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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



REPORTS 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 May I, 1909, TO May 7, 1910. 



The year just concluded has been the most prosperous in the 

 history of the Sierra Club. There has been a net increase of 

 153 members during the year, a number more than 50 greater 

 than the net increase of any previous year. The total member- 

 ship now numbers 1256. A total of 240 new members joined the 

 Club during the year and 87 were dropped from the list by 

 reason of death, resignation, and non-payment of dues. 



The balance remaining in the treasury, as indicated by the 

 treasurer's report, is far greater than any heretofore. This is 

 specially noteworthy when one considers the unusual expenditures 

 of the past year. These consist of a heavy contribution to the 

 building of the Paradise Trail, the purchase of a complete set 

 of the English Alpine Journal, and a special election. 



Besides the Paradise Trail work the Club has aided in the 

 establishment of the Glacier National Park, in the attempt to 

 create the proposed Estes Park in Colorado, and the proposed 

 Appalachian National Forest, in securing the passage of the bill 

 authorizing government troops to be detailed to protect the 

 Mt. Rainier National Park, and in working to promote the gen- 

 eral welfare of the Yosemite National Park. 



The Club has received gifts of albums of photographs from 

 several members who accompanied the Club on its 1909 outing. 

 Mt. George Frederick Schwarz has presented the Club with three 

 delightful volumes, of which he is the author, on subjects related 

 to Forestry, and Mr. Walter Henry has donated several very 

 scarce back numbers of the Sierra Club Bulletin. The Club 

 extends its thanks to these generous donors. 



Miss Lydia Atterbury has again been appointed custodian of 

 the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley. She has 

 given eminent satisfaction in this position. Through Mr. George 

 Fiske the Club Library in the Lodge has been presented with 

 over two hundred volumes that belonged to Galen Clark. It is 

 very fitting that these should belong to this library and remain 

 in the valley available to the public as Mr, Clark wished. It will 

 be remembered that he was custodian of the Club's headquarters 

 in the valley in 1899. 



The local walks have attracted more than usual interest this 

 spring. Mr. Ernest J. Mott, Chairman of the Committee on Local 



