GUY E. MARION, Treasurer.
On motion of Mr. Montgomery the report was received.
The CHAIRMAN: The report of the executive board of the Special Libraries Association is brief. It is proposed during the coming year to readjust as far as possible the committee system and substitute therefor representatives for certain sections of the country, so that the persons who represent those sections shall be responsible for the part in which they are located. It is entirely a matter for the board. I think that will be the extent of their report, in brief, and I will now call for the report of the nominating committee, Mr. Lee.
Mr. LEE: The nominating committee respectfully submits the following list of officers for the ensuing year:
President: D. N. Handy, Boston.
Vice-President: R. H. Johnston, Washington.
Secretary-Treasurer: G. E. Marion, Boston.
Executive Board: Officers ex-officio: O. E. Norman, Chicago; Florence Spencer, New York.
There being no counter nominations, on motion, the secretary cast a ballot for the association, and the chair declared the nominees elected for their respective offices.
Mr HANDY: Will it be in order now to take up the matter of special education for the special training of library assistants?
The CHAIRMAN: That comes under the head of new business, which we are now taking up. You are quite in order.
Mr. HANDY: I would make a motion that a committee of three be appointed by the President, upon the training of special librarians, with instructions to report upon this matter at the next annual meeting.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Lapp and carried.