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Article ANTIQUARIES AND ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 15 of 18 →
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Antiquaries And Antiquities.
As it is , there does spring up a strong personal feeling , and it is impossible to avoid this . The ballot is a mere sham ; it is knoAvn from Avhom eA'ery black ball proceeds ; ancl the Avriter has heard the proposition made to Avithdraw the certificate of A . B ., because C . D . E . F . and their friends ivere - present to black-ball him ! Besides thisthe proposed lan Avould enhance the value of
, p tlie felloAvship , * AA'hile the funds of the Society Avould be largely increased by admitting an unlimited number of Associates , who Avould soon prove working members of the Society . But here Ave shall be met Avith the objection that a self-constituted body like the council ought not to have the poAver of deciding who should , or who should not , be candidates for the
fellowship ; ancl , indeed , it AA ould be difficult to deny the truth of this position , unless the council were chosen by a free election . To alter merely the mode of electing FelloAvs , as has been here recommended , AVOUICI be to perpetuate the worst errors of the Society . Let then the FCIIOAVS bond fide choose the council . Let the " House List" for council ancl officersbe at once and
, , for ever abandoned ; and let every Fellow be at liberty to propose himself , or any other Fellow , as a candidate for the council , or for any office in the Society . Then let the list of candidates be printed in alphabetical order , ancl let each FelloAV have a list , being required to affix his initials against the names Avhich he
approves . By this plan the majority will be represented ( for it must be understood that lists may be sent by post ) , and heart-burnings and enmities may be avoided . Nothing can be worse than the present plan . Not only do the members of the council nominate their own successors , but to render the election a still more
manifest sham , they alloAv no printed lists , save their own , ancl admit none to be presented by proxy . We are Avell aware of the indignation which such a proposition as this will occasion in a feAV antiquarian minds ; but with the body at large it AVOUICI find favour , because of its manifest fairness and practicability ; ancl if any F . S . A . woulcl take these
plans before the body , and deliberately propose them for adoption , he Avould in all probability be rewarded by complete success , and by the increased activity and efficiency of the Society itself . But the Society of Antiquaries has not stood alone . Besides the Publishing Societiessuch as the Camdenthe Shakspeare
, , , the Percy , all of Avhich have taken up separate departments of archaeological science , there are three Avhich have regular meetings , and Avhich publish transactions : these are the Numismatic Society , the Archaeological Institute , and the Archaeological
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Antiquaries And Antiquities.
As it is , there does spring up a strong personal feeling , and it is impossible to avoid this . The ballot is a mere sham ; it is knoAvn from Avhom eA'ery black ball proceeds ; ancl the Avriter has heard the proposition made to Avithdraw the certificate of A . B ., because C . D . E . F . and their friends ivere - present to black-ball him ! Besides thisthe proposed lan Avould enhance the value of
, p tlie felloAvship , * AA'hile the funds of the Society Avould be largely increased by admitting an unlimited number of Associates , who Avould soon prove working members of the Society . But here Ave shall be met Avith the objection that a self-constituted body like the council ought not to have the poAver of deciding who should , or who should not , be candidates for the
fellowship ; ancl , indeed , it AA ould be difficult to deny the truth of this position , unless the council were chosen by a free election . To alter merely the mode of electing FelloAvs , as has been here recommended , AVOUICI be to perpetuate the worst errors of the Society . Let then the FCIIOAVS bond fide choose the council . Let the " House List" for council ancl officersbe at once and
, , for ever abandoned ; and let every Fellow be at liberty to propose himself , or any other Fellow , as a candidate for the council , or for any office in the Society . Then let the list of candidates be printed in alphabetical order , ancl let each FelloAV have a list , being required to affix his initials against the names Avhich he
approves . By this plan the majority will be represented ( for it must be understood that lists may be sent by post ) , and heart-burnings and enmities may be avoided . Nothing can be worse than the present plan . Not only do the members of the council nominate their own successors , but to render the election a still more
manifest sham , they alloAv no printed lists , save their own , ancl admit none to be presented by proxy . We are Avell aware of the indignation which such a proposition as this will occasion in a feAV antiquarian minds ; but with the body at large it AVOUICI find favour , because of its manifest fairness and practicability ; ancl if any F . S . A . woulcl take these
plans before the body , and deliberately propose them for adoption , he Avould in all probability be rewarded by complete success , and by the increased activity and efficiency of the Society itself . But the Society of Antiquaries has not stood alone . Besides the Publishing Societiessuch as the Camdenthe Shakspeare
, , , the Percy , all of Avhich have taken up separate departments of archaeological science , there are three Avhich have regular meetings , and Avhich publish transactions : these are the Numismatic Society , the Archaeological Institute , and the Archaeological