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TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



February 8, 1910. Dinner and meeting at the 

 Hotel Victoria, Boston. 



Present: Messrs. Aldrich, Auten, Gallagher, 

 Hubbard, Kellaway, Kennard, Lay, Leavitt, 

 Manning, Negus, Nolen, F. L. Olmsted, Sears, 

 Shurtleff, Taylor, Underbill, Vaux and Vitale. 

 Guests: Messrs. George R. Wadsworth, Smith 

 and McKechnie. 



Mr. Kennard presented a loving cup to 

 Downing Vaux, who gave a short talk on the 

 past history of the society. 



Voted: To accept the proposition of Messrs. 

 Lay, Hubbard and Wheelwright regarding the 

 publishing of a magazine. 



Committee on a seal reported progress and 

 there followed discussion of detail and char- 

 acter of design. 



Messrs. Leavitt, Lay and Nolen appointed 

 as a committee to consider change in name of 

 society. 



Mr. Wadsworth spoke on "Railroad Termin- 

 als," and Mr. Shurtleff on the "Plans for 

 Chicago and Boston"; a general discussion on 

 city planning followed. 



March 8, 1910. Meeting and dinner. Trans- 

 portation Club, New York. 



Present: Miss Coffin, Miss Jones, Messrs. 

 Brinley, Caparn, Greenleaf, Hubbard, Lay, 

 Lowrie, F. L. Olmsted, Parsons, Saltus, Sears, 

 Underbill, Vaux and Wheelwright. Guests: 

 Percy MacKaye, Calvin Tompkins. 



A resolution was passed against the ratifi- 

 cation of a plan to sell a quarter of City Hall 

 Park as a building lot. 



Voted: That the president appoint a com- 

 mittee of three, Messrs. Caparn, Greenleaf and 

 Vitale, to attend the hearing on the above sub- 

 ject and present the resolutions. 



Voted: That the society accept the invita- 

 tion and take the necessary steps to affiliate 

 itself with the American Federation of Arts 

 and appoint a delegate to attend the conven- 

 tion. 



Mr. MacKaye spoke on the "People's 

 Theatre in Relation to the Civic Plan"; Mr. 

 Tompkins, Commissioner of Docks and Fer- 

 ries, New York, on "New York and the De- 

 velopment of the Water Front"; Mr. Caparn 

 on "Water Fronts, Their Possibilities for Use 

 and Beauty." 



December 6, 1910. Meeting at Transporta- 

 tion Club, New York City. 



Present: Messrs. Brinckerhoff, Lay, Lowrie, 

 Parsons, Sears and Wheelwright. Guest: Mr. 

 Morse. 



There being no quorum no business was 

 transacted. 



Mr. Lowrie showed and discussed the plans 

 for the West Hudson Park, Hudson County, 

 New Jersey. 



January 10, 1911. Twelfth annual meeting 

 and dinner. Transportation Club, New York 

 City. 



Present: Miss Coffin, Miss Jones, Messrs. 

 Caparn, Hubbard, Lay, Leavitt, Lowrie, No- 

 len, F. L. Olmsted, Parsons, Saltus, Sears, 

 Vaux, Wheelwright. Guests: Mrs. Leavitt, 

 Mr. Frederick C. Howe. 



Officers of the society were elected for the 

 ensuing year. 



Annual reports of various committees were 

 read and accepted, including one by the Com- 

 mittee on Editing Transactions. 



Resolutions were adopted regarding the 

 publishing of the magazine "Landscape .Archi- 

 tecture." 



Voted: That the Executive Committee be 

 authorized to express the views of the society 

 to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 

 regarding the creation of a commission, for 

 the purpose of planning the city and its sub- 

 urbs in anticipation of their growth. 



Mr. Howe gave a talk illustrated with lan- 

 tern slides on "German City Planning." 



February 7, 1911. Meeting and dinner. 

 Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Messrs. Caparn, Greenleaf, Lay, 

 Lowrie, Parsons, Pray, Saltus, Sears. Vaux, 

 Wheelwright. Guest: Mr. William M. Elli- 

 cott, Architect, Baltimore, Maryland. 



Lacking a quorum no" business was trans- 

 acted. 



Mr. EUicott spoke on "National Parks in 

 Maryland." 



March 21, 1911. Meeting and dinner. Hotel 

 Victoria, Boston, Mass. 



Present: Messrs. Brinckerhoff, Caparn, Daw- 

 son, Gallagher, Hubbard, Kennard, Kellaway, 

 Lay, Manning, Movius, Negus, F. L. Olm- 

 sted, Pray, Pilat, Shurtleff, Saltus, Sears, Si- 

 monds, Taylor, Vitale and Wheelwright. Guests : 

 Dr. Charles Eliot, Messrs. Sibley C. Smith, 

 E. Jackson, Punchard, Parker. Turner and G. 

 Gibbs, Jr. 



Voted: To accept the resolutions of the 

 Committee on Education. 



Voted: To authorize the Executive Commit- 

 tee to appoint a committee to look into and 



