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future. We esteem it a high honor to be invited to partici- 

 pate in these anniversary exercises and we take great pleasure 

 in bringing our most cordial greetings to add to the many 

 already received. 



Dk. Hunicke: — 



Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: — The St. Louis Chemi- 

 cal Society offers greetings to The Academy of Science of St. 

 Louis. In behalf of my society I extend the best wishes 

 for 3'our future welfare and sincerely hope that you may be 

 permitted to continue your admirable work for many genera- 

 tions to come. 



Judge Terry : — 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : — As a representa- 

 tive of the youngest among the educational and scientific in- 

 stitutions of Saint Louis, I am especially glad to extend 

 greetings to the oldest scientific organization of this city. 

 The Academy of Science has had a most notable career ; it has 

 worked quietly but effectively; its workers have, without 

 exception, stood for the best interests of the city and State; 

 and the influence of the Academy has always been beneficial. 

 On the work and influence of the Saint Louis Academy it would 

 be impossible to improve : but some of our citizens are to-day 

 endeavoring to extend these methods and widen these influ- 

 ences in such manner that they may be felt by our' entire 

 people. This is the aim of Saint Louis Public Museum, an 

 institution whose founders are led by the example and 

 inspired by the success of the Academy. On behalf of these 

 founders I extend congratulations to the Saint Louis Academy 

 of Science on its half-century of usefulness, and heartiest 

 wishes for other half -centuries of still greater beneficence. 



Mr. Sampson : — 



At this late hour I will take only a few minutes of your 

 time, and that only to briefly introduce to you the society 

 that I represent, a society that is perhaps younger than any 

 other that has been presented to you to-night. The State 



