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lers and the election of the officers and Execu- 

 tive Committee for the ensuing year, upon mo- 

 tion of Mr. Caparn, the retiring president and 

 secretary, Mr. Manning and Mr. DeForest, 

 were given a vote of thanks. 



The meeting was addressed by the Honor- 

 able George Cabot Ward, Commissioner of 

 Parks, Borough of Manhattan, who spoke 

 briefly on the Park Problem in New York 

 City, and also by Mr. Gutzom Borglum, Sculp- 

 tor, who gave an admirable talk on the Re- 

 lation of an Artist to his Profession, and 

 Particularly as Applied to Landscape Archi- 

 tecture. These addresses were followed by 

 discussion on the part of the members pres- 

 ent. 



Extracts from the secretary's report: "Com- 

 mon Names for the Profession" — "The result 

 of the society vote on the list of names sent 

 out at the request of President Manning un- 

 der date of February, 2, 1914, is as follows: 

 Landscaper, 1; Landscapist, 1; Landscapor, 1; 

 Landscape Architect, 29; Landscape Designer, 

 3; Landscape Engineer, 1; Landscape Artist, 

 0; Landscapeman, 0; Landscape Gardener, 1; 

 Garden Designer, 0; while this, of course, com- 

 mits no one to the adoption of another name, 

 it will be a matter of interest, and it might 

 help to an ultimate adoption of a common 

 name for the profession." 



February 24, 1915. Boston annual meeting 

 and dinner, Boston City Club. 



Present: Messrs. Aldrich, Blossom, Brinck- 

 erhoff, Comey, Cox, Dawson, Gallagher, 

 Gibbs, Greenleaf, Hubbard, Kellaway, Man- 

 ning, Nolen, J. C. Olmsted, Parker, W. L. 

 Phillips, Reynolds, Robinson, Rotch, Roy, 

 Sears, Shurtleff, Smith, Steele, Underwood, 

 Vitale, Whiting. Guests: Flavel Shurtleff, 

 Secretary National Conference on City Plan- 

 ning, and Mr. Wayne E. Stiles, Mr. B. W. 

 Pond, Mr. Hammond S. Sadler, Mr. H. L. 

 Whitney, Mr. Paul Smith, Mr. L. S. Caldwell, 

 Mr. Rollins, and Mr. Laughlin, all of Boston. 

 Also at the meeting following the dinner, the 

 Senior Class of the Harvard School of Land- 

 scape Architecture were present as guests: 

 Herminghaus, Johnston, Morrison, Nicolet, 

 Norton, Sturtevant, Trout, White. 



In the absence of the secretary, Mr. Steele 

 was elected as secretary pro tem. President 

 Pray referring to the Committee on Educa- 

 tion stated that the Committee of the School 

 of Fine .'Vrts had appointed F. L. Olmsted, 

 Mr. Vitale and himself as a jury on the Fel- 

 lowship in Landscape Architecture with Mr. 



Fleming to serve as a member of this jury 

 until Mr. Olmsted was able to attend the 

 meetings. The report of the tellers on the 

 mail ballot votes was read and accepted and 

 various committees appointed. Mr. Kellaway, 

 President of the Boston Society, welcomed 

 the members to that city, and Mr. Flavel 

 Shurtleff spoke on the Landscape Architect in 

 City Planning. The president read a letter 

 written by Mr. F. L. Olmsted to Mr. Allen 

 Chamberlain relative to the distinction be- 

 tween a National Park and a National Forest, 

 and Mr. Vitale, chairman of the Committee on 

 Raising Funds for the Rome Scholarship re- 

 ported on the work done by his committee. 

 Mr. Manning gave a brief description of his 

 work in preparing the model of the relief map 

 of Massachusetts which is to be sent out to 

 the Panama Pacific Exposition. The president 

 then introduced Professor Cox of Syracuse 

 University who spoke on two subjects, "Pub- 

 lic Service as a Permanent Career for the 

 Landscape Architect" and "The Courses in 

 Landscape Engineering at the New York State 

 College of Forestry." 



January 16, 1916. Seventeenth annual meet- 

 ing and dinner. Hotel Manhattan, New York 

 City. 



Present: Mrs. Farrand, Messrs. Brincker- 

 hoff, Caparn, Dawson, DeForest, Fowler, 

 Greenleaf, Hubbard, Lay, Lowrie, Manning, J. 

 C. Olmsted, T. G. Phillips, Pray, Saltus, Smith, 

 Tealdi, Vaux, Vitale, Wheelwright. 



The minutes of the last meeting were not 

 read as they had been sent out to all members 

 of the society through the secretary's office 

 and as the same would be true of the secre- 

 tary's report for the year it was voted to dis- 

 pense with the reading of that paper. The 

 report of the treasurer was read and accepted 

 as was that of the Examining Board. Mr. 

 Vitale reported for the Committee on Funds 

 for the Fellowship at the American Academy 

 in Rome, stating that $1,148.01 had been re- 

 ceived for the permanent fund and that the 

 temporary fund had all been provided for. The 

 report of the tellers on the mail ballot of the 

 society held during the year, was made and 

 approved. Mr. Caparn brought up the ques- 

 tion of a seal for the society and stated that 

 the figure of Pan had been suggested to him 

 by Mr. Magonigal as appropriate for the pro- 

 fession. 



Voted: That the matter of the society's seal 

 be referred to the Executive Committee. 



In response to Mr. Schermerhorn's remarks 



