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qualified to represent the Club, has been secured to act as care- 

 taker. A friend of the Club has presented twenty-five dollars 

 to be used for the lodge, and a very fine photograph of Professor 

 Joseph Le Conte has been purchased (with a portion of the sum) 

 and appropriately framed for hanging in the lodge. 



A large subscription to the lodge fund came from Professor 

 Le Conte's students in South Africa after the lodge had been 

 entirely paid for, and the committee having the matter in charge 

 decided to use this money in securing a bronze tablet, with a bust 

 of Professor Le Conte in bas-relief. Douglas Tilden, the emi- 

 nent sculptor, is now engaged in modeling this tablet, which, 

 when completed, will be placed in the lodge over the granite 

 fire-place. 



Mr. Harrington Putnam, of New York, has presented the 

 following valuable volumes to the club library: — 

 Conway, Crossing Spitzbergen; 



Fillipi, Ascent of Mt. St. Elias by Duke of Abruzzi; 



Gribble, Early Mountaineers; 



Weston, Japanese Alps ; 



Edwards, Ramble in the Dolomites; 



Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes. 



Mr. Putnam has heretofore presented the Club with some 

 of the finest books in its library. 



Mr. Seaver and Mr. DuVal, of New York, have sent Tyn- 

 dall's " Hours of Exercise in the Alps,*' and " The Playground 

 of Europe," by Stephens. 



Mr. Asahel Curtis, of Seattle, has given the Club a splendid 

 photograph of Mt. Rainier; Mr. E, T. Parsons, several fine ones 

 of Mt. Baker; and Dr. T. J. Patterson, of Visalia, a striking 

 enlargement entitled "A Storm in the Sierras," all of which 

 have been appropriately framed and hung in the clubroom. 



The local walks have been resumed this spring and have 

 proven very enjoyable. On May 13th and 14th, thirty-seven 

 persons made a delightful excursion to Mt. St. Helena. 



This year's Outing to Mt. Rainier and Paradise Park will 

 be the first club outing to be taken at such a distance, but all 

 indications point to an unqualified success. A large party of 

 Appalachians from Boston and New York will join us, adding 

 to the pleasure of the trip. 



Very respectfully, 



Wm. E. Colby, 

 Secretary of Sierra Club. 



