REPORT OF 

 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



THE Executive Committee respectfully submits the following 

 report to the Board of Managers for the year 1914 : 



It is again the sad duty of your committee to report the 

 loss through death, of a friend who has stood by the Society 

 from the beginning. Mr. John L. Cadwalader, one of the Found- 

 ers of the Society and of the New York Zoological Park, Vice- 

 President, and an original member of the Board of Managers, 

 died on Wednesday, March 11, 1914. Resolutions expressing 

 the esteem in which it holds the memory of Mr. Cadwalader, 

 were passed by the members of your committee, and will appear 

 at the end of this report. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



The efforts of your committee to secure new members since 

 the start of the European war have been rather barren of re- 

 sults, although the net result for the entire year, is slightly 

 better than for 1913. A total of 214 new members has been 

 secured, 200 Annual Members and 14 Life Members. Resigna- 

 tions and deaths, however, reduce the net result to a gain of 104 

 members as compared with a net gain of 84 for 1913. 



It is the intention of your committee to maintain a steady 

 campaign for new members during the winter, as an increase 

 in the membership means an increase in the efficiency and extent 

 of the work of the Society. Members can render great assistance 

 in this direction by suggesting the names of persons to whom 

 invitations to join in the work of the Society can be sent. Exper- 

 ience has shown that the most valuable recruits are those se- 

 cured through the co-operation of existing members. 



