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322 hospitality, and in spite of the limitations of time, managed to get a day or two in Switzerland to see with Canadian eyes the Swiss Alps. Cordial relations with British mountaineers have been established through this visit, the first fruits of which will appear when the British Association meets in Canada next year. A party of Alpinists are already arranging to climb in the Rockies under the auspices of the Alpine Club of Canada, before or after the great meetings to be held in Winnipeg.

Upon his return to Canada the President received the distinction of honorary membership from this Club, mother of organized mountaineering and first of the one hundred and sixty-eight alpine clubs in the world. By this courtesy, Mr. Wheeler is adopted into a distinguished alpine fraternity comprising men eminent in science, letters, law, the Church, and every intellectual realm in Britain. The honor is also to the Club over which he so devotedly presides, and is the more marked that it is the first of the kind that has been bestowed upon a representative from any of the British dominions beyond the seas.

Local meetings of the Club have been held as follows: one in Calgary and two in Winnipeg where also two meetings of the Executive Committee were held. At all of these the President was present. Taking advantage of Mr. Wheeler's visit to London, the Executive appropriated $50.00 of the Club's funds to the purchase of rare volumes, now out of print, dealing with the early history of the Canadian Mountains. The recent changes in the Constitution were considered, each change having its birth not in the Executive, but in the Club itself, and taking shape in the form of an amendment by suggestion from members. These have been voted upon and are now Club law. Amendments two and three are too obviously necessary in this so large and democratic organization, for any comment; number one requires explanation. When a glacier region was discovered in the Cascade Range on the Pacific Coast, where climbing began almost at sea-level, it was evident that the ascent of a glacier-hung peak, whose altitude was below the 10,000 limit, was ample justification for active membership. It will be seen at a glance that the new clause impartially meets the requirements, and is thus an improvement in the Constitution.

The report would be incomplete without reference to the Club's modest social functions, functions necessarily local by reason of its widely scattered constituency. On the President's return from England he was the guest of the Winnipeg members at a delightful little dinner at the Tea Kettle Inn, when some thirty guests were present. The occasion was made the opportunity for an address, giving an account of his visit to attend the JubileJubilee [sic] Celebration and subsequent trip to Switzerland. A day later he lectured on the Canadian Mountains as a recreation ground at the Collegiate Institute of Portage la Prairie. The lecture was very well attended and half of the net proceeds were turned in to the Club House Fund. Several small reunions were held during the year by the Winnipeg members.

Calgary was not behind in matters of social amenities. Last February the second of the Annual Alpine Club Dinners was held at Horchover's Restaurant, sixty-five members and guests being present. On this occasion, also, an account was given of