574 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1895. 



various departments have frequently consulted the collections. 

 Specimens have been loaned to Messrs. R. Latchford, F. W. Stokes, 

 O. F. Cook, H. C. Mercer, Professors B. W. Evermann, Chas. E. 

 Bessey, W. B. Cook and R. Ridgway. 



Henry C. Chapman, 



Chairman of the Curators. 



REPORT OF THE MICROSCOPICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 



SECTION. 



The meetings of the Section during the past year have been regu- 

 larly held, the attendance averaging slightly more than the previous 

 year. The best communications of the Section have been always 

 reserved for the meetings with the Academy, and consequently our 

 minute-book is not a record of all the work done. Thus, during 

 February last Dr. C. L. Leonard exhibited, under the auspices of 

 the Section, thirty lantern slides showing cell motion. Dr. Dixon, 

 Prof. Ryder, Mr. Woolman, Mr. Holman, Mr. Schumo, Mr. Keely 

 and the Recorder have made communications before the general 

 meeting in connection with the work of the Section. Before the Section 

 itself, Messrs. Woolman, Keely, Parvin, Brown, Schulze, Holman and 

 Schumo made communications of special interest. The Section 

 suffered severely in the deaths of two esteemed members, Dr. George 

 A. Rex and Prof. John A. Ryder, the former of whom was Con- 

 servator of the Section at the time of his death. Resolutions of 

 respect were drawn up, presented to the Academy and printed for 

 distribution among the members. 



Mr. F. J. Keely succeeded Dr. Rex as Conservator. 



Early in the year a committee was appointed to devise plans 

 whereby teachers of the public schools might be instructed in the 

 natural sciences. The Academy itself acting in the matter, the 

 special committee decided to co-operate. with it. 



The new rooms for the Section will probably be ready for occu- 

 pancy in the spring, and it is intended to furnish them so that there 

 will be enlarged facilities for research. 



There ai-e at present in the Section sixty members and con- 

 tributors. 



