Activities of the Friends

A NNUAL MEETING. The first Annual Meeting of the
/a\ Friends of the Columbia Libraries was held in the Rotunda
.A.    )V  of Low Memorial Library on the evening of January
24. August Heckscher, Chairman of our group, presided.

During the short business session with which the meeting was
opened, Mr. Heckscher stated that with the larger membership
it had seemed to the Council that we should have a somewhat
more formal organization and to that end he had appointed Mrs.
Franz Stone as chairman of a committee which would draw up
a proposed Constitution and By-Laws. After a study of the docu¬
ments which were submitted in May, the Council suggested a few
revisions. The revised documents were approved by the President
and Vice-President of the University and bv the Council at its
September 27 meeting. Copies were sent to all members of our
organization for examination in early January.

Mr. Heckscher said that the principal item of business at the
Annual Meeting was consideratitm of adoption of the Constitu¬
tion and By-Laws. He then called on Mrs. Stone who read the
following resolution which she had prepared:

^^Whereas, there has existed for a number of years a group of per¬
sons, which has been known as the 'Friends of the Columbia Libraries,'
interested in the promotion and furthering of the work of the various
libraries in Columbia University; and

Whereas, by reason of the increasing activities and interest shown
in the work of such group, it appears desirable for the group to have
a somewhat mote formal organization and, ro that end, the adoption
of a constitution and by-laws appears to be advisable; and

Whereas, a form of constitution and by-laws has been prepared,
suitable to the purposes and objectives of the group.

Be it resolved thar a voluntary, unincorporated association, to be
known as the Triends of the Columbia Libraries', is hereby created
by the persons present at this meeting in person or by proxy, and

Be it further resolved that the constitution and by-laws in form
submitted to this meeting be, and the same hereb\- are, adopted as

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