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At the close of the reading of Mr. Wright's paper, 

 Prof. Edward S. Morse spoke in complimentary terms 

 of the paper of the evening, and endorsed in the main 

 his conclusions. He hoped that the Institute would hear 

 occasionally from Mr. Wright as his investigations pro- 

 gress. 



Adj. 



Monday, April 18, 1881. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



Messrs. Geo. A. Perkins, T. F. Hunt, and D. B. 

 Hagar, were appointed on the committee to nominate the 

 list of officers for the coming year, to be balloted for at 

 the annual meeting. 



Prof. Isaac J. Osbun, of the State Normal School, 

 gave an interesting lecture in the hall on " Science teach- 

 ing in the schools." Many experiments were performed to 

 illustrate fully the various remarks suggested in the course 

 of his lecture. 



Monday, May 2, 1881. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



Prof. Edward S. Morse occupied the evening with 

 a very interesting and familiar talk on a new invention 



