R. G. THWAITES,
MARY W. PLUMMER,
J. T. JENNINGS,
Committee on Resolutions.
The PRESIDENT: You have heard the report of the Resolutions committee. Let us pass it by a rising vote.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously, by a rising vote.
Dr. THWAITES: I have another resolution, Madam President, to offer from the committee,—a resolution, not a minute:
RESOLVED, that the American Library Association, as an international organization, has viewed with profound satisfaction the project for the establishment of a National Library in and for the Dominion of Canada, and takes pleasure in joining the Royal society, the Ontario library association, and other learned societies in Canada, in respectfully urging upon the government of the Dominion the vital importance of such an institution in the fostering and conservation of the intellectual resources and national spirit of Canada; and further, in urging upon the government the desirability of effecting such establishment at the earliest possible moment.
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
The PRESIDENT: We have one more resolution, which is a tribute of love and respect that we shall pay with all our hearts. Dr. Andrews will report for the special committee appointed to draft a suitable memorial concerning our late friend Frederick M. Crunden.
Dr. ANDREWS: First let me express my regret that Mr. Henry M. Utley, chairman of the committee appointed by the board to draw up this memorial, is not present in person; secondly, to state for the committee that we have departed from the usual custom of offering a resolution, and have placed before you a brief statement of Mr. Crunden's life and character, which we hope will convey to those who have come into the association since the time when he had to give up active connection with it, a record of his services.