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"Resolved, That the American Society of 

 Landscape Architects heartily endorses the 

 spirit of the platform adopted by the National 

 Municipal League Conference on Reconstruc- 

 tion, at Rochester, on November 22, 1918, 

 favoring government encouragement and su- 

 pervision of the proper housing of industrial 

 workers as far as may be consistent with the 

 Constitution of the United States and an en- 

 lightened public opinion." 



Question of adopting a pin or liadge as the 

 official insignia of the society was proposed 

 by Thomas H. Desmond and a resolution was 

 presented and passed at the meeting recom- 

 mending the appointment of a special com- 

 mittee to institute a competition among the 

 members of the A. S. L. A. for the selection 

 of such insignia. 



Evening Session: Forty-two members and 

 three guests were present at tlu- dinner in the 

 Hotel Harrington grill room. 



President Pray presided and during the din- 

 ner read letters of regret from the following 

 absent members: Honorable Charles \V. Eliot, 

 Arthur A. Shurtleff. Emanuel T. Mische. The 

 president oflfered the following resolution, ex- 

 pressing a vote of appreciation by the mem- 

 bers of the society of the work of Frederick 

 Law Olmsted. 



Whereas, By reason of our country's en- 

 try into the present world war, it became im- 

 mediately necessary that (1) a large number 

 of military cantonments and other military and 

 naval camps be adequately provided in the 

 shortest possible time in order to accommo- 

 date millions of men during their period of 

 training before their transport overseas, and 

 (2) adequate housing be supplied by additions 

 to existing communities and by the laying- 

 out and building of entirely new communities 

 for millions of other war workers behind the 

 lines: and the speedy accomplishing of these 

 great tasks has called for the expert service of 

 men trained and experienced in planning the 

 lay-outs of communities. 



Whereas, Members of the profession of 

 Landscape Architecture and particularly mem- 

 bers of the American Society of Landscape 

 Architects, have been privileged to serve pro- 

 fessionally in these most responsible planning 

 tasks, to co-operate with other related profes- 

 sions also concerned, and particularly to bring 

 their measure of technical equipment to bear 

 in the service of our country; and for this op- 

 portunity, the members of this society are 

 primarily indebted to the patriotic impulses of 

 Frederick Law Olmsted: be it. and it hereby is 



Resolved, That the American Society of 

 Landscape Architects desires, first, to record 

 its clear recognition and profound appreciation 

 of the abounding initiative, breadth of vision, 

 and unselfish devotion of Frederick Law Olm- 

 sted in the service of our country; and second, 

 to record its grateful appreciation of the op- 

 portunities which, by reason of his initiative, 

 have come to its members for doing their pro- 

 fessional "bit" toward winning, for the highest 

 ideals of humanity, the greatest war in human 

 history. 



After this was unanimously carried, there 

 was exhibited to the meeting the plaster cast 

 of a large scale model of the proposed medal 

 which is to be executed in bronze and present- 

 ed to Mr. Olmsted by the society in apprecia- 

 tion of his services. 



Announcement was made of the election of 

 Mr. James L. Greenleaf to the Federal Com- 

 mission of Fine Arts and resolutions of ap- 

 preciation were presented in behalf of Major 

 George Gibbs, Jr., for his services to the gov- 

 ernment in camp planning work and to Henry 

 V. Hubbard for his work in the Bureau of In- 

 dustrial Housing and in extending the knowl- 

 edge and usefulness of the Profession of Land- 

 scape Architecture. 



January 24, 1919. Twentieth annual meet- 

 ing, at the Architectural League rooms. New 

 York City. 



Present: Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Messrs. 

 Brinckerhofif, Blossom, Caparn, Child, Des- 

 mond, Fowler, Gay, Geiffert, S. Herbert Hare, 

 Hubbard, Lay, Lowrie, Manning, F. L. Olm- 

 sted, Pond, Pentecost, Taylor, Vitale, Wheel- 

 wright. 



The following reports and measures were 

 considered and acted upon favorably: 



Report of secretary for 1918. 



Report of treasurer, showing a balance, 

 January 1, 1919, of $349.62. 



Report of Publicity Committee, Phelps Wy- 

 man, chairman, endorsed in part. 



Report of Committee on Policies. H. A. 

 Caparn, chairman, endorsed in part, with 

 recommendation that a report in full be sub- 

 mitted to the Board of Trustees and to the 

 Fellows, for action. 



Report of Committee to Defray Society 

 Debt, T. Glenn Phillips, chairman, showed that 

 twenty-six members of the A. S. L. A. have 

 subscribed $355. 



Report of Committee on Town Planning and 

 Industrial Housing, C. R. Parker, chairman, 

 accepted with revision and recommendation 

 that it be given wide publicity. This report 



