Records of Meetings i6i 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and sixty-four persons present. 

 On motion the reading of minutes was deferred. 



Announced Program 



Mr. James P. Chapin delivered the announced lecture of the evening, 

 illustrated with lantern slides from original photographs, on Five Years in 

 Blackest Africa. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, APRIL I5, I916 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuyvesant 

 Place, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and twenty-five persons present. 



In the absence of the secretary Dr. John Q. Adams was elected secretary 

 pro tempore. 



On motion the reading of minutes was deferred. 



Mr. William H. Mitchill submitted the following proposed amendment to 

 Section 2 of by-law HI, to be voted upon at the next regular meeting of the 

 association: 



After the sentence "The entrance fee shall be remitted if members are 

 elected at or subsequent to the stated meeting in April and prior to the annual 

 meeting of the Association" insert the following clause: Nominees elected shall 

 become members of the Association upon payment of the entrance fee, and the 

 election of any nominee shall be void if such fee is not paid within three months 

 after notification of election shall have been mailed by the secretary to the 

 address given in the application for admission to membership. 



Announced Program 



Dr. James P. Haney, Director of Art in the New York City high schools, 

 delivered the announced lecture of the evening, illustrated with lantern slides, 

 on Lessons from Foregin Industrial Art Schools. 



On motion a vote of thanks was tendered Doctor Hancy for his courtesy in 

 coming to Staten Island to deliver the lecture. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 20, I916 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuyvesant 

 Place, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and sixteen persons present. 



The minutes of the meetings of February 19 and March 18, 1916, were read 

 and approved. 



The secretary stated that no minutes 01 the meeting of April 15, 1916, 

 were in his possession. 



The annual report of the board of trustees was read and ordered placed on 

 file. (See this issue, p. 169.) 



