Records of Meetings 43 



Regular Meeting, November 16, 1907 



The meeting was held at the Staten Island Academy, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



About eighty members and guests were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of October 19, 1907, were read and 

 approved. 



The following were elected to active membership : Mrs. M. M. Adams, 

 Isaac Almstaedt, Thomas Baker, Alfred J. Barrett, Edward L. Bogert, 

 Horace I. Brightman, Miss Bertha G. Brooks, Robert P. G. Bucklin, 

 Miss Georgine M. W. Caldwell, Mrs. Leopold A. Camacho, Hobart Clark, 

 John J. Collins, Clinton G. Daniels, Dwight H. Day, Harry W. Doremus, 

 J. Sterling Drake, Charles A. Drucklieb, James Feeny, Charles F. Hart, 

 Albert B. Hodges, Thomas Kenny, Charles R. Kingsley, George M. Law- 

 rence, Theodore R. J. Lins, Mrs. Edward A. Low, Joseph H. Maloy, 

 Ralph McKee, Charles E. Nifenecker, Joseph F. O'Grady, Frank R. Page, 

 A. D. Pentz, Esle F. Randolph, Morgan M. L. Ryan, James J. Santry, 

 John Seaton, Cornelius Shea, Mrs. William Allaire Shortt, Mrs. Frank W. 

 Skinner, Mrs. Samuel McK. Smith, Theodore H. Spratt, Arthur O. 

 Townsend, Clarence D. Turney, David M. Van Name, Walker Washing- 

 ton, Mrs. Martha J. Wilkinson, Frederick B. Woodruff, Mrs. Jessie I. 

 Yates. 



The President announced the appointment of the following Women's 

 Auxiliary Committee, to assist in adding to the membership of the As- 

 sociation among the women of the island and to have charge of any 

 social functions in connection with the meetings of the Association : 

 Mrs. Arthur Hollick, chairman, Mrs. Samuel McK. Smith, Mrs. T. 

 Livingstone Kennedy, Mrs. Frank W. Skinner, Miss Georgine M. W. 

 Caldwell. 



The President introduced Mr. Frederic W. Lucas, who read a paper 

 describing the work of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 

 especially of the means and methods employed to enlist the interest of 

 children and to attract the attention of casual visitors to the museum. 



Scientific Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited a series of geological specimens and read 

 a paper on "Drift Bowlders from the Shore at Tottenville." (Printed in 

 full in this issue, p. 9.) 



Dr. Hollick also presented, on behalf of Mr. Murray Androvette, a 

 vase-shaped sandy clay concretion, obtained from an excavation in the 

 Cretaceous deposits at Kreischerville, and presenting every appearance of 

 an artifact. 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited and described sections of tree trunks, 

 showing the destructive work of carpenter ants, and read a paper on 

 "Nests of the Carpenter Ant." (Printed in full in this issue, p. 10.) 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited a specimen of Georgia pine wood, 

 stained in several colors, and discussed the value of a collection of woods 



