MONTHLY LETTER January 1956 THE CHRISTMAS DINNER ...

ANNUAL MEETING, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1956
MONTHLY LETTER - MAY 1956
The results of the election of officers, etc., at the annual meeting on the above
date, will be given in the first issue of the Monthly Letter in the Fall.
NOTICE RE GUESTS
Notwithstanding the provisions of by-law 54 of the Club, the Executive Committee advises
that it will be in order for a member to bring more than two guests for lunch on any one
occasion. However, if a member wishes to introduce for lunch more than four guests at
a time, he is requested to give the Steward at least 24 hours notice.
Any member may arrange for the use of the Library for meetings in connection with the
affairs of Arts and Letters. Meals served for such a purpose will be at the rate of
$1.50 per meal. Only a limited number of Library reservations will be accepted each
month. Notice of desire to use the Library for luncheon must be given to the House
Committee at least four days prior to the proposed luncheon.
THE LIBRARY
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting this department requested the assistance
of senior members in establishing the number of issues of The Lamps that were produced,
as well as the dates of all early issues of The Monthly Letter. It is felt that this
request is of sufficient importance to pass on to the membership at large, and therefore
it is repeated that the librarian would welcome hearing from any member who possesses
a complete file of The Lamps and/or Monthly Letters.
Age and, possibly, usage had reduced a number of books to tattered remains
of their former selves. Spines, backs, or covers were either detached or missing.
Fourteen such invalids were sent to the binders for repair work, and have now recovered
nicely thank you.
Four illustrated catalogues have been obtained from the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. First is the 329-page Catalogue of Italian, Spanish, and Byzantine Paintings,
produced in 1940 under the direction of H. B. Wehle, Curator of Painting. A companion,
*I produced in 19)47 by Wehle and Salinger, is the Catalogue of Early Flemish, Dutch, and
German Paintings. The third item is American Sculpture 1951, which was the catalogue
of the second National Competitive Exhibition planned by the Museum. Also obtained was
American Water Colors and Prints 1952, which was the catalogue of the third National
Exhibition.