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amount needed to pay the printer will suffice. As the Society 

 has not now the funds in its treasury and as there is no likeli- 

 hood that it can secure these moneys from dues, it would seem 

 that voluntary contributions would be, if procurable, the only 

 media for expediting this proposition. You have informed 

 me that the Council has appropriated $25. A member of the 

 Council has offered to contribute $25, if other contributions of 

 the same or other amounts can be secured. I am willing to 

 contribute my services and pay all expenses necessary to the 

 preparing of the Drake bibliography. 



The report was received and ordered filed. 

 In accordance with the suggestion made by Mr. Paltsits, a 

 motion was unanimously adopted authorizing the Chairman to 

 appoint a Committee of five to solicit voluntary contributions 

 for the publication of the Drake Memorial. 



The Chairman subsequently appointed as such committee : 



Mr. Albert E. Davis, 



Mr. W. Stebbins Smith, 



Mrs. William W. Niles, 



Mrs. A. C. Fisk, 



Professor Charles Knapp. 

 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

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

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

 John H. Denbigh, Dr. William T. Hornaday, George E. Stone- 

 bridge. Secretary: Gunther K. Ackerman. Corresponding 

 Secretary: Mrs. William W. Niles. Treasurer: Olin J. 

 Stephens. Councillors: Albert E. Davis, Dr. Nathaniel L. 

 Britton, Rev. Dr. F. M. Clendenin, Hon. Victor H. Paltsits, 

 Blake A. Hoover, Mrs. A. C. Fisk, Mrs. William W. Niles, 

 Mrs. Robert L. Niles, Rev. Dr. Henry M. Brown, Reginald 

 Pelham Bolton, Dr. M. Hart Brown, Charles N. Whinston, 

 Miss Mary Wray, William Stebbins Smith. 



