MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE N. S. A. A. BOODY HOUSE, TOLEDO, OHIO, June 24, 1907.. The Board of Directors met at II A. M. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. Fulton, the Secretary called the meeting to order. Members present were Messrs. Silvernail, Rummell, Williams, Kline, Miss Wheeler, Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. Irving and Miss Nelke. Mr. Silvernail was unanimously chosen temporary chairman. An informal report of the work done by the Literary Committee was given by the chairman of the committee, Miss Wheeler. Discussion of the program followed. Miss Wheeler was empowered to fill all vacancies which might occur on the program. Moved and seconded that a timekeeper be appointed by the President at each session. Carried. The duties of the official stenographer were outlined. The President was requested to instruct the official stenographer to report all extemporaneous speeches made during the convention. Upon motion of Mr. Williams it was voted that the tickets of local members be specially endorsed so that they would also admit escorts. Also that complimentary tickets be given to the press, to musical artists who appear upon the program, and to other persons recommended by the Ways and Means Committee. Upon motion of Miss Wheeler, it was decided also that complimentary tickets be given to the officers of the Association and to those members who appear upon the program. Upon motion of Mr. Kline it was decided to make the means of extending membership of the N. S. A. A. the special order of business for the next board meeting. Chairman of the board called a meeting for Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Boody House. Meeting adjourned. (Signed) JOHN P. SILVERNAIL, Chairman pro tem. BOODY HOUSE, TOLEDO, OHIO, June 25, 1907, 2:30 P. M. Board was called to order by the chairman, Mr. Fulton. Present: The chairman, Mr. Newens, Mr. Silvernail, Mr. Kline, Mr. Rummell, Mrs. Melville, Mrs. Irving, Mrs. McCoy, Miss Wheeler, Mr. Trueblood, Mr. Williams and the Secretary. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Upon motion of Mr. Silvernail it was decided that the editor of the next official report be appointed at this meeting. Mr. Williams moved that Mr. Silvernail be again requested to edit the official report. The nomination was seconded by Mr. Trueblood, and the motion carried. Upon motion of Mr. Williams it was voted that the chairman of the board be authorized to engage the printer of the official report. The board voted that the President be empowered to engage the official stenographer, and it was suggested that he endeavor to find a capable stenographer in the city in which the convention is held. It was moved and seconded that the name of the editor appear in the report upon the page devoted to special committees. Carried. The following applicants were admitted to active membership: Erma May Bashford, University of Wisconsin; Mrs. Edith Lueders, Columbia College of Expression, Chicago; Etta M. Elliott, Reader, Chicago Heights, Ill.; George C. Williams, Director Ithaca Conservatory School of Expression, Ithaca, N. Y.; Grace Emily Makepeace, Reader and Teacher, Cleveland, Ohio; John T. Marshman, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio; Samuel M. Huecker, Pemberville, Ohio. The following were admitted to associate membership: Hallie R. Hitchcock, Toledo, Ohio; Mabel L. Ogle, Toledo, Ohio; Alice H. Hutchinson, Toledo, Ohio; Margaret E. Irving, Toledo, Ohio; A. C. Mortland, Toledo, Ohio; Agnes E. Karn, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Minnie N. Hudson, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Nellie B. Martin, Toledo, Ohio; Florence A. Thatcher, Toledo, Ohio; Ida M. Behn, Walbridge, Ohio; George B. Sperry, Toledo, Ohio; Ernest B. Gatten, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Harry C. Stough, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Letitia G. Monton, Toledo, Ohio; Clarendon R. Havinghurst, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. W. W. Jones, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. W. F. Bassett, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Edward Collins, Mermill, Ohio; May E. Haskins, Toledo, Ohio; Hazel Boxley, Toledo, Ohio; Mary V. Hoffman, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Adelaide L. James, Dayton, Ohio; Bessie Hallenbeck, Toledo, Ohio; Florence F. Earl, Toledo, Ohio; Myrtle L. Selner, Toledo, Ohio; Winifred McManus, Toledo, Ohio; Adah T. Eckert, Maumee, Ohio; Mrs. Lillian Hawley, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. W. B. Bishop, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Nettie S. Bayman, Toledo, Ohio; Jerome