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The first death which I must report is that of Miss Zaida Nicholson, 

 who was an annual member of the Club from 1923 to 1938. Miss Nicholson 

 was one of our most enthusiastic and faithful field members, in spite of her 

 advanced age. A graduate of Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn and 

 for some time a resident of Paris, France, she was greatly interested also 

 in the theater. In her youth she saw the great Booth act and practically 

 every great actor since that time. During her latter years it became increas- 

 ingly difficult for her to maintain the pace that most leaders of field trips 

 required. But this never discouraged her. Although she invariably fell behind 

 the group, often to a considerable distance, this never diminished her enthu- 

 siasm. Three times she fell on Torrey Club trips and broke a limb, but not 

 even this could discourage her. Some of the more thoughtless leaders some- 

 times felt a bit annoyed at her persistence, but I feel sure that I speak for 

 them as well as for all the field members of the Club when I say that we 

 are all greatly saddened at the thought of her death. In the summer of 1939 

 she underwent a serious operation in St. Luke's Hospital here in the city ; 

 miraculously, in spite of her very advanced age, pulled through and only last 

 year told us that she hoped to be able to come out on Torrey Club trips 

 again soon. Last September she died very suddenly from the effects of a 

 cerebral hemorrhage. We are all saddened to think that we shall not see 

 Zaida Nicholson any more on our trips, but I know that she will be there 

 with us, probably on every trip, and now she will once again be able to keep 

 up with the leader at all times. 



The second death which I must report is that of Mr. Andrew D. Kalmykov, 

 an associate member of the Club since 1939. Mr. Kalmykov was a former 

 diplomat of Imperial Russia and died at his home here in the city last week, 

 after a short illness, at the age of seventy. As secretary of the Russian lega- 

 tion at Bangkok in 1898 he mediated a dispute between the Siamese and 

 French Indo-China governments. A frontier settlement which he suggested 

 lasted until recent months and he was instrumental in the defense of Thailand. 

 In 1912 when a defeated Turkish army evacuated Uskub in Turkish Mace- 

 donia during the first Balkan war, Mr. Kalmykov took charge of the city 

 for three days and prevented the massacre of the Christian population by 

 enraged Moslems. For his work there the French Government made him a 

 member of the Legion of Honor. During the first World War he was 

 observer in the Dardanelles for his government. He came to America in 

 1923. He was a distinguished student of foreign affairs and orientalism and 

 published a number of papers in these fields. He was an enthusiastic student 

 also of Nature, both plants and animals, and it was always a great honor 

 and pleasure to have him on our field trips. He will be greatly missed by 

 us all. 



It was moved by Dr. Moldenke, seconded by Dr. Graves, and 

 voted by the Club that the Recording Secretary be instructed to 

 draw up letters of sympathy to be sent to the surviving members 

 of the families of Miss Nicholson and Mr. Kalmykov on the behalf 

 of the Club. 



