Proceedings of the Section of Art 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Association held 

 March 5, 1909, the application of certain members of the Associa- 

 tion for permission to form a Section of Art was granted. 



The first meeting was held- March 10, 1909, at the museum. 



Dr. John Quincy Adams was elected chairman. Pending his 

 acceptance, Mrs. T. Livingstone Kennedy was elected temporary 

 chairman. The committee of twelve, known as the Art Com- 

 mittee, was reappointed as the Committee on Exhibits of the 

 Section, Mrs. Kennedy continuing as its chairman. Mrs. William 

 G. Willcox, Mrs. Park J. White, and Miss S. Gertrude Clark 

 were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of permanent 

 organization. 



Mrs. Willcox presented a paper on " Lowestoft Ware " 

 (printed in full in this issue, p. 179). 



At the meeting held April 6, 1909, the Section elected the fol- 

 lowing officers : Mrs. C. W. Hunt, Vice-chairman ; Miss Edith 

 M. Pollard, Recorder; Mrs. William G. Willcox, chairman of 

 the Committee on Public Meetings. 



Mrs. J. Q. Adams presented a paper on " Wedgewood " and 

 Mrs. T. Livingstone Kennedy one on " Old China." 



The following are the bylaws adopted by the Section : 



BYLAWS, SECTION OF ART 

 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



I 



The officers of the Section shall be a Chairman, Vice-Chair- 

 man, and Recorder. They shall be elected annually, by ballot. 



II 



The duties of the 'Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Recorder 

 shall be such as usually pertain to those officers. In addition to 

 keeping a record of the proceedings of the Section, the Recorder 



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