New-York tribune., 1906-02-20
NJ. M. AS GOOD YEAR.
Many Gifts announced at Annual
Meeting-Ofcers Reelected.

The annual meetings of the corporation. the
board of trustees and the executive committee of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art we're held yes
terday at the Museum. Joseph H. Choate presided
at the meetings OF the corporation and board of
trustees, in the absence of J. Pierpont Morgan.
the president
The present officers OF the corporation and ex-
ecutive committee unanimously reelected.
with one exception. Rutherfurd stuyvesant. first
vice-president, resigned. on account OF taking up
his residence abroad. D. O. Mills was elected 70
succeed him. while Henry Waters was chosen 10
succeed Mr.. Mills on the executive committee.
OF which the latter becomes an ex offcio mem
ber
Several valuable gifts to the museum
nounced- Among these by Samuel
Rowland. of twenty-nine pieces of old Venetian
lace. This collection. which is said to be one Of
the finest in the country, formerly belonged TO
Mrs. August Belmont. ST.. mother Of Mr.. Howland.
who died four years ago. leaving the laces to Mr..
Howland.
Other gifts were THE Roman Triumph" paint
ing by A c. H. Vernet. purchased for 4,2oo at the
recent Bishop sale by D. O. Mills. who is the donor
cinnabar lacquer screen, by r. H Bishop q Bros
sons OF Heber r. Bishop; cameo glass vase, by
Augustus c. Brown; six pieces OF silver, by Ade-
laide Mills metal case. by A. Weiner; two temple
wine vessels Of Chinese bronze, by John La Cad
walader; six ancient glasses by Arthur R. Schultz
silver beaker. by Abraham Lansing; German Re-
naissance wood carving by Edward Mamelsdorf
and an old lottery ticket, by the Gorham Manu-
featuring Company
At the corporation meeting, Sir Caspar Purdon
Clarke. director of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art; DR.. Edward Robinson. assistant director ana
Roger T. Fry. who recently succeeded George H
Story curator OF paintings, spoke OF the pros
persons were elected honorary fellows for hfe
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, Dr. Edward Robinson
Professor BashfOrd Dean and DR.. John A Falne,
curator of the department of casts
Carroll Beckwith, ]. Alden Weir, Professor John
n. Weir and J. G.. P. Stokes were elected as n1eI-
bers of the board of trustees, while CnarIes stew
art Smith, Daniel C French and William Church
expired, were reelected for another term OF seven
years
The annual report Of the board of trustees shows
the following increase in the membership Of diner
ent classes: Fellows in perpetulty, contrloutlnS
$500, 2; fellows for life contributing $lU 1Si EEL
loWship members, contributing 500 year, 81; Sus-
tanning members, contributing S5 a year, 10; new
The report says that the increased public interest
in the Museum manifested itself by the large at
tendance at the reception given to the new dl-
rector on November Is, when seven thousand per-
sons attended 10 greet him, by the greater atten-
ton given by the press Museum subjects, both
welcome given to the new method Of keeping mem
bers informed about Museum events by the month
ly "Buletin,' and by Increased financial support
The trustees also report a substantial response 70
the appeal to the generosity OF persons owning col
lections by American artists Among these were
American pictures given recently by George A
Hearn besides which he endowed the Museum with
clusively TO the purchase OF contemporary American
picCureS.