The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13
v ERCER SUCCEEDS SCREvEN.
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-fered for sale at moderate prices. Should
such opportunity be neglected? Large ex-
positions occur only at long Intervals
The income of our trust fund win accum-
ulate continuously, to convert a part of
it to the purchase of pictures was the
express wish of Miss Telfair. Works of
art of a high standard are not offered for
sale at all times. One year from now the
Jackson debt will have been extinguished
and in that year.. after ordinary expenses
have been met, the academy will have
several thousand dollars available for
other purposes. Let us add new pictures
10 our collection, expand the development
of our academy and give new life, new
interest and new encouragement to those
who have the care of the institution and
the b. nedciary for whom the founder of
the Tlefair Academy of Arts and Sciences
CAV her fathers home her home and her
m ney"
At the conclusion Of the directors re-
mort Col j. H. Estin suggested that it
would be well for the academy to accept
the generous and unselfish offer of Mr.
Brandt. Col Estill thought the offer of
Director Brandt should be accepted, if 1t
were possible, and agreed with him that,
given a trained and experienced eye, many
pictures of great worth and value, that
the future would possibly acknowledge the
masterpieces of their creators might be
moderate prices. The rules prescribe that
amy matter relating to the academy shall
he first referred to its board of managers
for investigation and report, and by the
board referred back to the society. The
directors report, therefore, took this
course the board of managers being re
que sted to report back to the society's
ney monthly meeting.
Mr. Otis Ashmore moved that the past,
present and future reports of Director
Brandt forming as they do the very best
available history of the academy and of
the treasures of art it contains, should
I've preserved in a special book kent for
this purpose. The motion was adopted
without dissent Librarian Harden was in
structed to give this matter his attention
and to provide for the transcribing of
the reports.
The report of the Finance Committee
did not show that the members of the So
ciety were at all unanimous in the matter
of paying theip dues. Indeed, it appeared
that some of the members had contribut-
ed nothing for years, though they con-
tnUed to enjoy the privileges of the So
cicty. An amendment to the bylaws, Of
Nfered at the last regular meeting, was
adopted. providing that any member who
owed more than two years dues should
be dropped from the rolls at the March
meeting of the society, with the privilege,
If he desired to take advantage of it, of
being reinstated in membership upon the
payment of his dues
The report of the Finance Committee
and assistant treasurer showed that but
for the failure of some of the members to
fulfil their obligations to the society by the
payment of their dues, the society would
be in fiourishing financial condition, and
that even as it was the income was suffi-
cient to meet the fixed charges and to
leave small surplus standing In the
treasury. There was some rather harsh
criticism upon those members of the 90
ciety who had been delinquent in this re-
spect and the adoption of the resolution
providing that their names should be
dropped from the rolls upon persistent and
continued non-payment was the result.
The society now numbers GOO members
fourteen of whom were admitted upon APP
plication. This increase in members IS
due largely to the work of the special
committee appointed to increase the mem
bership and, apparently, especially to the
activity of Mr. j. Norton Oemler, whose
name appeared as a voucher upon about
dozen of the new applications.
The report of the librarian was inter-
estng in many respects. There are in
the library of the society to-day p, 497
volumes, of which number 376 were added
during the past year, and 500 pamphlets,
of which 419 were added during the past
year. During the year there were more
than %, 900 visitors to the library and 9,43i
volumes were taken out.
The percentage of each department of
literature and knowledge represented by
these volumes taken out by Savannah peo-
pie is shown in the following table and
makes interesting and instructive reading
in itself. Incidentally, 1t affords a rather
severe commentary upon the literary taste
OF SaVannahians:
Per Cent