i o Report of the President. 



On December 15 the Board met with the loss of another of its 

 members through the death of Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer. Mr. 

 Ottendorfer was elected a Trustee in 1886, and his deeds attest 

 the deep interest which he took in the objects and aims of the 

 Museum. Although his impaired health prevented him from 

 attending regularly the meetings of the Trustees, his devotion to 

 the Museum was manifested repeatedly through his generous con- 

 tributions. 



Legislation. — By the terms of Chapter 185 of the laws of 

 1900, reprinted on another page of this report, the city authorities 

 were empowered to expend $350,000 for the completion and 

 equipment of the east and west corner wings and for such other 

 purposes as might be agreed upon between the Department of 

 Parks and the Trustees of the Museum. Of this sum an issue of 

 bonds to the amount of $150,000 has been authorized by the 

 Board of Estimate and Apportionment. 



Membership. — During the year just closed Messrs. Percy R. 

 Pyne, George A. Hearn, George T. Bliss, Frederick A. Constable, 

 Charles M. Jesup, Edwin H. Weatherbee; Mrs. Josiah M. Fiske, 

 Mrs. Morris K. Jesup and Miss Elizabeth M. Sturgis were elected 

 "Patrons," Messrs. John L. Cadwalader and Wm. Earl Dodge, 

 3d, became " Fellows," and the following-named persons were 

 elected " Life Members " : Messrs. C. R. Agnew, G. B. Agnew, 

 Thomas Baring, J. O. Bartholomew, Bertrand F. Bell, Theodore 

 Berdell, William Brewster, Joseph Bushnell, Hugh J. Chisholm, 

 Lester B. Churchill, George C. Clausen, Treadwell Cleveland, 

 Bird S. Coler, Samuel D. Collins, Frederick Cromwell, Eugene 

 Delano, Anthony Dey, William A. DuBois, Horace Gray, E. H. 

 Harriman, George B. Hopkins, Archer M. Huntington, Frank D. 

 Hurtt, Walter B. James, Theodor Whitman Knauth, John Burling 

 Lawrence, John R. Livermore, Francis H. Markoe, M. D., George 

 W. Maynard, Ernest Schernikow, William Trotter, Robert A. Van 

 Wyck; Miss Ellen H. Cotheal, Miss Ethel DuBois, Miss H. Olive 

 Trowbridge, Mrs. David S. Egleston, Mrs. E. C. Moore and Mrs. 

 Charles Bough ton Wood. 



