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or reinstatement of Mr. Howard H. Cleaves as a curator on the staff of 

 the museum. 



Resolved, that the secretary be and is hereby authorized and requested 

 to communicate with such friends of the museum as he may deem advis- 

 able, with the view of raising funds sufficient to pay Mr. Cleaves his 

 present salary during the year 1917 and thus to assure his retention as a 

 curator in the service of the museum. 



The resolutions were put to vote and unanimously adopted. 



The director exhibited a blackjack, donated by Mr. John DeMorgan, 

 with the following memorandum : 



Fifty years ago there was an epidemic of garotting in London. The 

 garotter would step up behind his victim, throw one arm around his neck 

 and then rob him. . . . The authorities allowed citizens to carry flexible 

 blackjacks, which could be used with good effect, as the victim could strike 

 back over his shoulder and thus have a chance to make his assailant re- 

 lease his grip. This is one of the blackjacks actually used by the good 

 citizens during that period as a means of such defense. 



Announced Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick read the announced paper of the evening on the 

 Interrelations between the City, the Museum, and the Association. (See 

 this issue, p. 193.) 



The meeting then adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 20, I917 



The meeting was held in the assembly room of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 

 vesant Place, New Brighton. 



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

 present. 



The minutes of the regular meeting of December 16, 1916, were read 

 and approved. 



The president gave a verbal report of progress made since the last meet- 

 ing of the Association in regard to pledges of subscriptions received 

 toward the new museum building fund. These now aggregate a little over 

 $6,000, exclusive of the $10,000 conditionally pledged by Mr. William G. 

 Willcox. 



The secretary gave a verbal report of progress and read letters re- 

 ceived in response to a circular letter prepared in accordance with the 

 resolution adopted at the last meeting of the Association, authorizing the 

 secretary to solicit subscriptions toward a fund to pay the salary of Mr. 

 Howard H. Cleaves as a curator on the staff of the museum during the 

 year 1917. About forty pledged subscriptions have been received to date, 

 aggregating a little less than $900. Other conditional pledges were also 

 received, and the amount required to retain Mr. Cleaves' services is prac- 

 tically assured. 



