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much indifference, too much selfishness. Perhaps the Academy will have to go down. I for one am resolved that I shall not assist any longer in the present policy of spending money which has to be borrowed or begged. Sara and I called in Miss Comans and invited her to lunch with us at 1’oclock which she did. Russell has just taken my contribution to the Academy "Dark Days” 18 x 24 including frame - one of my best pictures. He reports ill success in collecting the contributions. No one ready. No one cares. So short sighted! Church was in. Has good theories about the Academy but alas does nothing, does not even exhibit his pictures. The future will show how mistaken he is as to his real interests as an artist.

Wednesday May 12, 1875. Sara went up to Marys this morning, and immediately after I went up to the Academy to attend to the auditing of the Treasurers accounts preliminary to the Annual Meeting at 2 o'clock. I stopped on my way and had my hair cut so short that I am practically bald headed. The Annual Meeting passed off harmoniously contrary to my expectation. The victories were on the conservative side. All the old officers were elected; the following Council - Guy, Hicks, Wood, McEntee, J. G. Brown, Huntington. 
Hanging Committee - Lambdin. Wilmuth, Sontag - A. W. Thompson. J. B. Bristol and Chas Miller were made Academicians and Story and Edgar M. Ward associates. The supper was a great improvement upon the frowzy dinner. The proceedings were getting rather uproarious about 8 o'clock and I stole away and came home to write to Gertrude. Perry was a prominent candidate for the Council but he was defeated and I think mainly by my efforts in conjunction with Johnson. 

Friday 14. Joe Tomkins came yesterday and brought the burned picture with him. To my delight it is not so utterly destroyed as I feared. I took it up to Volmer who removed much of the smoke and I can now repair damages. Joe and I called on Bayard Taylor and at Eastman Johnsons to see Joe May who has just returned from Europe. Today Platt came in in the afternoon and he and I took a walk into town and watched the trains from the bridge at the Grand Central Depot. Vaux dined with me and in the evening we went to a Reception 

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