38 Report of the President 



Because of the demands of other duties upon his time 

 and energy, Mr. R. Fulton Cutting tendered his resignation 

 as a member of the Board, which was accepted with regret 

 by the Executive Committee at a meeting held on October 



IS, 1919- 



Two new Trustees were elected to the Board on Novem- 

 ber 10, 1919, namely, Mr. Walter Douglas and Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. 



Several changes were made in the Scientific Staff in 



1919, through promotion, resignation or appointment: 



Mr. G. K. Noble was appointed Assistant 



Scientific Curator in the Department of Herpetology on 



February 19. 



Mr. Karl P. Schmidt was appointed Assistant in the 

 Department of Herpetology on February 19. 



Mr. Childs Frick was appointed Assistant in Vertebrate 

 Palaeontology on May 21. 



Mr. Leo E. Miller resigned as Assistant in the Depart- 

 ment of Mammalogy and Ornithology on June 3. 



Dr. Thomas G. Hull resigned as Assistant in the Depart- 

 ment of Public Health on September 19. 



Miss Ann E. Thomas resigned as Assistant in the Depart- 

 ment of Public Education, to take effect October 1. 



Miss Ruth E. Crosby was appointed to succeed Miss Ann 

 E. Thomas, to take effect October 6. 



Mr. Laurence V. Coleman was appointed Chief of the 

 Department of Preparation on October 15. 



Major Barrington Moore was appointed Research As- 

 sociate in Forestry on February 19. 



Mr. Robert Cushman Murphy was appointed on October 

 15, as Research Associate in Ornithology for 1919. 



Dr. Joseph Bequaert was appointed on October 15, as 

 Research Associate in Entomology for 1919. 



