S' THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY 
 
 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY                  0/0 National Park Service, 
                                             Washington, D, C, 
 
                                             -une 2, 1937. 
 
 
 
 
              Mr. Ralph T. King, 
              Director, Roosevelt Wildlife Fcrest Experiment Station, 
              Syracuse University, 
              Syracuse, New York. 
 
              Dear Mr. King: 
 
                   On behalf of the Officers of The Wildlife Society, I wish
to 
              acknowledge the receipt of your Application And $3,O00 fee
for Asso- 
              ciate Membership, And to welcome you into the Society. We hope

              that this association will be long and mutually beneficial

 
                   Your professional history statement has been forwarded
to the 
              Membership Committee, which will consider it carefully, And
you will 
              be informed if your membership can be raised to the Active
classi- 
              fication. This procedure is followed in all cases. 
 
                   Meanwhile, we hope and expect that you rill take an active
part 
              in the affairs of the organization. It is hardly necessary
to say 
              that the future of the Society depends upon the attitude of
the 
              membership. We have all seen societies which were run "from
the top 
              down," and we know that this may lead to stagn.aotion.
No amuount of 
              correspondence, committee work and the like, can take the place
of 
              personal contacts among members and between members and the
public. 
              This calls for a high degree of personal responsibility on
the part 
              of all of us, especially during the coming year; but if our
members 
              take upon themselves the active duty of accomplishing the objectives

              stated in our Constitution (a copy of which is enclosed herewith),

              the influence and prestige of the Society will increase. 
 
                   In some things we must proceed slowly---in setting up
educational 
              standards, for instance---but there are four things that can
be done 
              now and throughout 1937 by each member: 
 
                        (1) See that all men of your acquaintafce   who are
profes- 
              sionally interested in wildlife knovb about the Society, and
that all 
              who should become members have the opportunity to do so. Approach

              them personally or send their names to the Secretary or to
your 
              Regional Representative. 
 
                        (2) Do everything possible to Assure to the Editor
manu- 
              scripts of high quality, so that the reputation of The Journal
of 
              Wildlife Management may at once be established Among scientific
publi- 
              cations.