64 T H E N E W-Y ORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY The President appointed John E. Stillwell, M. D. a member of the Executive Committee of the First Class ending 1919 to fill the unexpired term of Edwin W. Orvis, resigned. At a meeting of the Executive Committee held on May 21, 1918 the following members were appointed a "Field Exploration Committee of The New York Historical Society" with power to add to it numbers: Mr. William L. Calver, Mr. Reginald Pelham Bolton, Dr. William S. Thomas, Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman, Mr. Charles M. Lefferts, and Mr. Alexander J. Wall. Mr. Bolton's article in this number fully sets forth the work and plan of the " Field Exploration Committee." The following gentlemen have been elected Members of The Society: Life Members. Annual Members. Annual Members. Charles W. Gould Stevenson Taylor Henry E. Meeker Walter Jennings Mitchell Kennerley Charles E. Sampson Shipley Jones Frederic Potts Moore Arthur H. Masten William J. Matheson Henry S. Reynolds John Coleridge Travis Wm. Church Osborn George J. Baldwin Winthrop Parker Benson Bennett Sloan William D. Murphy Parmly S. Clapp Chaplain Roswell Randall Hoes was elected an Associate member of the Society. , The Society is indebted to Mr. Reginald Pelham Bolton for ah exhaustive scientific report on the heating and ventilating system of the building and suggested improvements in the same. . Our thanks are due Mrs. Grant Williams and Mr. Bolton for their articles appearing in this number. Two large Bulletin Boards have been erected on the 76th and 77th Street lots of the Society's property. Necrology. Stanley W. Dexter a member of the Executive Committee 1913- 1918 and of the society since 1897, died March 24, 1918 in the 61st year of his age. Rev. Pelham St. George Bissell a life member since 1887 died April 2, 1918 at Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. William Brookfield, a life member since 1909 died April 4, 1918 at New York, N. Y. James A. Scrymser a member since 1910, died April 21, 1918 in the 79th year of his age.