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TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMI':RICAN SOCIETY 



Forest, Greeiileaf, Gallagher, Hubbard, Lay, 

 Lowrie, Manning, Nolen, F. L. Olmsted, Par- 

 sons, Pentecost, Phillips, Pitkin, Pray, Saltus, 

 Simonds, Underbill, Vaux. Vitalc and Wheel- 

 wright. Guests: Mrs. Caparn, Mrs. Van 

 Rensaleer, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook, Mr. 

 Haldeman, Mr. Walter U. Griffin, Mr. Fred- 

 erick Blakeman. 



The president's report and the reports of the 

 committees for the year, read and accepted. 



Mr. Griffin spoke on the "Plans for a Capital 

 City for Australia." 



January 28, 1913. Meeting and dinner. 

 Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Miss Coffin, Miss Jones, Messrs. 

 BrinckerhofT, Caparn. Greenleaf, Lowrie, Par- 

 sons, Pentecost and Vaux. 



Voted: That the secretary forward to the 

 Executive Committee with recommendation 

 for immediate action the resolutions adopted 

 by the society, regarding the repeal of the 

 Tarsney Act. (See page 65.) 



After discussion in regard to the formation 

 of local chapters of the society, it was 



Voted: That the A. S. L. A. authorize its 

 members to form chapters wherever local con- 

 ditions seem to require them, provided appli- 

 cation be made in due form to the Executive 

 Committee of the society, and that 



1. The government and management of the 

 chapter be subject to the constitution and by- 

 laws of the A. S. L. A. 



2. The constitutions of the chapters and all 

 subsequent amendments be approved by the 

 Executive Committee of the A. S. L. A. 



3. The members of the A. S. L. A. shall be 

 eligible to membership in the local chapters, 

 and all members in the local chapters shall be 

 passed upon by the Examining Board of the 

 A. S. L. A. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected. 



February 18, 1913. Meeting and dinner. 

 Hotel Victoria, Boston. 



Present: Messrs. Aldrich, Brinckerhoff. 

 Comey, Dawson, Hubbard, Kellaway, Kennard, 

 Manning, Nolen, J. C. Olmsted, Pray, Sears, 

 Shurtleff, Simonds, Smith, Steele, Taylor. 

 Wheelwright and Whiting. Guests: Messrs. 

 D. A. Clark, D. M. Call, P. S. Snow, R. H. 

 Pratt, P. H. Haldeman, Noycs, Robinson, 

 Flavel Shurtleff, Philip Sharpies, Rablin, Dcm- 

 arest and Professor G. E. Swain. 



The Executive Committee reported the 

 recommendation that a committee be appoint- 

 ed to suggest such modification of the consti- 



tution and by-laws as would permit the or- 

 ganization of local chapters. 



Professor Swain spoke as the representative 

 of the American Society of Civil Engineers; 

 Mr. Flavel Shurtleff on the subject of "Excess 

 Condemnation"; Mr. Sharpies on "Road Sur- 

 faces," illustrating his talk with lantern slides; 

 Mr. Rablin on "Good Roads"; Mr. Demarest 

 on "The Development of Long Island." 



Mr. Simonds gave an interesting talk on 

 topics of general interest and Mr. Nolen spoke 

 on the "City Planning Committee." 



May 8, 1913. Meeting and dinner. Hotel La 

 Salle, Chicago, HI. 



Present: Messrs. Button, Conicy, Hare, Lol- 

 lesgaard. Manning, Munson, Nolen, J. C. Olm- 

 sted, Phillips, Simonds. Tealdi, Wyman. 

 Guests: Eugene Davenport, W. M. R. French, 

 Wilhelm Miller, Arthur S. Lewis, Jacob Prost, 

 Allen Bartlett, C. C. Cone, Walter B. Griffin, 

 Howard Smith, Walter E. Sunderman. H. Roy 

 West, Alfred B. Ycomans, H. D. Grubb. 



Mr. French spoke of his early work with H. 

 W. S. Cleveland, and Mr. J. C. Olmsted on 

 the general education of young men in land- 

 scape architecture. Mr. Nolen made some in- 

 teresting points in regard to the profession, 

 its future prospects and what should be done to 

 uphold the standards. Mr. Davenport and Mr. 

 Tealdi described the work and courses at the 

 University of Illinois and the University of 

 Michigan respectively; Prof. Miller discussed 

 University Extension Work in the general field 

 of landscape gardening. 



December 9, 1913. Meeting and dinner. 

 Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Miss Jones, Messrs. Brinckerhoff, 

 Caparn, Gay, Gibbs, Greenleaf, Lay, Lowrie, 

 Manning. J. C. Olmsted, Parsons, Pentecost, 

 Pilat, Simonds and Vitale. Guest: Mr. Gil- 

 more D. Clarke. 



The report of the Committee on Amend- 

 ments was read and discussed and it was 



Voted: That the final amendments to the 

 constitution be submitted at the February 

 meeting. 



The Executive Committee reported their re- 

 fusal to accept the resignation of Downing 

 \aux. and he was made a life member. 



January 13, 1914. Fifteenth annual dinner 

 and meeting, Transportation Club, New York 

 City. 



Present: Mrs. Farrand, Messrs. Blossom, 

 Brinckerhoflf, Caparn, DeForest, Desmond, 



