Oliver.] «^«^^ [Dec. 15, 



On motion, the Secretaries were instructed to return the 

 same to the author as undesirable for publication by the 

 Society. 



Dr. Cope presented for the Proceedings a paper by Prof. 

 Jesse W. Hubbard, entitled, " The Yolk Nucleus in Cyma- 

 togaster aggregatusy 



Dr. Cope made some remarks upon the results of late ex- 

 plorations by Mr. Henry C. Mercer, of the Durham Cave of 

 Bucks county, Pa., near Easlon, and of Hartman's cave, Mon- 

 roe county, Pa., near Stroudsburg. 



Dr. Brinton spoke of the negative results from the researches 

 heretofore made by Mr. Mercer in American caves, as furnish- 

 ing no evidence of the existence of a race prior to the Indian 

 inhabitants of this continent. 



After all the other business of the meeting was ended, the 

 ballots cast were counted by the Tellers, who reported to the 

 President that the formalities necessary for election to mem- 

 bership had not been fulfilled in the present instance. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Obituary Notice of Joseph Zentmayer.* 



By Charles A. Oliver, M.D. 



{Read before the American PhilosopMcal Society, December 15, 1893.) 



"Two things," says Kant, "fill me with awe, the starry heavens and 

 the sense of moral responsibility in man," but how insignificant are these 

 wonderful words to that marvelous expression, 



"Whene'er a noble deed is wrought. 

 Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, 

 Our hearts in glad surprise 

 To higher levels rise " 



ot one of America's greatest teachers of poetical truth. So here, when it 

 becomes the duty of one to give the life history of another greater than 



* The writer is under obligations to Prof, Ryder and many others for the facts and 

 dates herein given. 



