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Virginia coast islands," illustrated by stereopticon slides made from 

 original photographs. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



--_ Regular Meeting, December i6, 191 i 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 

 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, First Vice-President William T. Davis 

 in the chair, and about 50 persons present. Mr. Charles L. Pollard was 

 appointed secretary pro tem. 



The minutes of the meeting of November 18, 1911, were read and 

 approved. 



Mr. Pollard reported the receipt of a large and valuable collection of 

 art objects from Mr. Wallace MacDonald, of Stapleton, in memory of his 

 mother, Mrs. Francis MacDonald. 



Scientific Program 



The program was arranged by the Section of Art. 



Vice-President Davis introduced the speaker. Dr. J. Q. Adams, assistant 

 secretary of the Municipal Art Commission of the City of New York, and 

 acting secretary of the Association, who delivered a lecture on the topic 

 " The beauty of machine-made things," illustrated by the stereopticon. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, January 20, 1912 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 

 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, President Howard R. Bayne in the chair, 

 and about 40 persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of December 16, 191 1, were read and 

 approved. 



The following resolution was adopted : 



" Resolved, that the Board of Trustees be requested to consider, through 

 committee or otherwise, such amendments to the constitution and bylaws 

 as may be necessary to bring that instrument into harmony with the 

 charter, and to formulate such amendments for presentation to the 

 Association." 



Scientific Program 



The president introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr. George L. 

 Mitchill, M.E., who gave a lecture on certain phenomena of electrolysis 

 with the title " Tramp currents and their peculiar effects." The lecture 

 was illustrated by the stereopticon. 



On motion a vote of thanks was afterward tendered to the speaker. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



