(The Presidents of Branches are known as Directors of the Association, and, with the General Officers named above, constitute the Executive Committee, with power to transact the business of the Association in the interim of its meetings.) WASHINGTON BRANCH. President: Mrs. KATE DEWEY COLE, 1429 Stoughton Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Secretary-Treasurer: Miss ELLEN HEDRICK, 3321 N Street, Washington, D. C. NEW YORK BRANCH. President: Miss RUTH PUTNAM, 981 Madison Avenue, New York City. Secretary: Miss ELISABETH B. CUTTING, 247 President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. CALIFORNIA BRANCH. President: Miss FANNIE W. MCLEAN, 580 Twentieth Street, Oakland, Cal. Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. M. B. KELLogg, 2424 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. PHILADELPHIA BRANCH. President: Mrs. JULIA COLE Yarnell, 158 Maplewood Avenue, Germantown, Pa. Secretary-Treasurer: Miss Jennie Ritner BEALE, 1613 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. BOSTON BRANCH. President: Miss MARY COES, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. CENTRAL NEW YORK BRANCH. President: Miss CARRIE SAWYER, 700 University Avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. Secretary: Mrs. C. C. BROWN, 3 The Mabelle, Syracuse, N. Y. WESTERN NEW YORK BRANCH. President: Miss MARY J. DUDLEY, 827 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Secretary: Mrs. ETHEL HAGUE Bartholomew, 36 Highland Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. INDIANA BRANCH. President: Miss HARRIET NOBLE, The Blacherne, Indianapolis, Ind. Secretary: Miss FLORA LOVE, 528 N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind. EASTERN NEW YORK BRANCH. President: Miss MYRTILLA AVERY, The State Library, Albany, N. Y. Secretary-Treasurer: Miss FLORENCE L. ELLERY, So Grand Street, Albany, N. Y. OHIO BRANCH. President: Miss EMMA M. PERKINS, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, O. Secretary: Miss SOPHIA D. STORKE, 167 Whitman Street, Cleveland, O. RHODE ISLAND BRANCH. President: Miss EMILY I. MEADER, 84 Clay Street, Central Falls, R. I. Secretary: Miss ELIZABETH G. HOYT, 36 Humboldt Avenue, Providence, R. I. CONNECTICUT BRANCH. President: Miss M. ADELE ALLEN, 83 Grove Street, New Haven, Conn. Secretary: Miss CLARISSA E. WHITE, 147 Humphrey Street, New Haven, Conn. LOS ANGELES BRANCH. President: Miss GERTRUDE HENDERSON, 1257 W. Fourth Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Secretary: Miss LOUISE PINNEY, 1355 Carroll Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. KANSAS CITY BRANCH. President: (Not appointed). Secretary: Miss RUTH D. JENKINS, 1222 Central Street, Kansas City, Mo. ST. LOUIS BRANCH. President: Mrs. EVA PERRY MOORE, 1520 Mississippi Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Secretary: Mrs. GRACE JOHNSON VIEH, Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Mo. PITTSBURG BRANCH. President: (Not appointed). Secretary: Miss HELEN MCMILLAN, 24 Beech Street, Allegheny, Pa. MILWAUKEE BRANCH. President: Mrs. FANNIE WEST WILLIAMS, 616 Shephard Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Secretary: Miss SUSAN E. TITSWORTH, 291 Ogden Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. COLORADO BRANCH. President: Dr. KATE REYNOLDS LOBINGIER, 1344 Franklin Street, Denver, Col. Secretary: Mrs. MARGARET PATTERSON CAMpbell, 1075 Pennsylvania Avenue, Denver, Col. COMMITTEES. Bureau of Collegiate Information and Educational Progress. Mrs. LOUISE PROSSER BATES, Committee on Fellowships. Mrs. BESSIE BRADWELL HELMER, 1428 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Committee on Educational Legislation. Miss ALLA W. FOSTER, Hotel Eliot, Roxbury, Mass. Mrs. LUCIA CLAPP NOYES, Mrs. KATE DEWEY COLE, Mrs. FRANCES HALDEMAN SIDWELL, Mrs. WILIMENA ELIOT EMERSON, Mrs. JUSTINA ROBINSON HILL. Committee on Corporate Membership. Mrs. ALICE FREEMAN PALMER, II Quincy Street, Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. MARY ROBERTS SMITH, Miss ANNIE E. ALLEN, Miss EMMA M. PERKINS, Miss ANNIE CROSBY EMERY. Committee on Study of Development of Children. Miss MILLICENT W. SHINN, Niles, Cal. Miss THEODATE SMITH, Mrs. ANNIE HOWES BARUS. Council to Accredit Women for Advanced Work in Foreign Universities (Internal Committee). Miss ANNIE C. EMERY, Miss IDA H. HYDE, Miss ELLEN C. HINSDALE, THE ANNUAL MEETING. By invitation of the Philadelphia Branch, the seventeenth annual meeting of the Association was held in Philadelphia, October 27-29, 1898. The New Century Club of Philadelphia hospitably placed rooms in its club-house at the disposal of the Association, and all of its sessions were held there with the exception of that of Friday afternoon, which was held at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr. At the opening session, Thursday afternoon, October 27th, the Association was greeted in an address of welcome by Mrs. Julia Cole Yarnell, President of the Philadelphia Branch; a brief response was made by the President of the general Association, and reports of officers and committees were presented. On Thursday evening was held the first public session. The meeting was addressed by Miss M. Carey Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr College; Miss Louise Sheffield Brownell, Warden of Sage College, Cornell University; Mrs. Alice Upton Pearmain, President of the Association, and Mrs. Anna Brown Lindsay. Parties were formed on Friday morning to visit Girard College, the University of Pennsylvania, and other places of interest. The Association was entertained at luncheon by President Thomas at Bryn Mawr College. After the luncheon the college buildings were visited, and an afternoon session was held in Taylor Hall, Bryn Mawr College. At this session committee reports were presented and discussed. In the evening the Association enjoyed the hospitality of the New Century Club at a reception given in the club-house. The second public session of the meeting was held on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The program offered was a discussion on college curricula for women, in which papers were presented by Professor Mary Roberts Smith, Leland Stanford, Jr., University; Professor Abby Leach, Vassar College; Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dean Marion Talbot, Chicago University; Dean Emily James Smith, Barnard College; Mrs. Kate Morris Cone, and Dr. Caroline W. Latimer, Woman's College of Baltimore. A paper on the same general topic was also presented by Mrs. Ella Lyman Cabot, of Boston. After a luncheon at the Stratford, the discussion of the morning was continued at the New Century Club-house by informal remarks from the floor. Miss Ruth Putnam, Professor Mary Roberts Smith, and Mrs. Mumford took part in the discussion. Further committee reports were presented, final business was transacted, and on motion the seventeenth annual meeting was declared adjourned. BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Admission of a New Branch: A petition for recognition as a Branch was presented by twenty-six alumnæ, members of the Association residing in Colorado, together with the by-laws they proposed to adopt. Upon motion |