The Porester. 



Vol. VII. 



JANUARY, 1 901. 



No. 1, 



THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



I. Minutes of the Meeting and 

 Resolutions. 



THE American Forestry Association 

 held its nineteenth annual meeting 

 on December 12 and 13, 1900, at 

 Metzerott Hall, Washington, D. C. The 

 morning session was called to order on 

 Wednesday, the 12th, at 10 o'clock, but 

 owing to the fact that the day was a legal 

 holiday, in honor of the hundredth anni- 

 versary of the establishment of the seat of 

 National Government at Washington, an 

 adjournment was immediately taken to 

 Thursday, the 13th. 



Morning Session. 



On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, 

 the Association was called to order in 

 Metzerott Hall, mo F St., N. W., by 

 Hon. James Wilson, the President. 



The minutes of the last annual meeting 

 were read and approved. 



The report of the treasurer was read 

 and referred to the Auditing Committee. 



On motion of F. H. Newell, seconded 

 by Mr. Pinchot, the treasurer was author- 

 ized to drop from the rolls those members 

 who are two years in arrears of dues, after 

 making one further effort to collect said 

 dues. 



The chair then announced the appoint- 

 ment of the following committees : On 

 Resolutions, Dr. B. E. Fernow, Mr. E. 

 A. Bowers, Prof. H. S. Graves; On 

 Nominations, Col. Wm. F. Fox, Mr. 

 George P. Whittlesey and Mr. Otto J. J. 

 Luebkert; On Auditing, Prof. J. A. 

 Holmes and Mr. F. H. Newell. 



President Wilson then called Dr. Fernow 



to the chair and stated that he was obliged 

 to withdraw on account of other important 

 business. He congratulated the Associa- 

 tion on the present interest in forestry, 

 which is greater than he had ever observed 

 before. Congress is more friendly to- 

 wards efforts to rehabilitate the country 

 from the effects of the work of vandals 

 who have spared no tree. We hear nothing 

 but encouragement everywhere. The col- 

 leges that have been interested and are 

 now teaching young men forestry are pre- 

 paring for the future. The speaker thought 

 there will be no difficulty whatever in tak- 

 ing care of the forests as soon as the young 

 men now being instructed are ready for 

 their life work. In the meantime every 

 effort must be made to impress the public 

 with the work we have in hand. Such 

 time as he can possibly give is always at 

 the disposal of the Association. 



Dr. Fernow gracefully thanked the 

 President for his encouraging remarks. 



Mr. Pinchot then read the report of the 

 Board of Directors, which was approved 

 and accepted. (See page 4.) 



On motion of Professor Holmes, the 

 recommendations of the Board were re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Resolutions. 



Mr. Whittlesey presented to the Associa- 

 tion the recommendation of the Board 

 that a new grade of members, to be called 

 sustaining members, be instituted, who 

 should pay annual dues of $25, and that 

 the fee for life members be raised to $100, 

 and for patrons to $1000. Mr. Newell 

 advocated the changes proposed, but 

 thought that $500 would be a better fee 

 for patrons. He described the mode in 

 which the National Irrigation Society has 



