Jeflries.] 74 [November 7, 



it was not intended to restrict the object to this, but to em- 

 brace in general the sciences of Archeology and Ethnology ; 

 and that he believed the foundation to be the most munifi- 

 cent of its kind in the world. 



Dr. B. Joy Jeffries presented the folloAving table, giving the 

 average age, height and weight of forty members of the In- 

 dependent Corps of Cadets, recorded at camp at Nahant, 

 August, 1866. 



Average Age, 27.02. Heaviest Member, 208 lbs. 



" Height, 5 ft., 7| inches. Oldest " 51 yrs. 



" Weight, 146.15 lbs. Tallest " 6 ft., 1^ inches. 



On motion of Mr. C K. Dillaway, the President nomi- 

 nated Mr. R. C. Greenleaf, Dr. J. B. S. Jackson and Mr. C. J. 

 Sprague as a Committee to present to the Society at the next 

 meeting the name of a candidate for the office of second 

 Vice President, now vacant by the death of the late Dr. A. 

 A. Gould. 



The Librarian announced, that by vote of the Council, the 

 Library would be open hereafter from 10 to 1, and from 2 

 to 5. 



Rev. Titus Coan of Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, and Professor 

 O. C. Marsh of Yale College, New Haven, were elected Cor- 

 responding Members. 



Dr. Stephen W. Bowles of Boston, and Mr. J. W. Ward 

 of Cambridge, were elected Resident Members. 



The following minutes of two previous meetings of the 

 Section of Mycroscopy were dhected to be printed in the 

 Proceedings. 



Section of Microscopy. Nov. 8, 1865. 

 The Curator in the chair. Fourteen members present. 



Mr. R. C. Greenleaf exhibited under the microscope frac- 

 tures made on a plate-glass surface, and remarked upon the 

 optical effects thus produced. 



