Index. 



371 



Potsdam, regency of, as a geograph- 

 ical study, 36 ; sandstone, 70, 

 294 ; notice of fossils from, by 

 Prof. Hall, 262. 



Potter, Horatio, D.D., res. mem., 335. 



Powers, Titus W., M.D., res. mem., 

 335. 



Prague, university at, 12. 



Pratt, Daniel J., elected res. mem., 

 296 ; res. mem., 335, 339 ; rec. 

 sec, 340 ; Manual prepared by, 

 299 ; mem. 1st class, 3d dept., 

 342 ; librarian 1st dept., 340. 



Prescott, Richard, res. mem., 

 335, 339 ; mem. 1st class, 2d 

 dept., 341. 



Presque Isle, 285. 



Preuss, Gic, 61. 



Price, William M., cor. mem., 328. 



Prichard, Dr.,94. 



Prince Albert, genealogy of, 294. 



Princeton College, 283. 



Prinsep, William, cor. mem., 328. 



Proceedings of Albany Institute, 259- 

 300. 



Procyon, sought during eclipse, 202. 



Professors, classes of, in German uni- 

 versities, 16 ; number of, in Ger- 

 man universities, 17. 



Prometheus, 97, 98. 



Protestant catechism, taught in 

 burger schools of Germany, 33 ; 

 students, religious examination 

 ot, in teacher's college at Dres- 

 den, 40 ; universities, number of 

 in Germany, 12. 



Proteus, 122. 



Protoplasm, 154, 155, 158, 159, 165 ; 

 elements of, 159 ; real basis of 

 life. 158. 



Proverbs, quotations from, 28. 



Providence, gift of, to various nations, 

 22. 



Prunus, 222 ; cerasus, 222 ; Virgini- 

 ana, 222. 



Prussia, administration of public in- 

 struction in, 4 ; characteristics 

 of rulers of, 3 ; education in, 1 ; 

 education of lower orders in, 32; 

 geographical study of, 36 ; gram- 

 mar schools, etc., 7 ; growth of, 

 1, 2; history of, studied, 37; 

 number of universities in, 12 ; 

 Polytechnic schools iti, 9, 10 ; re- 

 ligious freedom and educational 

 privileges in, 3 ; schools of in- 

 dustry, art, etc., in, 8 ; sound 

 financial condition of, 3 ; statis- 

 tics of schools in, 5 ; universities, 

 examinations for degrees in, 15. 



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Pruyn, Erastus C, res. mem., 335. 



John V. L., LL.D., res. mem., 

 335, 339 ; nomination by, 260 ; 

 elected president, 265, 289 ; pre- 

 sident, 259, 260, 262, 340. 



Lansing, res. mem., 335, 339. 



Robert C., res. mem., 335, 339. 



Robert H., res. mem., 335, 339. 



Samuel, res. mem., 335. 

 Psalms, certain ones, committed to 



memory in primary schools of 



Germany, 26 ; quotations from, 



26, 27, 28, 29. 

 Psathyra (genus of fungi), 214. 

 Psathyrella, (genus of fungi), 214. 

 Public institutions, 65. 

 Publication committee, 261 ; see com- 

 mittee. 

 Purchas's Pilgrimes, 246 ; map of 



California by, 242 ; reference to, 



245. 

 Purdy, Ebenezer, corporate member 



of Society for Promotion of Agri- 

 culture, etc., 302. 

 Pylaiscea polyantha, 81. 

 Quackenbush, John V. P., M.D., res. 



mem., 335, 339 ; mem. 2d class, 



1st dept., 341. 

 Quadra, Iuan de la Bodega y, 253. 

 Quadrivium, 14. 

 Queen Charlotte's archipelago, 254 ; 



island, discovery of, 254. 

 Quercus ruocrocarpa, 71 ; montana, 71. 

 Quetelet, Adolphe, cor. mem., 328. 

 Quivira, city of, 246. 

 Quorum of Albany Institute, 313. 

 Raccoon, habits of the, 228. 

 Rana, 122. 



esculenta, 122. 



fontinalis, 122. 



palustris, 122. 



pipiens, 122, 128. 



sylvatica, 122. 

 Randall, Samuel S., res. mem., 335. 

 Randel, John, Jr., cor. mem., 328. 

 Randolph, E., address by, at San 



Francisco, 257 ; statement by 



concerning San Francisco, 252. 

 Randon, Marshall, 105. 

 Ranidse, 122. 

 Ranke, Prof. V., 64. 

 Ransom, Albion, res. mem., 335, 339. 

 Ranunculus aquatilis, 73 ; reptans, 73. 

 Rapelye, William E., cor. mem., 329. 

 Rathbone, Clarence, res. mem., 335, 

 339. 



Joel, res. mem., 335. 



John F., res. mem., 335, 339. 

 Rationalism, hot houses of, 19. 

 Raumer, Prof. V., 64. 



