MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



No. 34. 



EDITED FOR THE PU LB I CATION COMMITTEE 

 BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD. CU R ATOR- I N-CH I EF 



Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y MAY, J91J. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyvesant Place, St George, 

 on Saturday evening, May 20. 191 1, at 8:15 o'clock. The president will deliver 

 his annual address, and reports of the Board of Trustees, officers and committees 

 will be presented. Four trustees are to be elected at this meeting to fill vacan- 

 cies caused by expiration of the terms of Messrs. Win. H. Mitchill, Geo. S. 

 Humphrey, J. Blake Hillyer, and Philip Dowell. 



J Q. ADAMS, Acting Secretary, 



The following new members of the Association have been elected by the board 

 of trustees: Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Bliss, Mrs. W. A. Boyd, James W. Clawson, 

 Mrs. L. A. Dreyfus, Miss Helen M. Oakley, Mrs A. J. Newbury, all of New 

 Brighton; Mrs. Eleanor C. Gardner, Walter S. Mayer, John B. Pearson, of 

 Tompkinsville; Mrs. Charles Metcalfe, of Great Kills, and Edward W. Lemon 

 of Stapleton. 



The section of biology has reelected its officers of the past year, Mr. William 

 T. Davis as chairman and Mr. Howard H. Cleaves as recorder. The course of 

 three public lectures given under the auspices of this Section was eminently suc- 

 cessful, although the attendance was regretably small. We fear this is partly 

 due to the neglect of some of our members to read the BULLETIN carefully 

 and to keep themselves posted on the many privileges offered by the Association. 



On May 13 the Section entertained the members of the New York and Brook- 

 lyn Entomological Societies at the Museum. 



It is a source of gratification to friends of the American Museum of Natural 

 History that Dr. Frederic A. Lucas has accepted the long vaccant directorship 

 of that institution. For nine years he has been curator in-chief of the Brooklyn 

 museum, and by his constructive ability and wise insight into public needs has 

 elevated it to the front rank among American museums. The Staten Island 

 Association will always be grateful for his constant support and encouragement, 

 again manifested at our recent celebration. To the curator-in-chief of our 

 museum personally, Dr. Lucas has been a friend of many years' standing, gene- 

 rous in his cooperation, and a source of inspiration in the development of new 

 ideas. We wish him all success and happiness in the wider field of activity to 

 which he has been called, and trust that our friends in Brooklyn may find a 

 worthy successor. 



the Postoffice at New Brighton, N. Y. 



Act of Congress of July 16, 



