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"This disposes of the possibility of a complicated design, as a collection of objects purporting to repre- 

 sent the different sides of the profession would make too large and confused a design to carry out artisti- 

 cally. Also emblems or attributes of any reasonable number must necessarily be only partially expressive 

 and therefore would emphasize phases of the profession. 



"One member might criticize a certain emblem or design as accentuating too strongly only the formal 

 side of our profession, and another would find certain objects as representing only the uncontrollable aspects 

 of Nature. 



"Pictorial representation requires the treatment of objects in different planes. Messrs. St. Gaudens 

 and French object to this treatment as impossible of artistic execution and inappropriate to the design, 

 object, and purpose of a medal or seal. The committee, therefore, concludes that a conventional treatment 

 is more likely to be successful, not only in execution, but by avoiding invidious emphasis upon necessarily 

 partial aspects of the profession. 



"We are proceeding upon these lines, and will report and submit an actual design at the earliest 

 possible moment. Respectfully submitted, 



[Signed] Beatrix Jones 



Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. 

 John Nolen." 



Then followed a talk on "Western Notes" by Mr. Ossian C. Simonds. (See synopsis of talk on 

 page 90.) 



This was followed by a discussion of photographs brought by Mr. Simonds. 



March 5, 1907. Meeting and dinner at the Transportation Qub, New York City. 



Present: Miss Jones, Messrs. Caparn, Greenleaf, Leavitt, Lowrie, F. L. Olmsted, J. C. Olmsted, and 

 Vaux, Fellows; Messrs. Dawson, Gay, Morell, Pilat, Saltus, Schermerhorn, Underbill, and Vitale, Juniors. 



Discussion on the admission of Associate Members, a question already considered by the Executive 

 Committee. 



Mr. Caparn spoke in favor of making the conditions of admission as inclusive as possible, as our art 

 and ourselves would profit by the contact with interested and sympathetic people, and by the publicity 

 and financial aid they would bring. He cited the National Sculpture Society as an instance of the benefits 

 to be gained from lay members. 



Mr. F. L. Olmsted said that this is a technical organization, and the profit of meetings lies in their 

 restriction to technical subjects. The admission of Associate Members, as a legal means of adding occasional 

 members otherwise ineligible, might be of distinct advantage to the Society; but he thought that the 

 attitude of the American Institute of Architects, or of the American Society of Civil Engineers, should be 

 more our aim. Miss Jones opposed and Mr. Leavitt supported the admission of lay members. 



In reply to a question by Mr. Leavitt, it was explained that the stenographer was given up for reasons 

 of economy. 



The Committee on Seal reported that many schemes had been tried, and three general classes consid- 

 ered: (i) Decorated inscription. (2) Allegorical figure. (3) Conventional decorative design with emblems. 



They exhibited various experimental designs of more or less merit, of which, perhaps, the best was an 

 ingenious conventionalization of the reverse curve. 



It had been found that material objects, such as trees, vegetation, and construction, were difficult to 

 conventionalize without preponderance of the idea of formal work. 



Mr. Leavitt suggested a profile of a master of the art, a view of a well-known and typical garden 

 such as the Villa d'Este, the Garden of Eden, the Creation of the World, or Time, as fit subjects for the 

 seal. 



Mr. F. L. Olmsted moved that it is the sense of this meeting that the Executive Committee adopt a 

 Seal for the Society after the Committee on Seal shall have secured the assent of a majority of the Fellows 

 to a design, and that the expense of having a satisfactory design prepared be met by the Society, if not in 

 excess of $250. Motion carried. 



November 12, 1907. Meeting and dinner at the Transportation Club, New York City. 

 Present: Miss Jones, Messrs. Caparn, Greenleaf, Lowrie, F. L. Olmsted, Parsons, Pray, and Vaux, 

 Fellows; Messrs. Brinckerhoff, Gay, Lay, and Underbill, Juniors. 



Mr. Lowrie, on behalf of the Committee on Invitation from American Institute of Architects, reported 



