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or in any other place where it will conspicu- 

 ously mar the development of the plan for 

 Washington, and to any other such interfer- 

 ence with the full realization of that plan. 



January 9, 1917. Eighteenth annual meeting 

 and dinner. Hotel Brevoort, New York City. 



Present: Mrs. Farrand, Messrs. Brincker- 

 hoff, Caparn, DeForest, Desmond, Fowler, 

 Greenleaf, Hare, Hubbard, Lowrie, F. L. Olm- 

 sted, J. C. Olmsted, Parsons, Simonds, S. C. 

 Smith, Vitale, Wheelwright. 



In the absence of the president, because of 

 illness, the meeting was called to order by 

 Vice-President Caparn. The reading of the 

 minutes of the last meeting was waived upon 

 motion duly seconded and carried. .A^fter the 

 appointment of two tellers to count the votes 

 upon questions put to the society by mail bal- 

 lot during the year, various reports were given, 

 commencing with those of the president, sec- 

 retarj- and treasurer. Chapter reports were 

 read and approved from the following chap- 

 ters of the society: Boston, New York, Minne- 

 sota, and Mid-West. 



The report of the Committee on National 

 Parks was read and accepted. The report of 

 the Committee on Publicity was read and dis- 

 cussed. Mr. Olmsted referred to the action 

 taken by the trustees discouraging any kind 

 of paid advertising and stating tliat the "society 

 does not favor paid advertising" and explain- 

 ing further that the trustees object to a pub- 

 lished list of members appearing in a magazine 

 as a paid advertisement. This was one of the 

 methods suggested in the report on Publicity. 

 Mr. Vitale was of the opinion that the so- 

 ciety should take a stronger stand and that 

 we should forbid instead of disapprove paid 

 advertising. To a question of Mrs. Farrand 

 he stated that the New York Bar Association 

 had a Grievance Committee to deal with such 

 matters. Mr. J. C. Olmsted thought it bet- 

 ter to take cases up as they arose rather than 

 have a law on our statute books. Mr. Hare 

 in reply to a question in regard to a card 

 which his firm carried in a western magazine, 

 stated that this advertisement had brought 

 them new business. After further discussion 

 it was the sense of the meeting that the report 

 of the Committee on Publicity be referred 

 back to the committee for revision. 



The Committee on Competitions, Mr. Vitale, 

 chairman, reported progress and the Commit- 

 tee on Relations with Trades stated that the 

 report was not yet complete. .\Ir. Olmsted, as 

 chairman, reported for the Committee on Plant 



Names and Abbreviations. It was the sense 

 of the meeting that this e-xcellent report be 

 placed on file but that the financial condition 

 of the society forbids its printing in full. Re- 

 port of the Committee to Defray Society In- 

 debtedness, T. G. Phillips, chairman, was read 

 by the secretary and it was voted that the 

 trustees be asked to authorize Mr. Phillips to 

 continue to solicit for additional funds. Re- 

 port of Committee on Professional Practice 

 and Ethics, Mr. Child, chairman, was not in 

 form to submit to the meeting. Following a 

 discussion, it was the sense of the meeting 

 that the portion of the report dealing with the 

 method of charging be made available in the 

 near future and that the whole matter be re- 

 ferred back to the committee, further that the 

 secretary express the appreciation of the so- 

 ciety to Mr. Child and his committee for the 

 work that they had done. 



Mr. Parsons brought up the question of the 

 publication by the society of Classics in Land- 

 scape .Architecture and referred to a letter he 

 had received from Houghton Mifflin and Co., 

 relative to the publication of "Hints on Land- 

 scape Architecture" by Prince von Puckler- 

 Muskau. The company proposed to let the 

 society have 200 copies at a 30% discount or 

 a larger number at a one-third discount. It 

 was announced that the Board of Trustees 

 had appointed tw-o of its members to look in- 

 to the matter and the letter was referred to the 

 president. 



The report of the tellers was read and ac- 

 cepted. 



Annual Dinner and Evening Session. Pres- 

 ent: Mrs. Farrand, Messrs. Blossom, Brinck- 

 erhoff, Caparn, Clarke, Dawson, Desmond, De- 

 Forest, Fleming, Fowler, Gay, GeifTert, 

 Greenleaf, Hare, Hubbard, Kennard, Lowrie, 

 F. L. Olmsted, J. C. Olmsted, Parsons, Pilat, 

 Underwood, Vitale, Wheelwright. Guests: 

 Frederick L. Ackerman. Edward M. Bassett, 

 E. G. Davis, A. H. Fields, C. F. Goodwin, J. 

 C. Mollar, T. H. Small, Jr., H. Sadler. 



Telegrams and letters of greeting were read 

 during the dinner, including those from Mr. 

 Thomas Mawson, Mr. Stephen T. Mather, and 

 the Minnesota Chapter. The chairman, Mr. 

 Caparn, referred to the society's policies and 

 said there were certain declarations of prin- 

 ciple of national interest that the society 

 should make or have considered, regarding 

 Niagara Falls, bill boards, National Parks, and 

 public buildings in the parks. He read a let- 

 ter from Mr. J. Horace McFarland relative to 

 the danger now threatening the Falls and also 



