Records of Meetings 



Regular Meeting, October 19, 1907 



The meeting was held at the residence of Mr. Howard R. Bayne, New 

 Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



Thirty-five members and guests were present. 



The minutes of the annual meeting of May 18, 1908, were read and 

 approved. 



The following were elected to active membership : Eugene D. Alex- 

 ander, Moses Altman, Edward B. Arnold, Edwin Atwell, Lloyd M. Bayne, 

 Adelrich Benziger, Bruno Benziger, Eugene Bernheimer, William W. 

 Bryan, Leonard J. Busby, R. Ward Carroll, Edward D. Clark, Henry 

 G. Clement, Daniel A. Cobb, Jr., Edgar D. Coonley, David H. Cortelyou, 

 Fred H. Cozzens, Julius Culmann, Philip R. Dean, Melvin L. Decker, 

 Gabriel P. Dissosway, Arthur E. Dowler, A. Lincoln Eglinton, Samuel 

 H. Evins, Edwin Flash, Jr., David H. Gildersleeve, Charles Goldberg, 

 John D. Hage, Albert Handy, Vincent Hockmeyer, Anton W. Hoff- 

 meyer, William H. Jackson, George K. Jenckes, T. Livingstone Kennedy, 

 Charles Knight, C. M. Kopf, Edward M. Law, Jr., William F. Lee, James 

 J. MacDonald, Charles A. Marshall, Charles W. McCutchen, Logan G. 

 McPherson, William B. Moss, Fred E. Murphy, Orra E. Northrop, 

 Edwin L. O'Bryan, Charles L. Pollard, Walter W. Price, Edward F. 

 Raymond, Oswald D. Reich, Frank I. Rieff, Clarence I. Robinson, Wil- 

 liam A. Ross, Timothy F. Santry, Daniel Schnakenberg, H. Ernst 

 Schnakenberg, William Seaton, Horatio J. Sharrett, William C. Smith, 

 Robert H. Stevens, David J. Tysen, William S. Van Clief, George F. 

 Van Dam, Rudolf van Hoevenberg, Harry G. Van Vechten, William T. 

 Van Vredenburgh, James R. Walsh, Joseph W. Wanty, George P. Wort. 



The committee on the annual prize competition for work in natural sci- 

 ence, open only to pupils in Curtis High School, submitted the following 



Report 



The subject of competition for the school year 1906-7 was "A collection 

 of not less than fifty native and introduced wild plants of Richmond 

 County," under the conditions determined by the committee. These condi- 

 tions may be found in the published proceedings of the meeting of May 

 19, 1906. 



Five collections were submitted in competition, as follows : 



Total No. of Correctly Wrongly Not 



Specimens Identified Identified Named 



Harold Ludlow 75 70 4 1 



Walter B. Reich 73 65 4 4 



Manolo M. Wiechers . . 67 51 9 7 



Erik Tensen " i Collections not up to the requirements. 