B. Patterson, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Ellora Flake Duket, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Agnes E. McCarthy, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Emilia Z. Allerdyce, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Grace L. E. Ainsworth, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Harriet Richards, Toledo, Ohio; M. T. McMahon, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Josephine Wyant, Toledo, Ohio; Miara M. Radcliffe, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. M. R. Martin, Swanton, Ohio; Mrs. J. W. Stahl, Toledo, Ohio; Lorens Stahl, Toledo, Ohio; Dr. Elmer L. Kenyon, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Fannie Myers, Toledo, Ohio; Mary MacDonagh, Toledo, Ohio; Clara May Millard, Toledo, Ohio; Kathryn M. Dillon, Toledo, Ohio; Irwina M. Millard, Toledo, Ohio; Mabel L. Haden, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Florence H. Foster, Toledo, Ohio; Hazel Crosson, Lima, Ohio; Louise E. Bihn, Walbridge, Ohio. It was moved and seconded that Dr. Elmer L. Kenyon, Mrs. Josephine Wyant, Mrs. N. S. Bayman and Miss Adah Eckert be informed by the chairman of the Credentials Committee, or the Ways and Means Committee, that they are eligible to active membership, and that it is the sentiment of the board that they reconsider their applications for associate membership and become active members. Also, if there are others who are eligible to active membership, they too should be informed to that effect. Carried. On motion of Mr. Silvernail, it was voted that Mrs. Frankel, of St. Louis, be transferred from associate to active membership. Moved by Mr. Newens that a committee of three be appointed by the chairman to define the duties of the officers of the Association and of the various committees of the Board of Directors. The motion carried, and the chairman appointed the following committee: Mr. Newens, Mrs. Irving and Mr. Kline. The order of the day was then taken up. Mr. Kline gave the report of the Extension Committee, and read the circulars that had been sent out during the year. Comments and suggestions as to means for extension of membership were made by Mr. Williams, Miss Wheeler and others. Mr. Silvernail moved that the chair appoint a committee of three to act with President Williams in the consideration of the suggestions with reference to extension work made by the President in his address. The motion carried, and the chairman appointed Mr. Kline, Mr. Trueblood and Mr. Silvernail to serve on that committee. Meeting adjourned. (Signed) ROBERT I. FULTON, Chairman. BOODY HOUSE, TOLEDO, OHIO, June 26, 1907, 2:30 P. M. The board met Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30, Chairman Fulton presiding. Present: Mr. Williams, Mrs. Melville, Mr. Silvernail, Mr. Kline, Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. Irving, Mr. Newens, Miss Wheeler, the Chairman and the Secretary. Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. On motion of Mr. Silvernail it was ordered that a new scrapbook be purchased for the newspaper clippings, and that the book of the minutes be rebound for the use of the Secretary. On motion of Mr. Kline, a committee of three was appointed by the chairman to consider a change of time, and the place for the next meeting of the Association, Mr. Kline, Mrs. McCoy and Miss Nelke were appointed and were asked to report at the next meeting of the board. The Treasurer reported that Mrs. Louise Humphrey Smith, an active member of the Association, had lost all her effects at the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Mr. Williams moved that the fees of Mrs. Smith be remitted, and that the Treasurer write to her and express the sympathy of the board for the great loss she had suffered. This motion was seconded and carried. The Treasurer further reported that an active member, Mr. Frank A. Reed, had died during the year, and that his wife was eager to carry on her husband's membership in her name; and on Mr. Williams' motion it was so ordered, and the Treasurer was requested to write Mrs. Reed to that effect. On Mrs. Irving's motion it was voted that Mrs. Reed be advised to make out an application for active membership, so that it would go on file. On motion of Mr. Newens it was further ordered that a set of official reports, with the exception of the report of the Philadelphia meeting (of which there are but eighteen copies remaining) be sent to Mrs. Louise Humphrey Smith. The board then passed on the name of applicants for membership, and Mr. William C. Caskey, Oberlin, Ohio, was admitted to active and Miss Jessie Frederick, of Toledo, Ohio, to associate membership. On motion of