.").")() PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec, 



Henry Skinner, Professor Philip P. Calvert, and Dr. W. J. Holland 

 were appointed delegates; the International Forestry Congress; 

 the dedication exercises of the New York State Education Build- 

 in, »■, at which Professor Henry F. Osborn represented the Academy; 

 the XVIth International Congress of Orientalists; the one-hundred 

 and twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the University 

 of Pittsburgh, at which Mr. George H. Clapp served as a delegate, 

 and the inauguration exercises of The William H. Rice Institute, 

 on which occasion Professor Allen J. Smith and Professor Hugo 

 de Vries were the Academy's delegates. Formal addresses or simpler 

 letters of congratulation were forwarded to the executive officers 

 of all of the events named. 



The year 1912 will be remembered as one especially noteworthy 

 in the history of the Academy, because it marked the completion 

 of the first century of the Academy's corporate existence. In 

 connection with the celebration of this event the volume of corre- 

 spondence was much augmented, especially by that conducted on 

 behalf of the Sub-Committee on Invitations, upon which the 

 Corresponding Secretary served. 



During the month of January the invitation prepared at the 

 close of the last fiscal year' was mailed, along with a provisional 

 program and a card requesting replies, to 786 learned societies and 

 institutions in all parts of the world and to the full list of corre- 

 spondents whose addresses have been verified. The reponses were 

 most gratifying, both in number and character. They began to 

 arrive almost immediately, came in increasing volume until the 

 opening of the celebration, and continued to be received during 

 and even after that event. In all four hundred and five institutions 

 responded, of which three hundred and twenty-five sent congratu- 

 latory addresses, letters or telegrams, many of which were very 

 gracefully expressed and handsomely executed. A full list of these 

 is given and many of the letters are quoted in full in the memo- 

 rial volume now before the meeting. A selection of some of the 

 more interesting or beautiful ones is on exhibition in the reading 

 room. One hundred and forty-seven institutions appointed one 

 hundred and ninety-four delegates. Excluding duplications, one 

 hundred and fifty-seven persons were appointed, of which one 

 hundred and twelve are known to have been in attendance. Of 

 the correspondents fifty-two sent letters of congratulation and 

 a number regrets, and thirteen were present at the meetings. 



Finally, after letters had ceased to be received, an acknowledgment 



