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Stated Meeting^ December 17 ^ 1897. 



Vice-President Pepper in tlie Chair. 



Present, 35 members. 



Messrs. James S. deBenneville and Charles R. Hildeburn, 

 newly elected members, Avere presented to the Chair and took 

 their seats in the Society. 



-' Acknowledgments of election to membership were received 

 from Hon. Thomas F. Bayard and Prof. Frank Morley. 



The Finance Committee presented a report and recom- 

 mended the appropriations for the year, which Avere approved 

 and ordered. 



Prof. Morris Jastrow, Jr., made a commmiication on " The 

 Original Character of the Jewish Sabbath." 



Pending nominations were read and spoken to, and the 

 Society proceeded to the election of new members, after 

 which the Tellers reported that the following persons had been 

 elected members : 



2352. T. J. J. See, A.M., Ph.D. (Berlin), Flagstaff, Ariz. 



2353. Sydney George Fisher, Philadelphia. 



2354. Hon. Richard Olnc}^, Boston. 



2355. Edward S. Holden, Lick Observatory, Cal. 



2356. Benjamin Kendall Emerson, Amherst. 



2357. Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., Princeton. 



2358. A-lden Sampson, Haverford, Pa. 



2359. Ethelbert D. Wariield, Easton. 



2360. Charles De Garmo, Swarthmore. 



2361. William H. Dale, Washington. 



2362. Arnold E. Ortmann, Ph.D., Princeton. 



2363. Leroy W. McCay, D.Sc, Princeton. 



2364. Henry B. Fine, Ph.D., Princeton. 



2365. John B. Hatcher, Ph.D., Princeton. 



2366. Charles F. W. McClure, M.A., Princeton. 



The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



