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 Mar., 1912
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MINUTES O1 COOIER CLUB MEETINGS 79. Museum. This has been of exceptional value and is one of the elements that make the future of the Club especially brigh.--J. E. L^w, Secretary. - J^.NVJaR--The January meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held Thurs- day evening, January 25, I912, in Room 246, Wilcox Building, President Moreore in the chair, with the following members present: Appleton, Blaine, Dagge'tt, Fischer, Howell, Alphonse Jay, Lamb, Lelande, Miller, Pitiget, Rich, Robertson, and Willerr. Mr. MerShon, author of "The 'Passenger Pigeon," was pi-es- ent as a visitor. Mr. Lelande was requested to act as temporary Secretary. The minutes of the December meeting were read and ap- proved. On motion by Miller, seconded by Willett, the Secretary was requested to cast the bal- lot for the officers nominated at the Decem- ber meeting. Complying with this motion; the Secretary announced that he had cast a ballot for G. Frean Morco. m for President, H. J. Lelande for Vice-President, J. E. Law for Secretary, and they were duly declared elect- ed to serve for the ensuing year. The following applicants for membership, whose names were proposed at the Decem- ber meeting, were on;motion by Willett,. duly seconded and adopted, declared members of the Cooper Club: Frank M. Phelps, Lloyd Servis,, and Frank H; Renick. Proposals for membership were received as follows: Ches- ter Stock, 492 7th St., San Francisco, Calif., proposed by W. P. Taylor; Harry S. Hatha- way, South Auburn, Rhode Island, proposed by F. E. Newbury; 'Clarence H. Kenpdy, Vine Crest Ranch, Sunnyside, Washington, proposed by W. L. McAtee. Resignations of member Louis J. Mitchell and Chas. Piper Smith were read, and on motion by Robertson, duly seconded and adopted, said resignations were accepted. The Secretary read the report of Treasurer Chambers for the year ending December 31, 1911. Owing to the care taken in the prepara- tion of the report, which contained a detailed account .of all the business transacted during 1912, Robertson moved, seconded by Miller, that a vote of thanks be extended to Mr. Chambers, and that. the Secretary forward report to the Northern Division. A communication was re; Swarth, Secretary of the Not suggesting that the Southern a committee of five to act in c a like committee appointed b: Division, for the purpose of c the protection and conservatiot California. President Morcor ,d by Harry thern Division, Division select )njunction with ' the Northern o-operating for of wild life in selected the follqwing members to act upon said sugges- tion: .Messrs. Daggett, Robertson, Law, Wil- let and Lelande. After an enjoyable discussion upon various bird topics, the meeting was adjourned.--H. J. Lva.^?q:, Skcretary, pro tern. NORTHIRN D IVlSlOl'q J^u^R--The January meeting of the Northern Division was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, Saturday evening, the 20th, with Vice-President Carri- get in the chair and the following members present: Miss Atsatt and Miss Heald, and Messrs. Boyce, Cartiger, Gifford, Grinnell, and Swarth. Mr. A. C. Chandler was a vis- itor. The minutes of the Decembel meeting were read and approved, followed by the Southern Division December minutes. The following were elected to membership: Sher- wood Coffin, San Francisco, Calif.; Wm. A. Strong, San Jose, Calif.; G. W. Stevens, Alva, Oklahoma; L. W. Welch, Long Beach, Calif. New names were presented as follows: H.S. Hathaway, South Auburn, Rhode Island, pro- posed by F. E. Newbury; Cheter Stock, San Francisco, proposed by W. P. Taylor; and Clarence H. Kennedy, Sunnyside, Washing- ton, proposed by W. L. McAtee. The following motion was made by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Grinnell, and duly carried: That five persons be appointed by the President to serve for the Northern Divi- sion as a standing Committee on the Co':,.- servation of Wild Life, and that the appoint- ment of a similar committee be suggested to the Southern Division. The functions of such a committee to be, in general, as follows: (1) To co-operate with the State Fish and Game Commission in its efforts to secure bet- ter legislation affd 'btter enforcement of ex- isting statutes, with regard to the wild life of the state. (2) To co-operate with the better element of the sportsmens' organizations in the. ir ef- forts to maintain a far sighted conservaticn policy with regard to game animals. (3) To co-operate with the Audubon Soci- ety or other organizations interested in the protection not only of game but also of non- game birds and animals. (4) To co-operate, as far as the State of California is concerned, with the Federal Bureau of Biological Survey in is work along lines of wild animal conservation. (5) To work at all times to the end that an enlightened public sentiment with regard to the subjec be stimulated and brought to bear upon problems arising' in connection with the-conservation of wild life.