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Museum Bulletin 



The next Regular Meeting of the Association will 

 be held in the assembly room of the Museum, 154 Stuy vesant Place, 

 Saint George, on Saturday evening, December 15, 1917, at 8.15 o'clock. 



The following resolutions, submitted at the November 

 meeting of the Association, will be on the order of business 

 for discussion and action : 



Resolved, that in view of the prospective future development of the 

 Museum of the Association and the nature of the public educational activities 

 which it maintains and fosters it is advisable that the corporate name of the 

 Association be changed from Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 

 to Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



Resolved, that the Board of Trustees be and is hereby requested to 

 take such action as may be necessary to legalize and effect the change in 

 name above suggested, and that the Constitution and By-laws of the Association 

 be thereupon declared amended in conformity therewith. 



Dr. James Sullivan, Director of the Division of Archives 

 and History, New York State Department of Education, will de- 

 liver an address on the Battle of the Marne. 



Visitors are welcome at all regular meetings of the Asso- 

 ciation, and members are urged to invite to the meetings any 

 friends who may express a desire to attend. Light refreshments 

 are served and an informal reception is held by the Woman's 

 Auxiliary Committee after the adjournment of each meeting. 



Chas. W. Leng 



Secretary. 



The Annual Meeting of the Section of Historical 

 Research will be held at the Museum on Saturday evening, Janu- 

 ary 12, 1918. 



Officers of the Section for the year 1918 are to be elected 

 and such other business will be transacted as may come before 

 the meeting. 



Mr. George W. Tuttle and Dr. Arthur Hollick will present 

 and discuss certain interesting old local maps, deeds, receipts, 

 warrants, etc., recently donated to the Association. 



S. McKee Smith, 



Recorder. 



Recent elections to active membership in the Association 

 by the Board of Trustees are Mr. George Schrieb, Stapleton, and 

 Mr. Charles E. Fannon, New Brighton. 



The November course of free illustrated lectures for 

 children resulted in a total attendance of 732, and an average 

 attendance of 146 for each lecture. On three occasions the lec- 

 ture was repeated in order to accommodate the children who 

 could not be seated the first time. On November 23 Mr. Alanson 

 B. Skinner was unable to appear as scheduled, by reason of de- 



