The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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61 hopes that arrangements may be made for their publication in full. Respectfully submitted, THEODORE M. BANTA, Secretary. The Finance Committee, through Mr. Warner Van Norden, reported that it had examined the annual statement of the Treasurer, with all the accompanying vouchers, and found it correct. The Committee on Nominations presented, through its chairman, Judge Van I-Ioesen, the fol- lowing report, which had been printed and sent to all the members with the notice for the annual meeting: The undersigned Committee, duly chosen by the Board of Trustees, herewith present the following list of candidates for election as officers of the Society for the ensuing year. . Elec- tion to be held at the annual meeting, Friday, April 6, 1900. GEORGE M. VAN HOESEN, ' WARNER VAN NORDEN, Committee JOHN R. VAN WORMER, on LUCAS L. VAN ALLEN, Nominations. A. T. CLEARWATER. FOR PRESIDENT : HENRY VAN DYKE. SECRETARY : Theodore M. Banta. TREASURER : Arthur H. Van Brunt. TRUSTEES : Tunis G, Bergen, Samuel D. COykC11dall, D. B. St. john Roosa, john H. Starin, james B. Van Woert.

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.63 other kinds of vans. Here, on the historic soil of jersey Qfamous for its red hue and its adhesive qualityj, we cultivate the peaceful cauliflower-and the virtues of our ancestors. To be summoned from these rustic occupations to run for the presidency of the Holland Society was a severeshock to a man of retiring disposition, --all the more so because that disposition to retire- ment was not native, but had been acquired at great expense. . Cincinnatus, you remember, was in the same sit- uation. But then Cincinnatus had done something to deserve it. In my own case, nothing was noto- rious except my disqualilications. I leaned for a long time upon the handle of my hoe, reflecting upon the dilemma. The placid fthough still invis- iblej garden vegetables, the calm cows, and the chuckling chickens seemed to counsel me to remain in Well-earned obscurity. But the commands of Judge Van I-Ioesen, Gen- eral Bergen, Secretary Banta, and other honored dignitaries were imperative. Finally the habit of obedience conquered, and I consented to run, in so far as that Word of rapid motion can ever be applied to the actions of a Dutchman. 'Now another embarrassing element in the situa- tion emerges. On the evening of your annual meeting an engagement of long standing calls. me to lecture in Pennsylvania--you may be sure that I should not venture into that State but for the reassuring fact that Penn's mother was a Dutch- Woman. Nor should I dare the perils of a candi- dacy zkz 6Z6.S'67ZfZ'6Z, but for the fact that you are all Dutchmen. In your hands I shall be safe. What- ever you do I shall be satisfied. . If you say, Stay with your cauliHoWers, it will be an evidence of 'your sense of the fitness of things. - . If you say, Come to the presidential chair, it