198 SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. 



Professor Osborn, of the College of New Jersey, and Professor 

 Sedgwick, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, be 

 added to the Committee; and that the Committee have power, if 

 they shall deem it expedient, to make further additions to their 

 number. 



Resolved, That the resignation of Professor Farlow be not ac- 

 cepted, but that the Society earnestly request him to continue to 

 serve on the Committee. 



Resolved^ That tlie Society approve of the presentation of the 

 subject by representatives of the Society before influentinl educa- 

 tional associations ; and that the Treasurer be authorized to pav 

 the travelling expenses of delegates to such associations, and 

 also the travelling expenses of members of the Committee in 

 attending meetings of the Committee. 



Samuel F. Clarke, 



Chairma)! . 



The following persons, recommended by the Executive Com- 

 mittee, were elected to membership in the Societv : — 

 w. j. youmans, 

 George Howard Parker, 

 Walter M. Raxkix, 

 Robert Tracy Jackson, 

 Edwin O. Jordan, 

 Thomas L. Casey. 



By a unanimous vote the Secretary was instructed to formally 

 thank the authorities of Columl^ia College for the courtesies and 

 privileges extended to the Society during its present meeting. 



It was voted, further, to print four hundred copies of the Presi- 

 dent's address and the report of the Committee on vSciencc I'cach- 

 ing in the Schools, in separate form, besides printing them in the 

 official records of the Society. 



The topic set for discussion, " The Use and Object of Scientilic 

 Gatherings," was presented first by H. F. Osborn and \Vm. T. 

 Sedgwick. In the debate following, Messrs. Morse, Brewer, 

 Riley, Cope, Osborn, and otliers took j^art. Without reaching a 

 formal decision, it appeared to be the general sense of the meet- 

 ing that a more general character might be given to the papers 



