' Annual Report of the Secretaries. 165 



A subsequent meeting was held on January 20, at which it 

 was decided to incorporate the society, and the same committee 

 was continued to carry out that purpose. On January 27 the so- 

 ciety was incorporated, the following gentlemen signing the cer- 

 tificate of incorporation: 



Gardiner Gr. Hubbard, J. W. Powell, 



C E. DuTTOif, Henry Gannett, 



O, H. TiTTMAN, A. H. Thompson, 



J. Howard Gore, A. W. Greelt, 



C. Hart Merriam, Henry Mitchell, 



J. R. Bartlett, George Kennan, 



Rogers Birnie, Jr., Marcus Baker, 

 Gilbert Thompson, 



and upon the same day the first meeting of the society was held 

 in the Assembly hall of the Cosmos club, when it was organized 

 by the election of the following list of ofiicers and the adoption 

 of the by-laws: 



President, 



Gardiner G. Hubbard; 



Vice-Presidents, 

 Herbert G. Ogden, A. W. Greely, 

 J. R. Bartlett, C. Hart Merriam, 



A. H. Thompson; 



Treasurer, 

 Charles J, Bell; 



Recording Secretary, 

 Henry Gannett; 



Corresponding Secretary, 

 George Kennan; 



Managers, 

 Cleveland Abbe, W. D. Johnson, 



Marcus Baker, Henry Mitchell, 



Rogers Birnie, Jr., W. B. Powell, 

 G. Brown Goodb, James C. Welling. 



The number of members who joined the society at its organiza- 

 tion was 165. Since that date 45 have been elected to member- 

 ship. 



