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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Minutes of the Meeting of February 3, 1942 



The meeting was called to order at 8: 15 p.m. at the American 

 Museum of Natural History by the President of the Club, Dr. C. 

 Stuart Gager. Thirty-seven members and friends were present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as read. 



The following were unanimously elected to annual membership : 



Miss Marion Johnson, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; 

 Rev. Jos. Wittkofifski, M.M., Maryknoll, New York; Fr. Marie-Victorin, 

 Inst. Botanique, 4101 rue Sherbrooke, Montreal, Canada. 



Mrs. R. B. Woodleton of 454 Seventh Street, Brooklyn, New 

 York, was transferred from Annual to Associate membership. 



The President called upon the Chairman of the 75th Anniversary 

 Celebration Committee for a report. Dr. Karling reported that the 

 Committee had held three meetings. The celebration will be held the 

 week of June 22. It will open with a banquet on June 22 and will 

 be followed by scientific meetings during the week. Announcements 

 and invitations which had been sent to institutions have already 

 brought thirty-four responses. Seventeen delegates have been ap- 

 pointed. 



The report of the Auditing Committee was made by Dr. Tre- 

 lease to the effect that the books of the Club had been examined and 

 found to be correct. 



The Corresponding Secretary, Dr. Bold, reported on the per- 

 sonnel of the Standing Committees of the Club. 



The President announced that a vacancy in the Council had been 

 created by the resignation of Dr. Chandler from her term ending in 

 1943. Dr. Chandler became a member of the Council upon her elec- 

 tion as second vice-president of the Club. Dr. Zimmerman was nomi- 

 nated for the position by Dr. Matzke. This was seconded by Dr. 

 Dodge and Dr. Zimmerman was unanimously elected to fill this 

 position on the Council. 



The scientific program of the evening was presented by Dr. Nor- 

 wood C. Thornton who spoke on "The Mystery of the Potato Chip." 

 The speaker's abstract follows : 



The potato chip industry had its beginning in the middle of the nineteenth 

 century. Today more than sixty million pounds of potato chips are sold annu- 

 ally requiring approximately four times this quantity of fresh potatoes to 



