PRESIDENT. 



Frederick A. Russell of Methuen. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



James J. H. Gregory of Marblehead. 

 Asa P. Newhall of Lynn, 

 Sherman Nelson of Georgetown. 

 Ira J. Webster of Haverhill. 



SECRETARY. 



John M. Danforth of Lynnfield. 



The committee appointed by the trustees at their June 

 meeting to submit resolutions on the death of Rev. Oliver 

 S. Butler of Georgetown and Capt. H. G. Herrick of 

 Lawrence made their report as follows, and it was ac- 

 cepted and adopted and ordered to be printed in the 

 Transactions. 



Capt. Horatio G. Herrick died April 18, 1903, in the 

 seventy-ninth year of his age. Rev. Oliver Smith Butler 

 died Dec. 27, 1903, having liyed to the age of seventy 

 seven years. The fulness of time had come, although he 

 had retained the dew of his youth, and the freshness of 

 his heart, so his death seemed sudden and unexpected. 



Resolved — That we deeply deplore the loss of our as- 

 sociates and friends who were for many years so closely 

 and devotedly allied to the interests of this society, and 

 the one having held the high honor of having been its 

 President, and the other for many years its honored Vice 

 President. That they gave cheerfully their best efforts 

 to Education, Science and Agriculture, and majiifested an 

 earnest desire to serve friends in want and to console them 

 in seasons of aftliction. 



Resolved — That their presence in all assemblies contrib- 

 uted a certain ideal charm. The glow of heart and intel 