Mr. Williams, it was decided that the names of honorary members be retained in our list of membership, and that an asterisk indicate a member deceased. On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. Silvernail, it was ordered that the word "convention" be used in preference to "meeting" on the title page of the official report. It was also ordered that the special sections be designated by name as well as by number in the report. On motion of Mr. Kline, it was voted that the matter of printing the official report be referred to the President and the editor, Mr. Silvernail, with full power to act. The Committee on Extension Work reported progress and an intention to report at the next meeting. The board then adjourned. (Signed) ROBERT I. FULTON, Chairman. BOODY HOUSE, TOLEDO, OHIO, Thursday, June 27, 1907, 2 P. M. Board called to order by Chairman Fulton. Present: Mr. Kline, Miss Wheeler, Mr. Newens, Mr. Trueblood, Mr. Silvernail, Mr. Rummell, Mr. Williams, Mrs. Irving and the Secretary. Minutes of the preceding meeting read and approved. On motion of Mr. Trueblood, seconded by Mr. Silvernail, it was decided that Dr. Charles Wesley Emerson be made an honorary member of the Association, with the proviso that this be acceptable to him. The following applicants were elected to active membership: J. Stuart Lathers, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Ellen A. Hanson, Oxford, Ohio; Henry E. Gordon, Iowa City, Iowa; Thomas W. Nadal, Olivet, Mich.; Richard T. Hollister, Ann Arbor, Mich.; W. K. Wickes, Syracuse, N. Y.; Dwight E. Watkins, Akron, Ohio. The following were admitted to associate membership: Margaret Fee, Toledo, Ohio; Catharine Cole, Ashland, Ohio; Franc Adele Burch, Detroit, Mich. Mr. Trueblood moved that seventy reports more than the number of members of the Association be printed. Mr. Williams moved to amend by raising the number to one hundred. The motion as amended prevailed. On motion of Mr. Williams, it was ordered that the program as actually delivered, be printed in its entirety in the official report. Moved by Mr. Kline, seconded by Miss Wheeler, that a committee of three be appointed by the chairman to devise some means for selling, or in some way disposing of the surplus copies of the annual reports; and that the committee report at the next meeting of the board. The motion carried, and the chairman appointed the following committee: Mr. Trueblood, Mr. Williams, Mr. Kline. It was voted that the chairman of the Extension Committee, Mr. Kline, report the proceedings of the convention to our official organ. Moved by Mr. Trueblood, that the combined magazine, Lyceumite and Talent," be adopted as the official organ of the N. S. A. A. Carried. The report of the Committee on Duties of Officers and Committees of the Board was then presented and discussed. Mr. Newens, chairman of the committee, moved that these articles, which define the duties of the officers and committees, be published in the by-laws of the Constitution; and it was so ordered. This section, pertaining to the duties of the Ways and Means Committee, was read: "Duties of the Ways and Means Committee: The Ways and Means Committee shall have charge of all details relating to the entertainment of the annual convention : such as securing hall of meeting, appointing and directing local committees (music, press, reception, hotel and others); appointing doorkeepers, ticket-takers, messengers, etc.; nominating, for the Literary Committee, local speakers for the opening day's program; placing placards and othr necessary bulletins at hotels and halls; and shall care for all other details pertaining to the housing. comfort, convenience and best interests of the convention. The chairman shall send to the chairman of the Extension and Credentials Committee for publication, not later than ninety (90) days before the annual convention, the names of hotels and boarding houses, with rates, names of chairmen of local committees, name and location of hall of meeting, and any other necessary information." Moved and seconded to adopt the section of the report. Carried. Section outlining the duties of the Extension and Credentials Committee: "The duties of this committee shall be two-fold. 1. To publish and distribute all extension literature, including the tentative program, which shall be issued not later than sixty (60) days before the annual convention. 2. To pass upon the eligibility of all applicants for membership, and to report their names to the Board of Directors. The chairman of the committee shall transfer to his successor all extension material, or copies thereof, such as blanks and literary forms, circular letters, bulletins and indexes, together with |