Report of the Meeting of the Council of Presidents, 
the Board of Directors, and Chairmen of 
Committees 
A meeting of the Officers and Directors, the Presidents of Member 
Clubs, and the Chairmen of Standing Committees of the Garden 
Club of America was held at the residence of Mrs. Harold Irving 
Pratt, 58 East 68th Street, New York, at eleven o'clock on May 
10, 1921. 
The meeting was called to order by the President, Mrs. Samuel 
Sloan, presiding. 
The Presidents and Directors agreed that the business of the Autumn 
organization incurred bi-yearly meetings and that an Autumn Meeting 
Meeting should be held. 
The President announced the withdrawal of the invitation for 
the Autumn Excursion by the Albemarle and James River Garden 
Clubs, and at this juncture Mrs. Duke, the Alternate for the President 
of the James River Garden Club, extended an invitation to the 
Garden Club of America for the Spring Meeting of 1923. In 
responding to the cordiality of this Club, the President explained that 
an offer of hospitality for the same meeting from the Garden Associa- 
tion in Newport was under consideration. Whereupon, Miss Wetmore, 
the President of the Garden Association in Newport, reiterated her 
hope that the Garden Club of America would hold its Spring 
Meeting of 1923 in Newport. After consideration, and upon the offer 
of both Clubs to hold open their invitations until the Autumn Meeting 
of 192 1, it was 
Voted: That a decision regarding the acceptance of an invitation for Spring 
the Spring Meeting of 1923 be made at the time of the Autumn Meeting 
Meeting of 1921. of 1922 
Upon the announcement that the Spring Meeting of 1922 will be 
held in Cleveland at the invitation of the Member Clubs in that city, 
Mrs. Henry R. Rea, President of the Garden Club of Allegheny 
County, voiced the hope of her Club that the meeting might be pro- 
longed by two days to be spent in Pittsburgh. 
The President spoke of the growth of the Garden Club of Growth 
America and asked each President to give thought to means of of the 
representation of Member Clubs at meetings in the future when the Organiza- 
proportions of the membership may necessitate limited attendance. tion 
The Secretary said that the Visiting Gardens Committee would Visiting 
assume an important part in making possible excursions of Member Gardens 
Clubs to gardens open for visit. Mrs. Thome, Chairman of the Committee 
Committee, stated that the Committee would probably have small 
parties of individuals, rather than Clubs, under its supervision. In 
behalf of the membership, the President thanked Mrs. Thorne for 
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