xxviii Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Drawings were exhibited showing the perithecia found in the 

 cankers with asci and ascospores. 



Mess. R. Kail and Th. Lange, of St. Louis, were elected to 

 active membership. 



Two persons were proposed for active membership. 



January 19, 1903. 



President Eliot in the chair, twenty-seven persons present. 



The Council reported that the regular edition of the Acad- 

 emy's Transactions had been increased from 1,000 to 1,100; 

 that the resignation of Mr. F. W. Biebinger and Mr. Victor 

 Goetz had been accepted; and that exchange relations had 

 been discontinued with the Anthropologische Gesellschaft, of 

 Vienna. 



Mr. W. L. Sheldon presented a summary of the progress 

 in the science of ethics, since the publication of Darwin's 

 " Descent of Man," in 1871. 



Miss Mary J. Klem and Mr. Charles E. Rilliet, of St. 

 Louis, were elected to active membership. 



One person was proposed for active membership. 



February 2, 1903. 



Professor Mpher in the chair, twenty-four persons present. 



The Council reported that the Academia Nacional, of 

 Cordova, had been dropped from the exchange list, and that 

 the Deutscher Verein Zum Schutze der Vogelwelt had been 

 added to the list. 



Dr. Tarleton H. Bean delivered an interesting illustrated 

 address on the salmon and salmon fisheries of Alaska. 



Dr. R. J. Terry reported on a case of right aortic arch in 

 man — of relatively rare occurrence — and, with the aid of 

 lantern slides and blackboard diagrams, indicated its peculiar 

 features and morphological significance. 



Dr. W. J. Guudelach, of St. Louis, was elected to active 

 membership. 



One person was proposed for active membership. 



