PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of January 3, 1933 



The meeting was called to order at the American Museum 

 of Natural History at 8:15 p.m. by President Sinnott. There 

 were 25 members present. 



Miss Elizabeth M. Schutt, 280 Gregory Avenue, Passaic, 

 N. J. and Miss Myrtle H. Waterfall, 158 Gregory Avenue, Pas- 

 saic, N. J. were unanimously elected to membership in the club. 



Reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, Editor of the Bulletin 

 and Editor of Torreya were read and approved. The report of 

 the Business Manager was that business was bad. 



In the absence of Dr. Denslow, Dr. Merrill made brief com- 

 ment on the Local Herbarium which he reports has more than 

 doubled by the gift of the Ferguson Herbarium, the Mackenzie 

 Herbarium, and a number of recent additions by Mr. Moldenke. 

 The collection is now approximately 40,000 sheets and is housed 

 in the steel cases provided by Dr. Ferguson. Dr. Merrill states 

 that this coming winter a census will be made, giving the exact 

 count of the material in it. It is a good representative collection 

 of the flowering plants and mosses. The local collections of fresh- 

 water algae, lichens and fungi have not yet been placed in the 

 Local Herbarium, but there is ample space for them. Mr. Tor- 

 rey brought up the question whether popular guides to these 

 last groups might not be published by the Torrey Botanical 

 Club. Dr. Harper and others strongly seconded this proposal. 



In the absence of Dr. Gager, no report was made by the Dele- 

 gate to the Council of the New York Academy of Sciences. 



As Representative of the Club on the Council of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Dodge re- 

 ported that he attended the annual meeting. 



Mr. Raymond Torrey reported verbally on the field trips of 

 the year. 



Dr. J. S. Karling, for the Entertainment Committee, stated 

 that the finances for that committee are now better than in 

 previous years, reporting a deficit of seven dollars at the par- 

 ticular moment he spoke. He stated that at the down-town 

 meetings the committee served an average of thirty-nine and 

 one-half people at each meeting. 



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