TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



BRONX SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 



NOVEMBER 6, 1914 

 Meeting of the Council 



Referring to Dr. Britton's suggestion at the Council meet- 

 ing of May 18, that a bronze tablet be erected to Joseph Rod- 

 man Drake in the Gorge in Bronx Park, Mr. Paltsits sug- 

 gested several appropriate dates for such an event, and stated 

 that he would supply books and manuscripts relative to Drake 

 sufficient to fill a case in the museum. Mr. Paltsits remarked 

 that Drake's poem "The American Flag" was first published 

 in the Evening Post on May 29, 1819, and on motion of Mr. 

 Albert E. Davis, May 29, 191 5, was selected for the dedica- 

 tion of bronze tablets in Bronx Park and in Joseph Rodman 

 Drake Park. 



Mr. George E. Stonebridge reported that he had presented 

 an historical frame of photographs to the Morrisania Branch 

 of the New York Public Library. 



DECEMBER 10, 1914 

 Meeting of the Council 



Dr. Denbigh reported that the Morris High School had 

 been placed at the disposal of the Society for the Drake 

 Memorial Exercises. 



Mr. Albert E. Davis reported that he had the promise of a 

 definite statement at an early date from Mr. Robert W. de 

 Forest, concerning a loan of paintings and sculpture from the 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art for the museum in Bronx Park, 



