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and the vouchers are subjected to the after examination of any and 

 all the members who desire a more minute scrutiny. Hence the 

 charges of the misapplication of the funds of the Institute, which 

 have sometimes been made in one or two of our city newspapers, are 

 known to be false, and excite no other sensation among the members 

 of the Institute, than that of detestation for the reckless depravity of 

 the calumniators. 



A faculty of science has also been established under professors of 

 high attainments within the past year, whose duty it is to give gra- 

 tuitous information in the different departments of knowledge to 

 members of the Institute, whose vocation may embrace their particu- 

 lar sciences, and thus the application of the mechanic arts will be 

 rendered available to every member, . 



The appointments have been as follows : 



James Renwick. 

 Professor of Mechanical Philosophy. 



James R. Chilton. 

 Professor of Analytical Chemistry. 



James J. Mapes. 



Professor of JVatural Philosophy and Chemistry ^ as applicable to the 



Useful Arts. 



Paul P. Dugan. 



Professor of the Arts of Design^ as applicable to the Useful Arts. 



Gabriel Furman. 

 Professor of Geology and History. 



Henry Meigs. 



Professor of Languages. 



Arrangements have also been made for a school of the arts of design. 

 Several of our first artists have volunteered their services for this pur- 

 pose. There are comparatively few proficients now in this country; . 

 the ingenuity and taste of our countrymen cannot fail to become sig- 

 nalized, whenever suitable opportunity is afforded them for learning 

 th( se arts. Vast amounts are paid annually to foreign nations, for 

 fabrics of various kinds, merely on account of the superior taste and 

 . skill in their designs. France abounds with schools of designs, and her 



