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and Mrs. Reichenberger. Dr. Dwight was elected one of the 

 two Vice-Presidents. A vacancy in the body of Fellows of 

 the Union, which is limited to fifty, was filled by the election 

 of Mr. Murphy. 



Mr. Sherwood was elected a member of the Board of Di- 

 rectors of the New York State Federation of Workers for 

 the Blind, and a Director of the School Nature League. 



Mr. Miner represented the Museum at the meeting of the 

 International Association of Medical Museums at Cornell Uni- 

 versity Medical College, New York, on April 1. He repre- 

 sented the Museum at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the 

 American Association of Museums in Washington in May, 

 and he served as Councilor of the Association, his term ex- 

 piring in 1920. He continues as the Finance Committee of 

 the Council for publications. 



Dr. Lutz presided at the meetings of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of America in Chicago in December. 



Dr. Fisher and Dr. Lutz represented the Museum and as- 

 sisted in the educational work at the annual conference of 

 the American Camp Directors' Association in May, at Green- 

 kill Camp, near Kingston, N. Y. Dr. Fisher had charge of 

 the bird study and Dr. Lutz of the study of insects. The 

 work is done in connection with the Woodcraft League of 

 America. 



Dr. Fisher cooperated with other scientists in the fifth an- 

 nual bird census of the Wyanokie plateau (New Jersey). This 

 work is done annually in selected areas in the country by the 

 United States Government, and a selected group of specialists 

 is invited each year to make the enumeration at the date speci- 

 fied by the government. 



Dr. Fisher has been an active member of the committee 

 working to formulate a program of motion pictures on biologi- 

 cal subjects to be used by the High Schools of New York 

 City. This committee, to investigate the educational possi- 

 bilities of moving pictures, was appointed by Mr. Ernest L. 

 Crandall, Director of Lectures and Supervisor of Visual In- 

 struction for the Board of Education of New York City. 



Dr. Fisher spent July and August conducting nature study 

 at Camp Wigwam, Bear Lake, near Harrison, Maine. 



