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are always a treat. 
that you make dinner abt ee 
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Boe ee ae BO Lath for you and your guests (cocktails are "on the 
house"). Their telephone: (212) 485-3550. 
DIRECTIONS: 
he 2nd floor of the building, corner of 31st St, 
aca begaehitig Pekoe Maghatten; take the B.M.T. subway, ASTORIA line 
to the BROADWAY stop and you're right inert Lotoarh Lint meat 
fer to B.M.l. m 
to Queensboro Plaza, free trans Uccts aneter to Tn 
Jamaica, IND. subway to Roosevelt Ave., 
PLUSH ING line to Queensboro Plaza, transfer again to B.M.T. ASTORIA 
train. BY CAR: ueensboro Bridge to Northern Blvd. to 31st St., 
hert on 318t obs ee the EL) to Broadway. Or Triboro Bridge to 
the first exit in Queens, turn right under the Elevated along 31st 
St. to Broadway. From Long Island: Grand Central Parkway to the 
last exit before the Triboro Bridge, go a short distance along 
Astoria Blvd. to 31st St., turn left under the EL to Broadway -- a 
distance of about six blocks. 
*Doors will be open at one o'clock so that your donations brought 
by that time may be properly displayed, and that you may have time 
for a preview. The business meeting will be just about forgotten, 
activities will get underway soon after so don't be late -- we 
wouldn't want you to miss anything. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FEBRUARY MEETING 
President Fred Cannon presented the executive committee's recommen- 
dation for a new dues structure that it feels will cover the present 
costs involved in producing and mailing NYSC NOTES. The proposed 
dues were: active member, $6.50; additional member, same family, 
$2.00; corresponding member, $5.00. Put to a vote, the recommenda- 
tion was approved unanimously. 
In the display were shells selected by the discerning eye of Nick 
Katsaras from his own collection. He chose them as being outstand- 
ing representatives of their species, in most instances for beauty, 
and in some for size - for example, a nine-inch Terebra maculata. 
A highlight of the exhibit was a lot of three Littorina littorea, 
notable for having been personally hand-collected by Mr. Katsaras. 
The series of mini-talks on the basics of collecting was continued 
with three presentations on cataloging and labéling. Fred Cannon, 
Richard Goldberg and Dr. William Emerson (who spoke on the Museum's 
methods) described, with the aid of Slides, cataloging and number- 
ing systems widely different from each other. Fred uses a three- 
entry cross-reference system based on a card file and two loose- 
leaf binders, and coded numbers. Richard uses a two-entry system, 
and a two-letter code in place of numbers. The Museum uses the 
ledger-type catalog, and simply numbers consecutively. Dr. Emersot 
noted that some museums are experimenting with cataloging by col- 
putor. The high cost of this method is a major factor. 
The chief speaker was Richard Goldberg, whose subject was The 

