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York. The reports of the Committees on 

 Education and on National Parks were made 

 by the chairmen and accepted. 



February 14, 1916. Annual Boston meeting 

 and dinner, Hotel Bellevue, Boston, Mass. 



Present: Messrs. Comey, Desmond, Gibbs, 

 Hall, Kellaway, Nolen, J. C. Olmsted. Pray, 

 Robinson, Shurtleff, Steele, Underwood, Vitale. 



Mr. Comey appointed as secretary pro tern, 

 and the minutes of the Xew York meeting 

 were approved without reading. The presi- 

 dent announced a meeting of the incorporators 

 at Mr. Manning's office that noon to take first 

 steps towards incorporating the society in ac- 

 cordance with the recent vote of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, and invited any or all present 

 to participate. Discussion of the three special 

 reports presented at the New York meeting 

 was continued, and it was voted that the meet- 

 ing approve the adoption of a code of ethics. 

 Various portions of the code were then taken 

 up in detail and discussed and slight changes 

 in the wording voted upon. 



The Committee on Publicity: A letter was 

 read from Mr. Wyman accompanying his re- 

 port which was taken up with its various 

 recommendations for acceptance. It was the 

 sense of the meeting that paid advertising be 

 abolished as soon as the Publicity Bureau is 

 effective and that a bureau be established. As 

 having a bearing on the need of advertising by 

 men starting out for themselves, Mr. Vitale 

 described his office system of giving credit to 

 his assistants and having them sign plans. 

 The report of the Committee on Policies, Mr. 

 Caparn, chairman, was presented and dis- 

 cussed. At the opening of this discussion the 

 president made the following statement: 



The need has long been felt for definite, 

 usable, brief formulations of the views of the 

 society representing the profession, on cer- 

 tain constantly recurring questions in our field, 

 where our judgment is or should be of special 

 value as that of experts or where the interests 

 of the profession are at stake, or where a 

 member is entitled to backing by the society 

 in some worthy civic endeavor in standing out 

 for a principle which the society endorses. 

 The following is proposed: 



First: Brief formulation of principles. 



Second: Supplementary material likely to be 

 useful in applying them or securing their local 

 appreciation (including explanation and ex- 

 pansion of principles, citings of examples, and 

 references to published material.) 



Such formulations plus supplementary ma- 



terial can be printed — each policy covered in 

 a separate pamphlet — to be sold by the society 

 to members and others, as so much "muni- 

 tions" or as part of a certain civic "prepared- 

 ness"; and these published statements grad- 

 ually accumulating can become if not a body 

 of law, at least a body of precept stamped 

 with the approval of the society, representing, 

 let us hope, the best thought in the profession, 

 — a collection of useful statements of truth in 

 the field of the profession, — helping to bring 

 the profession as such more intimately into 

 relation with the life of the community. When 

 sufficient, this material will also be of inesti- 

 mable value to secure the best kind of publicity 

 in the press, more or less systematically when 

 this is desirable and always promptly. 



A synopsis of the report was read and the 

 policies recommended were taken up seriatim. 

 With minor changes in the wording it was 

 voted to accept policies in regard to the fol- 

 lowing: Preservation of Niagara Falls, Build- 

 ings in Parks, Diversion of Park Lands; and 

 the shorter form of statement relating to bill 

 boards was read by the chairman. The meet- 

 ing referred to the Executive Committee for 

 immediate report the question of the proposed 

 power station said to be in conflict with the 

 general plan of Washington, D. C. 



Dinner Session. Hotel Somerset, Boston. 



Present: Messrs. Aldrich, Blossom, Comey, 

 Dawson, Desmond, Gallagher, Gibbs, Hub- 

 bard, Kellaway, Manning, Nolen, J. C. Olm- 

 sted, Pray, Rejmolds, Robinson, Rotch, Shurt- 

 leff, Smith, Steele, Underwood, Vitale, Whit- 

 ing. Guests: Mr. Allen Chamberlain. Mr. Her- 

 bert W. Gleason. Mr. Richard B. Watrous. 

 Guests of members: Messrs. Caldwell, Em- 

 mons, Martin, Norton, Smith, Wagner. 



After the dinner and following an informal 

 opening, which included stories suggested by 

 the smallness of the number present compared 

 with the "might}' roll" of the society, and in- 

 cluded also the toast, in recognition of "Saint 

 Valentine's night," "To our best girls, God 

 bless them all!" which was acted on with en- 

 thusiasm, all rising, the president made a short 

 speech on the subject of the evening, "The 

 National Parks" and explained that the Hon- 

 orable Stephen T. Mather, assistant to the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior and in responsible charge 

 of all the National Parks, and Mr. Robert B. 

 Marshall, superintendent of National Parks, 

 had been expected to speak but were unable 

 to be present. President Pray presented vari- 

 ous letters and telegrams expressing their re- 

 gret and also their appreciation of the interest 



