RECORDS OF THE SOCIETY 



NATURALISTS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. 



FIRST MEETING. 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS, APRIL, 1883. 



FIRST DAY, APRIL lOTH. 



I„ answer to a call issued in March, .883, a """b"' "f 

 naturalists met on April .oth, in the High School Hall a ^ 

 o'clock P.M., to discuss the advls.-,bility ol formuig a society of 

 p,ofessional naturalists. Professor Alpheus Hyatt was elected to 

 The chair, and Professor Samuel F. Clarke was elected Sec.etary 

 in respo,:se to a request from the Chair, the Secretary, who had 

 issned the call for the meeting, made some general remarks upon 

 he object of the movement and the degree of interest expressed 

 h reii Professor A. S. Packard, Jr., expressed h.s njteret 

 in and sympathy with, the enterprise, and suggested very valuable 

 wirkofvarouslinds. Dr. Packard also raised the quesfon of the 

 fla ibility of uniting this project with the American Assocat.o, 

 for tl,e Advancemem of Science. Dr. C. S. Minot spoke on th,s 

 Itir question, taking the ground th... as ti,e A-r.an Assoc, 

 tion comprises a very large and varied membersh.p and has such 

 Ldtiferirus interests, it would be very difficult to pu,.u ny 

 definite line of professional work without ■"'-■"if"'""*';; , 

 bodv secondly, as the association meets m such w.dely d slant 

 'ol ilies it woiid be impossible to maintain a consU,nt atter^aj,ce 

 of the same persons for continuing the same hue of wo,k th udly, 

 if s enterprise be kept separate it will be a more d,st,nct and 

 definite and!therefore, much more highly eflective organ.at.on. 



