Appalachian Mountain Club. Growth in all of the work of the A.M.C. has been stressed in past reports. 1964 was no exception: membership reached 9,500; two new first editions were published in one year — Alpine Flowers of New England and the A.M.C. Massachusetts-Rhode Island Trail Guide; our New York Chapter collaborated with the American Alpine Club in presenting the first edition of A Climbers Guide to the Shawangunks; the first new Club hut in 32 years was erected at Mizpah Springs on the Presidential Range; and two shelters were built on nearby Mount Jackson to replace the now-defunct unit at the Mizpah site.

Public service has been a dominating consideration in the work of the A.M.C. for 88 years. While the huts have been an integral part of this for 76 years, other considerations, such as trail maintenance, education and conservation have always occupied equal roles in the total effort. All were increasingly stressed in 1964. Least known in the latter field has been the Club’s graduate forestry fellowship at the University of Maine. Now in its ninth year this full grant has been a pioneer in the needed link between forestry and recreation. Three past recipients of this two-year fellowship are working today in the states of Wisconsin, Maryland and Maine to better unify these complementary, yet conflicting, demands on America’s open spaces.

C. F. Belcher, Executive Director