96 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 95 



Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of 

 the Nebraska Ornithological Union 



The seventeenth annual meeting of the Nebraska Ornithologists' 

 Union was held at Omaha, Nebraska, Friday and Saturday, May 

 5 and 6, 1916. The annual banquet took place on May 5 at the 

 Castle Hotel at 6:30 p. m., with over fifty members and their 

 guests present. After the banquet a short business session was 

 held, with President R. W. Dawson in the chair. The reports 

 of the officers were received, and an Auditing Committee and a 

 Nominating Committee were appointed, the former committee con- 

 siting of Miss Joy Higgins and Mrs. A. E. Sheldon, and the latter 

 committee of Professor Lawrence Bruner and Miss Jeanette Mc- 

 Donald. Four new members were elected, namely. Miss Mary E. 

 Foster, of Union; Mrs. Chas. W. McCaskill, of University Place; 

 Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle and Mr. C. E. Mickel, of Lincoln. Miss Alice 

 Hitte, a former member, who resigned in 1912, was, at her re- 

 quest, also reinstated to membership in the society, bringing the 

 present total membership to forty. 



The business session adjourned at 8 : 00 p. m. to allow the mem- 

 bers to meet a few minutes later in the Council Chamber of the 

 City Hall, where the public program of the evening was given 

 before a large and interested audience. The program follows: 



President's Address (illustrated) — A Review of Recent Studies 

 of Bird Migration, Prof. R. W. Dawson, Lincoln. 



Experiences with Teaching Bird Study to Small Children, Miss 

 Laura M. Evans, Blue Springs. 



The Fontenelle Forest Reserve — A Probable Future Bird Sanct- 

 uary, Dr. S. R. Towne, Omaha. 



The Most Effective Methods of Protecting Birds, Mrs. G. A. Love- 

 land, Lincoln. 



After this program the reports of the Auditing and Nominating 

 Committees were received. The following members were nomi- 

 nated a.nd elected as officers for 1916: 



President— Dr. R. H. Wolcott, Lincoln. 



Vice-President — Miss Laura M. Evans, Blue Springs. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Prof. M. H. Swenk, Lincoln. 



Seventeen members were present at this session of the N. O. U., 

 as follows: Mesdames W. F. Baxter, Joy Higgins, Alice Hitte, 

 Jeanette McDonald, H. D. Neely, Elizabeth Rooney and Elizabeth 

 Van Sant, and Mr. L. 0. Horsky, of Omaha; Mesdames G. A. Love- 

 land and A. E. Sheldon and Messrs. L. Bruner, R. W. Dawson, C. 

 E. Mickel, M. H. Swenk and R. H. Wolcott, of Lincoln; Mrs. Lily 



