Dr. HOSMER: The committee to whom this matter was referred thought it
best to prepare, instead of a formal preamble and resolution, a minute
to be entered upon the Proceedings of the convention. That received the
approval of the Council. The minute is as follows:
"The news having reached us of the untimely death of John Fiske, once
our professional associate, we, the American Library Association, desire
to make record of our profound grief at the departure of a writer who
was a dominant force in American literature, and to express our sense
that in this passing of a great thinker, historian, and spiritual
leader, our land and our time have sustained irreparable loss."
President CARR: This minute will be spread upon the record of the
Proceedings, having taken the regular course.