REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 



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To complete the year's record there was received a magnificent gift 

 of etchings from the late Andrew B. Wallace comprising one hundred 

 and twenty-four splendid examples of the work of the master etchers 

 from Diirer to the present day. These have been installed in the art 

 room of the library, and nearby is an excellent portrait of Mr. Wallace 

 which Mrs. Wallace graciously had painted for the Association by 

 Elizabeth Gowdy Baker. All of these noteworthy gifts and many others 

 deserve much more extended notice than space permits in this report, 

 but they were described at greater length in the pubHc press when they 

 were received. 



The Association suffered a sad loss in the death of two sterling citizens 

 - Andrew B. Wallace and A. Willard Damon. Mr. Wallace had served 

 as a director since 1904, and Mr. Damon as an auditor since 1913. The 

 Directors have attempted to express appreciation of their services in 

 resolutions which will be printed with this report. 



We miss, also, at this meeting, the faces of life members who had 

 long been good friends of this Association, and took a deep interest in 

 its work - among others. Rev. Philip S. Moxom, Mrs. Samuel Bowles, 

 Mase S. Southworth, and Mrs. Henry M. Phillips, who was largely in- 

 strumental in establishing the Catharine L. Howard Memorial Library 

 of Science in the Museum of Natural History. 



The Art Museum and the Museum of Natural History have both had 

 successful years, with a larger record of work accomplished than ever 

 before in their history. Book cases have been installed and filled with 

 art books in the new wing of the Art Museum, and the exhibits will 

 follow later. An important scientific publication is perhaps the out- 

 standing achievement of the Museum of Natural History. Further de- 

 tails of their work and of the library will be found in the reports of the 

 librarian and curators. 



In all departments there has been an increase of business, and while 

 we trust the service rendered has been satisfactory to the community, 

 we see on every hand inviting opportunities for enlarging and extending 

 our work just as fast as the means at our disposal permit. 



NATHAN D. BILL, President 



