REPORT OF 

 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



'pHE Executive Committee respectfully submit the following 

 report to the Board of Managers for the year 1917 : 



The Committee regret to announce the death of one of 

 the original members of the Board, Col. William Conant Church, 

 who passed away on May 23, 1917. Col. Church was one of the 

 founders of the Society, and was devoted to its interests. 



The Committee also report with regret the death of Mr. 

 Grant Barney Schley, on November 22, 1917. Mr. Schley took 

 great interest in the work of the Society, and was liberal in his 

 donations to it. 



Resolutions passed on their deaths appear at the end of this 

 report. 



Mr. William Woodward was elected to the Board of Man- 

 agers at the Annual Meeting of the Society on January 9, 1917, 

 to fill the vacancy in the Class of 1920, caused by the death of the 

 late H. Casimir deRham. 



Mr. Frederic C. Walcott was elected to the Board of Man- 

 agers at the Annual Meeting of the Board on January 16, 1917, 

 to fill the vacancy in the Class of 1919, caused by the resigna- 

 tion of Mr, F. Augustus Schermerhorn. 



MEMBERS. 



Notwithstanding the unsettled conditions during the past 

 year, 217 new members have been secured: 197 Annual Mem- 

 bers, 18 Life Members, 1 Patron and 1 Fellow. Resignations and 



