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MAY 9, 1914. 

 Meeting of the Council. 



Mrs. Fiske suggested that the Society cooperate with the 

 Board of Health in regard to " Cleaning-up Day," and the 

 following resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved: That The Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences 

 approves the establishment of " Cleaning-up Day," and urges 

 the entire population of the Bronx to cooperate in this im- 

 portant civic effort. 



Resolved: That the Secretary be and is hereby requested 

 to transmit this resolution to the Health Department, the Park 

 Department, and the Street Cleaning Department. 



Dr. Denbigh deplored the unprotected condition of the Poe 

 pedestal in Poe Park, which was being defaced by boys climb- 

 ing up on it, and suggested that the Park Commissioner be 

 asked to inclose it with an iron railing. 



MAY 9, 19 1 4. 

 Annual Meeting of the Society. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

 President: Dr. Henry M. MacCracken. Vice-Presidents: 

 Hon. Douglas Mathewson, Hon. Thomas W. Whittle, Dr. 

 Alfred T. Schauffler, Dr. John H. Denbigh, Dr. William T. 

 Hornaday. Secretary: George E. Stonebridge. Treasurer: 

 Olin J. Stephens. Councillors: Albert E. Davis, Chairman; 

 Dr. Henry M. Brown, Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton, Dr. Hugo 

 Newman, Major Jos. I. Berry, Victor H. Paltsits, Reginald 

 Pelham Bolton, Walter D. Hallett, Mrs. A. C. Fiske. William 

 W. Niles, Mrs. Cyrus C. Miller, Mrs. Robert L. Niles, Miss 

 Emily Bolton. 



After the meeting the members were treated to a very in- 

 teresting illustrated lecture by Dr. N. L. Britton, Director of 

 the New York Botanical Garden, in the lecture hall of that 

 institution, on "Wild Flowers of Spring," and then proceeded 

 through the Hemlock Grove to the Museum of the Society in 



