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Prof. Nipher <^ave a brief discussion of the proper section for 

 an electric railway conductor, with equal spacing of cars oper- 

 ated in multiple. 



January '^th, 1891. 



President Nipher in the chair ; sixteen members present. 

 The report of the Nominating Committee showed the election 

 of the following officers for 1891 : 



Pros idc lit — Francis E. Nipher. 



ist 'Vice-President — G. Baumgarten. 



zd Vice-President — M. L. Gray. 



Recording Secretary — E. A. Engler. 



Corresponding Secretary — Gustavus Hinrichs. 



Treasurer — Enno Sander. 



Librarian — Gustav Hambach. 



^ . , ( Robert Moore, 



JJirector s — < -r ^ ^ t 



y James M. Leete. 



C Gustav Hambach, 

 Curators — ^ E. C. Jewett. 

 ( A. M. Leslie. 



President Nipher then delivered the following address : 



Genilemeti of the Academy: 



The Academy has now reached its thirtj-fifth anniversary, and ac- 

 cording to our custom we again pause for a moment to survey the history 

 of another year, and to outline our plans for the year to come. 



From a business point of view, we were never before so prosperous. 

 It is within the memory of some of us that the very existence of the Acad- 

 emy depended upon liberal annual contributions from the members. 

 Each year our expenses overran our receipts by amounts which sometimes 

 created grave anxiety among those who were in a position to know the 

 facts, and who desired to maintain the Academy. 



It frequently happened that only the President and the two Secretaries 

 were present at meetings. 



But, if we consider the scientific work actually accomplished, those 

 were fruitful days. Although the present condition and the future pros- 

 pects of the Academy are most encouraging, our past history does not 

 suffer in comparison with the present. We cannot yet conceal the vacant 

 places of two great men who left us; Engelmann and Riley we have sorely 



