Boston - Philadelphia
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] Nov. 12, 1911 [November 12, 1911] Wea. [weather]
Dull
Cloudy with strong S.W. [Southwest] wind &
heavy rain at evening when the air
became suddenly cool after a very mild day.
  With Batchelder I took 10.03 A.M.
train from Back Bay Station for New York
where we crossed by trolley cars to
Penn. [?] Station & went on to Phila [Philadelphia] by
5 P.M. train. We talked much
of time & I read the Memorial 
aloud to him. He seemed to like
it very much but thought some
rearrangement of matter desirable.
We saw a large flock of Starlings
in Conn. [Connecticut] but no other birds of any
interest. On reaching Phila. [Philadelphia] we walked
to Hotel Walton the A.O.U [American Ornithologists Union],
headquarters. Found Ruth Deane [Ruthven Deane] & 
Taverner in lobby. Henshaw, Nelson. &
Fisher & Richmond arrived soon 
after we did, the Allens & Chapman
also.

Philadelphia
A.O.U. [American Ornithologists Union] Meeting
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Nov. 13, 1911 [November 13, 1911] Wea. [weather]
Council & Business Meetings. Fine.
Clear & cold with high N.W. [Northwest] wind.
Icicles hanging from eaves & ice on sidewalks.
Most of us left the Walton about 9.30
A.M. to attend regular annual Council
meeting of Union. It was held in an
upper room of new wing of Academy of Sciences.
Beginning promptly at 10 A.M. it lasted
until 4.30 P.M. with an intermission
from 1 to 2 P.M. when a delicious lunch
was served in the big bird room in old
building. We went back to hotel for dinner
& returned to Academy at 8 P.M. for business
meeting of Union which ended at 11.30 P.M.
The Council Meeting was in no wise remarkable.
It was attended by Allen, Batchelder, Brewster,
Chapman, Deane, Dwight, Elliot, Fisher, Henshaw,
Nelson, Richmond, Sage, & Stone. Allen resigned
as Editor of Auk & was replaced by Stone.
Besides Members of Council (excepting Elliot) there
were at Business Meeting Bent, Bishop, Osgood,
Oberholsen, W. Palmer, W.E. Saunders. We made
Chapman President & added Osgood to Council.
Wayne, Maillard & Fleming candidates for Fellows.
We cast 15 or 20 ballots & elected nobody.