PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 
MEETING OF JANUARY 6, 1931 
The meeting was called to order at the American Museum of 
Natural History at 8.30 p.m. by President Sinnott with forty-five 
members present. Minutes of the meeting of December 17, 1930, 
were read and approved. 
The following people were unanimously elected to member- 
ship in the club: Mr. Max A. Elwert, Horticulturist, Care of 
Chas. Eulert, 317 East 90th Street, New York City; Mr. W. G. 
Watkins, Botany Department, Columbia University, New York | 
City, and Mr. John W. Thompson, Cleveland High School, Seattle, 
Washington. 
The resignations of Dr. Albert R. Sweetser, Dorothy S. 
Francis and Mr. John Thompson were accepted with regret. 
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: 
President—Dr. Edmund W. Sinnott 
Vice-Presidents—Dr. C. Stuart Gager and Dr. Marshall A. 
Howe 
Secretary—Dr. Forman T. McLean 
Treasurer—Mrs. Helen H. Trelease 
Editor—Dr. T. E. Hazen 
Business Manager—Dr. Michael Levine 
Associate Editors—Albert Francis Blakeslee, Cornelia Lee 
Carey, Frank Earl Denny, Alexander William Evans, Henry Al 
lan Gleason, Alfred Gundersen, George Tracy Hastings, Marshall 
Avery Howe, Louis Otto Kunkel, Michael Levine, Arlow Bur- 
dette Stout and Sam F. Trelease 
Bibliographer—Mrs. B. O. Dodge , 
Delegate to the Council of the New York Academy of Sci- 
ences—Dr. M. A. Howe 
Representatives on the Council of the A.A.A.S.—Dr. D. is 
MacDougal and Dr. B. O. Dodge. 
Under miscellaneous business Mr. Torrey spoke of the press 
reports of “improvements” about to be initiated in the central 
valley of Van Cortlandt Park and moved the appointment of : 
committee to discuss the matter with the Park Commissioner S 
the Bronx. Mr, Torrey’s plea for preservation of the ped 
condition of this tract was warmly supported by Dr. Kami 
and Dr. Gager, and the motion was unanimously carried. Prest 
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