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Museum Bulletin 



THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



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

 Place, St. George, on Saturday evening, October 17, 1914, at 

 8:15 o'clock p. m. Dr. Arthur Hollick will read a paper, illus- 

 trated by specimens and lantern slides, on " Some Geological and 

 Botanical Features of the Silver Lake Basin." There will be 

 ample time for the presentation of specimens and the reading o r 

 brief papers or notes in relation to the same, and all members are 

 requested and urged to contribute to the general interest of the 

 meeting in this way. Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



The Section of Engineering, Architecture and Allied Profes- 

 sions announces that a meeting of the section will be held at the 

 museum on Tuesday evening, October 13, at which Mr. John P. 

 Hogan, resident engineer of the Board of Water Supply of the 

 City of New York, will deliver an address on " Some Problems 

 connected with the New Water Supply for Staten Island." 



Since the annual meeting of the Association the Board of 

 Trustees has elected the following to active membership in the 

 Association : Mrs. Ethel L. Kraft, D. D. Feldman, Charles W. 

 Barnaby, Frank C. Mebane, W. B. Redgrave, Walter W. King, 

 New Brighton ; John W. McKay, Charles R. Scott, H. J. Lurye, 

 Henry P. Morrison, Warren R. Borst, Henri Monrensal, George 

 K. North, West New Brighton ; H. H. Sutherland, Tompkinsville ; 

 W. E. Burkhardt, Stapleton ; Miss E. Alice Austen, Clifton ; Miss 

 Harriet Louise Britton, Courtlandt van Vechten, Great Kills; 

 Samuel D. McComb, Eltingville; William R. Britton, East Orange, 

 N. J.; Christian E. Olsen, Maspeth, Long Island, N. Y.; Eberhard 

 Faber, New York City. 



Mr. Olsen and Mr. Faber qualified as life members. 



The secretary desires to call attention to the following re- 

 quest, a copy of which was mailed to each member about three 

 months ago : " In accordance with a resolution of the Board of 

 Trustees, adopted May 28, 1914, I am instructed to request an ex- 

 pression of your preference in regard to the day of the week for 

 the regular meetings of the Association. 



"At the present time the By-laws provide that such meetings 

 shall be held on the third Saturday evening of each month from 

 October to May inclusive. Friday has been suggested as more 

 convenient by several of the members ; but a more general ex- 

 pression of opinion or preference is desirable and would be ap- 



