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studied-to-death" for reward, and the grafters 

 who oppose legitimate collecting, from behind 

 the fortresses of Fish-and-Ganie Commissions, 

 for gain, will broaden their horizon and open 

 up the chambers of their sonls just a little, to 

 let in a mite of that broad generous air in 

 which the sense of humor and of poesy bring to 

 myriad sonls exhilaration, rest and peace, this 

 weary old world may possibly become a more 

 comfortable and healthful place to live in. 

 For "the life is more than meat". The soul is 

 peer of the mind. And Man is more than the 

 Polyp or the Monad. If we may, let as have 

 peace: if not, let us at least war on mutual 

 terms, and on neutral ground. 



(Rev.) p. B. Peabody. 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGvS 



NORTHERN DIVISION 



January.— The Club met at the home of Mr. 

 Joseph MaUliard, 1815 Vallejo Street, San Fran- 

 cisco, California, on January 19, 1907. President 

 Mailliard occupied the chair. The minutes of 

 the previous meeting were read and approved. 



Louis P. Bolander, 432 Fair Oaks Street, San 

 Francisco, Cal., was proposed for membership 

 by II. T. Clifton. The following were elected 

 active members: Prof. O. P. Jenkins, Stanford 

 University, Cal.; Miss Flora A. Randolf, 1706 

 Walnut Street, Berkeley, Cal.; John W. Martin, 

 339 N. 1st Street, San Jose, Cal. The resigna- 

 tions of Mrs. H. H. Bailey, and Mr. George S. 

 Towne were formally accepted. 



A communication from Mr. H. T. Clifton, 

 treasurer of the Club, recommending that cer- 

 tain members be suspended for non-payment of 

 dues, was read and discus ed. It was the 

 opinion of those present that members failing 

 to pay dues after sufficient notification, should 

 be dropped, as the}' are a constant expense to 

 the organization. Therefore the secretary was 

 instructed to notify these members once more. 

 If no response is received action shall be taken 

 against them at the next meeting. 



The election of officers for 1907 was then pro- 

 ceeded to, with the following results: Presi- 

 dent, Dr. F. W. D'Evelyn; Senior V. P., Miss 

 Bertha L. Chapman; Junior V. P., Rollo H. 

 Beck; Treasurer, H. T. Clifton; Secretary, H. 

 O. Jenkins. 



Following this, Mr. Mailliard resigned his 

 position to Dr. D'Evel5'n and a vote of thanks 

 was unanimously given Mr. Mailliard for his 

 past services to the Club. Dr. D'Evelyn took 

 the chair and appointed as editors of The 

 Condor for the ensuing year: Joseph Grinnell, 

 Editor-in-Chief; Joseph Mailliard and Wm. L. 

 Finley, Associate Editors. 



H. O. Jenkins, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



January. — The Regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division of the Cooper Ornitho- 

 logical Club was called to order by Vice-Presi- 

 dent Judson in the Faculty Room of Throop 

 Polytechnic Institute, January 31, 1907, with 

 members Morcom, Grinnell, Clifton, Dixon, 

 Cosper, Alphonse and Antonin Jay, and Law 

 present, and, as visitors, Howard Wright and 

 Adriaan Van Rossem. 



The minutes of the last meeting, December 

 29, 1906, were read and approved. Applications 

 for active membership were presented as fol- 

 lows: A. O. Treganza, Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 proposed by C. S. Sharp; Howard Wright, Pas- 

 adena, Cal., proposed by J. Grinnell. On mo- 

 tion by Mr. Clifton, seconded by Mr. Jay, and 

 dulj' carried, the secretary was instructed to 

 cast the unanimous ballot of those present 

 electing Austin Pan! Smith of La JoUa, Cal., to 

 active membership. This formality was com- 

 plied with Vjy the secretary. On motion b}- Mr. 

 Morcom, seconded b}- Mr. Grinnell, and duly 

 carried, the secretary was instructed to cast for 

 the Southern Division, the unanimous ballot 

 of those present electing to active membership, 

 subject to the approval of the Club-at-Large, 

 John F. Ferr}', Chicago, 111. The proposal of 

 Jesse C. A. Meeker was held over for lack of 

 formal application. 



A letter from Messrs. Grinnell and Clifton, 

 Editor and Business Manager, respectively, of 

 The Condor, was read, setting out at length 

 reasons why the subscription-price of The 

 Condor is at present too little. Among them 

 the following were the most potent: i. fix. 00 

 is below actual cost. 2. Comparatively, at $1.50, 

 The Condor is still the cheapest bird maga- 

 zine published. 



On motion, duly made and carried, the sub- 

 scription to The Condor for non-members of 

 the Club, was raised to $1.50 a year, subject to 

 the approval of the Club-at-Large. 



The Club then proceeded to the election of 

 officers for the ensuing year. On motion by 

 Mr. Dixon, and dul}' seconded and carried, Mr. 

 Judson was instructed to cast the unanimous 

 ballot of those present, electing those nom- 

 inated at the December meeting. This formal- 

 it}' was complied with, and the officers for 1907 

 are: President, G. Frean Morcom; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, G. Willett; Secretary, J. Eugene Law; 

 Treasurer, W. Lee Chambers. 



A letter from Mr. P. A. Taverner, Highland 

 Park, Mich., was read, enlarging on the 

 Condor editorial some months since in regard 

 to uniformity in common names for birds. 

 Some exceptions were taken to our Editor's 

 views, but in general Mr. Taverner accords 

 heartilv with this suggestion. Adjourned. 



J. Eugene Law, Secretary. 



