

 for that purpose, and by the active members of the Society. 

 Without the cooperation and the earnest work of these offi- 



