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report. He referred to the improvements that were made to 

 the cottage building; the additions to its furniture, furnish- 

 ings, and to the library; and the largely increased attendance 

 of visitors, including those from every State of the Union, as 

 well as from foreign countries. He also told what improve- 

 ments were yet to be carried out. 



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: W. Stebbins Smith, Dr. N. L. Britton, 

 Hon. Victor H. Paltsits, Blake A. Hoover, Mrs. A. C. Fisk, 

 Mrs. William W. Niles, Miss Elizabeth A. Cowan. Dr. Wil- 

 liam A. Murrill, Mrs. Robert L. Niles, Rev. Dr. Henry M. 

 Brown, Reginald Pelham Bolton, Richard W. Lawrence, Dean 

 A. L. Bouton, Gilbert S. Blakely, A. W. Bowman. 



The Secretary presented the proposed amendment to the 

 constitution. Section 10 to read as follows: 



10. The annual meeting shall be held on the third Thurs- 

 day of May. 



The Secretary certified that the said amendment was recom- 

 mended and unanimously approved by the Council and that 

 notice of the amendment had been sent to all members of the 

 Society; it was unanimously adopted. 



The Society then listened to an entertaining and instructive 

 lecture by Dr. Arthur E. Hill, of New York University, on 

 " Chemistry and the War." 



Only formal business was transacted at the meetings of the 

 Council and Society on May 18, 1918. 



