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my pleasant duty to appoint a committee of three to escort the 

 newly elected president, Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, to the chair. 

 There being no objection, I will appoint Mr. Frank X. Clark, 

 Dr. J. A. Henshall and Mr. S. F. Fnllerton as a committee to 

 escort the newly elected president to the chair. 



( The committee then escorted Dr. Bean to the rostrum amid 

 great applause.) 



(Dr. Bean took the chair.) 



Dr. Bean ( In chair. ) : Fellow members of the American 

 Fisheries Society, I have very little to say to you except to con- 

 vey, my high appreciation of the honor which you have done me 

 in electing me president of the society, and I promise that I will 

 do whatever lies in my power to advance the interest of our 

 cause. I hope that our future will be brighter and brighter from 

 year to year, that our progress will be more rapid from now on 

 than it has over l)een l)efore, and in order to accomplish this end 

 1 will work with you, and I am quite sure that I will have your 

 most hearty co-operation. I thank you. (Great applause.) 



President (Mr. Meehan, in chair.) : The same committee 

 will escort the newly elected vice president to the platform. 

 (This was done.) 



Mr. Clark: We take pleasure in introducing the new vice 

 president, Mr. Seymour Bower. (Great applause.) 



Mr. Seymour Bower : 1 did not expect anything of this sort 

 or I might have framed up something to say. I can only say 

 that I thank each and every one of you heartily and sincerely for 

 the high honor that you have conferred upon me, and that I Aviil 

 endeavor to do everything in my power to assist the president in 

 making the next meeting a grand success ; and I do not want to 

 make any more promises ; I prefer to wait until next year and let 

 you judge whether I have delivered the goods or not. I thank 

 you very heartily. (Great applause.) 



President Bean : What business have we before us ? 



Mr. Clark : It seems to me that the members must under- 

 stand where we meet next year and the time, Yellowstone Park, 

 the 12t]i of Julv, and that our officers and executive committee 



