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The President announced that the city had leased, for a term of five 

 years, the house No. 154 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, for the use of 

 the Association, and that the Board of Trustees were making the pre- 

 liminary arrangements to move the museum collections and library into 

 the new quarters as soon as possible after January i, 191 1, when the 

 term of the lease begins. 



The secretary stated that the Board of Trustees, at a meeting held on 

 December 3, 1910, had adopted a resolution recommending that the num- 

 ber of trustees be increased to twenty-five and that in the event of such 

 increase being authorized the number necessary for a quorum be increased 

 to eight. The president explained the object of the resolution. 



The following resolution amending the constitution was then submitted : 



Resolved, that Article II of the Constitution he amended so as to read: 

 The management of the affairs of the Association shall be vested in a 

 board of twenty-five trustees, composed of twenty-three members elected 

 as provided in the by-laws, together with the President of the Borough of 

 Richmond and the District Superintendent of Schools in said borough 

 for the time being, as ex officio members. 



Scientific Program 



The program for the evening was arranged by the Section of Art. 



President Howard R. Bayne introduced the speaker of the evening, Dr. 

 Bruno Roselli, who delivered a lecture on Political and Religious Art in 

 Medieval Siena, illustrated by stereopticon slides under the management 

 of Mr. Charles A. Ingalls. 



On motion a vote of thanks was tendered to Dr. Roselli for his courtesy 

 in delivering the lecture and to Mr. Ingalls for the use and management 

 of the stereopticon. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, January 21, 1911 



The meeting was held in the St. George branch of the New York Public 

 Library, First Vice-president William T. Davis in the chair, and twenty 

 persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of December 17, 1910, were read and 

 approved. 



Scientific Program 



Miss Agnes L. Pollard read a paper on The Museum in Its Relation 

 to Children. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves read a paper on Possibilities and Limitations of 

 Nature Study in the Public Schools. (Printed in full in this issue, p. 123.) 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard related some amusing incidents in connection 

 with children visiting the museum. 



Mr. William T. Davis read a paper on The Seventeen-year Cicada on 

 Staten Island between the Years 1894 and 19", illustrated by specimens. 

 (Printed in full in this issue, p. 120.) 



The meeting then adjourned. 



