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Commissioner Thomas W. Whittle, of the Committee, ex- 

 plained the plan proposed in detail. Upon motion the report 

 was received and approved, and the matter referred to the 

 Council with power. 



The Society proceeded to the election of officers for the 

 ensuing year. The Secretary presented the recommendation 

 of the Council for the several officers as follows: President: 

 Dr. Henry M. MacCracken. Vice-Presidents: Hon. Douglas 

 Mathewson, Hon. Thomas W. Whittle, Dr. John H. Denbigh, 

 Dr. William T. Hornaday, George E. Stonebridge. Secre- 

 tary: Gunther K. Ackerman. Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. 

 William W. Niles. Treasurer: Olin J. Stephens. Council- 

 lors: W. Stebbins Smith, Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton, Hon. 

 Victor H. Paltsits, Rev. James M. Howard, Blake A. Hoover, 

 Mrs. A. C. Fisk, Mrs. William W. Niles, Miss Elizabeth A. 

 Cowan, Dr. William A. Murrill, Mrs. Robert L. Niles, Rev. 

 Dr. Henry M. Brown, Reginald Pelham Bolton, Richard W. 

 Lawrence, Miss Mary Wray. 



The Chairman announced the next order of business would 

 be the action of the Society upon the proposed amendment of 

 the Constitution as recommended by the Council, one month's 

 notice having been sent to all members of the Society by the 

 Secretary, and on the recommendation of a two thirds vote 

 of the whole Council, the said amendment reading as follows: 



Section 7. Each member upon his election, and at the com- 

 mencement of each fiscal year of the Society thereafter, shall 

 pay to the treasurer the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00). 



The amendment to take effect from the commencement of 

 the next fiscal year. 



The Chairman asked if there was any discussion upon the 

 proposed amendment; there being none, he put the question, 

 upon the adoption of the amendment, and declared the amend- 

 ment carried. 



The Chairman then introduced as the guest of the evening 

 Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy, head of the Department of 

 Natural Science of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- 



