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OCTOBER 6, 191 7 



Meeting of the Council 



The Secretary stated that the Metropolitan Museum of 

 Art had withdrawn four paintings from the loan collection, 

 and at the solicitation of the Chairman of the Council and 

 Dr. Britton had substituted four others as follows : 



Withdrawn Substituted 



Carmencita by Chase Young Holstein Bull by Wiggins 



Merced River byBierstadt The Coppersmith by Ward 



Marine byBricher The Antiquary by White 



Landscape byDurand Autumn byVanEtten 



The Secretary was directed to acknowledge the appreciation 

 of the Council for the courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum 

 in making the exchange. 



On motion of Dr. Henry M. MacCracken, the Treasurer 

 was authorized to invest $100, the principal of the Life Mem- 

 bership Fund in the new 4 per cent. Liberty Bonds, and that 

 the balance of the fund, viz., interest accounts, be turned 

 into the General Fund. 



On motion, the Treasurer was authorized to invest the sum 

 of $1,000 of the Poe Cottage Fund in 4 per cent. Liberty 

 Bonds, leaving a working balance of $845.37 in said fund. 



OCTOBER 6, 1917 



Meeting of the Society 



On motion of Mrs. A. C. Fisk, Mr. Charles W. Stoughton 

 was elected a member of the Council. 



NOVEMBER 17, 1917 



Meeting of the Council 



Mrs. William W. Niles presented a communication from 

 Mr. Gerald Reynolds, Chairman of the Music Committee, 

 dated October 3, 1917, from Paris, France, requesting a leave 



