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Mr. Albert E. Davis, Chairman of the Council, presented a 

 very full and interesting report of its proceedings during the 

 year. A vote of thanks was awarded to the donors of the 

 funds for the park tablets. 



Mr. Stoughton described the condition of the Poe Cottage 

 at length. 



Park Commissioner Higgins then described the location of 

 various historical tablets in The Bronx, and said he would 

 make a list of such monuments. 



Dr. John H. MacCracken was then proposed as a life mem- 

 ber by Chancellor MacCracken and was duly elected. The 

 following annual members proposed by Mrs. Wm. W. Niles 

 were also elected: Mrs. Cyrus C. Miller; Mrs. Frederick W. 

 Longfellow, Miss Emily Bolton, Mrs. Robt. L. Niles, Prof. 

 James E. Lough, Rev. F. M. Clendenin, Dr. M. H. Brown and 

 Mr. John McK. Camp. 



On motion of Mr. Stoughton, Chas. P. Hallock was elected 

 to the Council. 



Dr. Hornaday offered a resolution asking that West 181st 

 Street between Aqueduct and Sedgweck Avenues, be renamed 

 "Hall of Fame Terrace.'* The resolution was carried and 

 the Secretary was empowered to present the Society's wishes 

 to the Borough authorities for action. 



Mr. Davis told of the compliment printed in the North Side 

 News, which editorially referred to the Bronx Society of 

 Arts and Sciences "as that very useful Society which does so 

 much and is talked about so little." 



The present officers and councillors were elected for the 

 ensuing year, and the Hon. Thos. J. Higgins and Mr. Arthur 

 A. Stoughton were elected vice-presidents to fill vacancies. 



APRIL 19. 1913. 

 Unveiling of Park Tablets. 

 Glorious sunshine, and a program well arranged and ex- 

 ecuted, made a brilliant success of the presentation of six 

 commemorative bronze tablets by the Bronx Societv of Arts 



