ANNUAL MEETING. 



In accordance with the provisions of chapter IV. of the 

 by-laws, the Board met at the office of the secretary, in 

 Boston, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1902, at 11.15 o'clock a.m., it 

 being- the Tuesday preceding the second Wednesday of 

 January. The Board was called to order by Second Vice- 

 President Augustus Pratt. 



Present : Messrs. Anderson, F. H. Appleton, J. S. Apple- 

 ton, Avery, Barrus, Barton, Benedict, Boise, Bowditch, 

 Bradway, Brewster, Bursley, Carpenter, Clark, Comins, 

 Danforth, Ellsworth, Gleason, Goodell, Goodspeed, Hersey, 

 Jewett, Kilbonrn, Lyman, Pratt, Reed, Richardson, Sargent, 

 Sessions, Spooner, Stockwell, Thayer, Thurston, Turner, 

 Wellington and Whiting. 



The executive committee, as committee on credentials, by 

 Mr. W. A. Kilbourn, chairman, reported the list of qualified 

 members of the Board for 1902. The newly-elected mem- 

 bers are as follows : — 



At large, appointed by the Governor : — 



William R. Sessions of Springfield. 



Elected by the Societies : — 



Deerfield Valley, Arthur A. Smith of Colrain. 



Essex, John M. Danforth of Lynnfield. 



Highland, C. K. Brewster of Worthington. 



Hillside, J. W. Gurney of Cummington. 



Middlesex South, Isaac Damon of Wayland. 



Plymouth County, Augustus Pratt of North Middleborough. 



Worcester, J. Lewis Ellsworth of Worcester. 



Worcester County West, J. Harding Allen of Barre. 



The report of the committee was accepted and adopted. 



First Vice-President Sessions, coming in, took the chair. 



