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Museum Bulletin 



At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, held on 

 Saturday evening, May 26, the election of officers of the Associa- 

 tion for the year 1917-18 resulted as follows: President, Hon. 

 Howard R. Bayne ; first vice-president, William T. Davis ; second 

 vice-president, William H. Mitchill ; treasurer, Charles A. Ingalls ; 

 secretary, Charles W. Leng. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick, after thirty -five years of continuous ser- 

 vice, first in the old Natural Science Association of Staten Island 

 and subsequently in our present Association, declined the re-nomi- 

 nation as secretary and Mr. Leng, who was one of those present at 

 the meeting when the old Association was organized on November 

 12, 1881, was selected for the office and consented to serve. 



On Saturday evening, June 16, at Sauer's Pavilion, Great 

 Kill, the Board of Trustees gave a complimentary shore dinner to 

 Dr. Hollick, in commemoration of his retirement as secretary. 

 Hon. Howard R. Bayne, Hon. Calvin D. Van Name, William H. 

 Mitchill, William T. Davis, Charles A. Ingalls, S. McKee Smith, 

 F. Winthrop White, James R. Walsh, John Q. Adams and Anton W. 

 Hoffmeyer represented the Board of Trustees. Mr. Charles W. 

 Leng, Mr. Robert W. Gardner and Mr. Howard H. Cleaves were 

 also present. 



Recent elections to active membership in the Association by 

 the Board of Trustees are Martin R. Porter, C. S. LePoer Trench, 

 New Brighton ; Lot C. Alston, West New Brighton. 



The membership of the Association, at the date of the an- 

 nual meeting, as reported by the secretary, was 309, including 

 active, life, corresponding, honorary and ex-officio members, and 

 patrons. 



On Thursday, May 31, at 8:30 a.m., ground was officially 

 broken for our new museum building, at the northeast corner of 

 Stuyvesant Place and Wall Street. No formal exercises were ar- 

 ranged ; but the officers of the Association were represented by 

 Hon. Howard R. Bayne, William T. Davis, Charles A. Ingalls and 

 Charles W. Leng ; the Museum staff was represented by the Direc- 

 tor, Dr. Arthur Hollick; the building committee was represented 

 by Dr. John Q. Adams, chairman, and William G. Willcox, all of 

 whom drove a spade or pick in the ground and then simultaneously 

 turned the first sod as a group picture was photographed. 



The Director is pleased to report that eighteen of the mount- 

 ed animal heads presented to the Museum by F. C. Havemeyer 

 last winter have recently been attached to the walls of the hall- 

 ways and in certain of the rooms where space was found available. 

 They make a striking display and add greatly to the attractiveness 

 of the Museum. 



During the afternoon of Saturday, May 26, the members of 

 the Museum staff enjoyed the privilege of entertaining a delegation 

 of visiting members of the American Association of Museums, 

 which met in New York during that week. The principal features 

 of the occasion were an informal reception and inspection of the 



