50 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



Subject 



A collection of not less than fiftj^ Staten Island insects of economic 

 importance, including not less than twenty-five species. (By "insects of 

 economic importance" is meant such as are injurious or beneficial to 

 cultivated plants or to man.) 



Conditions 



1. The specimens shall be neatly mounted and placed in boxes or cases. 



2. Each specimen shall be labeled with the scientific name, the common 

 name if any, the date of collection, and the locality where collected. 



3. Accompanying the collection shall be a brief statement of the special 

 economic interest attaching to each specimen. 



4. The collection shall be made between July i, 1909, and June i, 1910, 

 and shall be turned over to the principal of Curtis High School, complete 

 in all details, on or before June 15, 1910. 



Harry F. Towle, 

 Charles L. Pollard, 

 Arthur Hollick, 



Committee. 



Mr. Samuel McK. Smith, for the committee on concerts and lectures, 

 announced the following tentative program for the season of 1909: 



Friday, November 5 — The Olive Mead Quartette. 



Monday, November 22 — Readings by Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker. 



Friday, December 10 — Concert by Mr. and Mrs. David Mannes. 



The secretary announced the deaths, since the annual meeting, of the 

 Association, of the following members : 



Edward Benjamin Arnold, elected 1907. 



Lester Williams Clark, Jr., " 1897. 



David Hamilton Gildersfeeve, " 1907. 



Algernon Knox Johnston, " 1893. 



David Fremont Simonson, " 1906. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick referred to the congested condition of the museum 

 and library and the necessity for making provision for larger quarters 

 and more extensive equipment as soon as possible, and offered the follow- 

 ing resolutions : 



Resolved: that the president be requested to appoint a committee on 

 legislation, to consider and report to the Board of Trustees what amend- 

 ment or amendments to the charter of the Association may be necessary 

 in order to enable the City to erect a suitable building for the museum 

 and library of the Association and to provide for its care and maintenance. 



Resolved: that the Board of Trustees be requested to take such further 

 action as may be necessary, looking to the drafting of a bill, securing its 

 approval by the City, introducing it in the State Legislature, and en- 

 deavoring to secure its enactment, provided such action is deemed advisable. 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



