Report of the Recording Secretary. XXV 
The thanks of the Society are due to the authorities of Colum- 
bian University for the use upon several occasions of their large 
hall free of expense; to the many able and eminent men who 
have contributed so largely to the value and success of our meet- 
ings, animated solely by their love of the subject and their ap- 
preciation of the objects of the Society ; and to the members of 
the Board of Managers, who have devoted so much of their time 
and energy to the duties of their positions, feeling sufficiently 
rewarded by the growth and success of the Society. Without 
such earnest and voluntary assistance on every side it would, of 
course, be wholly impossible to accomplish what we are doing, 
even with largely increased annual dues, and the fact that this 
Society, although so young in years, is so firmly established and 
doing such effective work can justly be regarded as creditable to 
the United States, and especially to its birthplace, the city of 
Washington. 
Everett HAYDEN, 
Recording Secretary. 
