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boys, while the caretaker, Mr. Paine, was washing the win- 

 dows. He chased the boys, but they escaped. The police 

 were notified, but the sword was not recovered. This again 

 emphasizes the necessity of precaution for the protection of 

 exhibits, the lack of which is one of the greatest drawbacks to 

 the development of the Museum. 



Mr. Robert W. De Forest, President of the Metropolitan 

 Museum of Art, took up the question of loaning to the Bronx 

 Society of Arts and Sciences objects of art for which there 

 is no longer space in the Metropolitan Museum. Mr. De 

 Forest informs me that there are a number of legal obstacles 

 to be overcome ; thus far nothing definite has been accom- 

 plished. 



In July, Mr. Arthur A. Stoughton wrote to the Chairman 

 that he had been appointed Professor of Architecture in the 

 University of Manitoba and that he would be leaving in Sep- 

 tember for Winnipeg to seek his fortune in the great North- 

 west. In his departure this Society lost a valuable member. 



The Bronze bust of Edgar Allan Poe, presented to the 

 City by this Society, disappeared from its pedestal for a 

 time, but was recovered by the Park employees. 



On September 25, 1913, George E. Stonebridge, Recording 

 Secretary, presented in the name of the Society, to the City 

 Island Library and on October 16, 1913, to the Tremont 

 Branch New York Public Library, each one a historical framed 

 group of pictures. 



In September, Mr. Walter Chisholm offered to present to 

 the Society a collection of minerals and curiosities gathered 

 during his life time. This offer was declined with thanks at 

 the Council meeting, on October 28. 



At this meeting, the Chairman reported that the Poe Cot- 

 tage had been moved to its new site in Poe Park and that he 

 expected Park Commissioner Higgins to transfer its cus- 

 tody to the Society within a short time. 



When the cottage was dedicated, this Society was over- 

 looked and the promised custodianship has not yet been trans- 

 ferred to it. 



