ALLEN: REPORT OF SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN. 
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1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
Members added 
84 
17 
51 
30 
24 
Members lost 
21 
12 
28 
22 
18 
Net increase 
63 
5 
23 
8 
6 
These figures show that the Society is gradually increasing in 
membership, with an average yearly gain of about 21 persons during 
the last five years or 11 for the past four years. 
The Corporate Members elected during the year and the dates of 
their election, are as follows : — 
Thomas Barbour, November 10, 1902. 
John Barlow, March 20, 1903. 
George A. Bates, October 10, 1902. 
Alonzo R. Bayne, October 10, 1902. 
Dwight Blaney, March 20, 1903. 
Harold Bowditch, October 10, 1902. 
Austin H. Clark, November 10, 1902. 
Harold S. Conant, October 10, 1902. 
Joseph A. Cushman, October 10, 1902. 
Miss Carrie D. Denton, October 10, 1902. 
John H. Hardy, Jr., March 20, 1903. 
Charles W. Johnson, March 20, 1903. 
George Lefevre, October 10, 1902. 
Arthur I. Nash, March 20, 1903. 
Miss Eleanor P. Rathbun, November 10, 1902. 
Ralph W. Richards, November 10, 1902. 
Porter E. Sargent, October 10, 1902. 
Philip S. Smith, November 10, 1902. 
Reuben M. Strong, October 10, 1902. 
Millett T. Thompson, November 10, 1902. 
Charles F. Whitney, October 10, 1902. 
Harris H. Wilder, November 10, 1902. 
Meetings. 
Fourteen regular meetings of the Society have been held during 
the year. The number of persons present at any one meeting 
has varied from eleven to ninety-eight, the average attendance being 
fifty. This is an increase of fifteen over last year’s average, due in 
