\"0L. 43 TORREYA July 1943 



ACTIVITIES OF THE CLUB 

 January to May 1943 



Jaxuary 5. Annual ^Ieeting. 



The annual dinner meeting of the Torrey Botanical Club was held at the ]\Ien"s 

 Faculty Club, Columbia University', at 6 :45 p.m. The President, Dr. C. Stuart Gager, 

 presided, with 82 members and friends present. After the dinner the minutes of the 

 preceding meeting were approved. The reports of the Treasurer, of the Chairman 

 of the Field Committee, and of the Editor of Torreya were distributed in mimeo- 

 graphed form, and the combined report of the Editor and the Bibliographer was read 

 by Dr. Matzke. These reports were accepted on a motion by Dr. Karling. 

 Dr. Gager addressed a few remarks to the Club and then announced that the following 

 list of officers had been elected for the year 1943 : 



President : William J. Robbins 



1st "\'ice-President : Fred J. Seaver 



2nd \'ice-President : Lela V. Barton 



Corresponding Secretary: Edwin B. Alatzke 



Recording Secretary : Honor !M. Hollinghurst 



Treasurer : W. Gordon \\'haley 



Editor: Harold W. Rickett 



Bibliographer : Lazella Schwarten 



Business Manager : Michael Levine 



}^Iembers of the Council : Charles A. Berger, Clyde Chandler, Albert E. Hitchcock^ 



Roger P. \\'odehouse 

 Delegate to the Council of the X. Y. Academy of Sciences : Bernard O. Dodge 

 Representative on the Board of Managers of the X. Y. Botanical Garden : Henry 



A. G lea son 

 Representatives on the Council of the American Association for the Advancement 



of Science : John H. Barnhart, Albert F. Blakeslee 



Dr. Matzke then conducted a "Botanical Information Please" quiz with a board of 

 experts comprised of Drs. Gager, Graves, Karling, Robbins, and Zimmerman, aug- 

 mented at times by the g-uests at large. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. 



Honor 3.1. Hollinghurst, Recording Secretary. 

 January 20. Meeting at The Xew Y'ork Bot.\nical G.arden. 



The meeting was called to order at 3 ;30 p.m. by the President, Dr. William J. 

 Robbins. Attendance 25. The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved. The 

 following neW' members were elected : 15 to Annual membership, 3 to Associate mem- 

 bership : 2 transfers to Annual membership and 4 transfers to Associate membership 

 were approved. The resignations of 21 Annual and of 4 Associate members were 

 accepted with regret. 



A letter was read concerning the preservation of High Tor. Dr. Robbins suggested 

 that a letter be sent to the sponsors of this movement, expressing the interest of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club, and stating that the enterprise had been announced and dis- 

 cussed at our meeting, and suggesting that the Club send a notice concerning this with 

 the field schedule to be issued in March, provided this date is not too late. 



The scientific program consisted of two talks, the first by Dr. H. W. Rickett on 

 "The Genus Connis in Xorth America."' 



The genus Coniiis may readily be divided into 7 sections. 5 of which have often 

 been treated as genera. The difference between these are chiefly in the inflorescences. 



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