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for the gift of a large number of Alpine journals and publications, form- 

 ing quite complete sets, many of which were bound. 



The 1st of May the total membership of the club was 1951, of which 

 number 239 were new members, making a net increase of 155 members, 

 but there were at that time 275 delinquent members who had been 

 dropped for non-payment of dues, and who were given another oppor- 

 tunity to be placed in good standing. A good many members have re- 

 signed from the club since that date because of war conditions, or been 

 dropped for non-payment of dues, and it therefore behooves the loyal 

 members to work actively in increasing the membership so that it may 

 not show a considerable loss at the end of another year. While the 

 Board of Directors has not met so as to act directly upon the matter, it 

 is unquestionably the concensus of opinion that dues of those members 

 who are in active service of the Government will be remitted during 

 the period of the war. Respectfully, 



Wm. E. Colby, Secretary 



