854 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



The President was authorized to appoint delegates to repre- 

 sent the Academy at the inauguration of the new President at 

 Princeton, and at the Congresses to be held at Rome and 

 Leiden. 



The President announced the death of A. Lawrence Rotch, 

 Class I., Section 1, Librarian of the Academy since 1899. 



At the suggestion of the President, it was 



Votedy To thank the Massachusetts Historical Society for 

 their very generous hospitality in allowing the Academy the use 

 of Ellis Hall during the year. 



The following paper was presented by title : — 



"New or Critical Laboulbeniales from the Argentine." By 

 Roland Thaxter. 



The following communication was given : — 



" Recent Applications of the Gyroscope," with lantern illus- 

 trations. By Arthur G. Webster. 



One thousand and fifteenth Meeting. 



May 8, 1912. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met for the first time in its new building, 

 erected on the site of its former house and the adjoining lot. 

 Numbers 28 and 26 Newbury Street. 



The President in the chair. 



There were forty-four Fellows present. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented the following corre- 

 spondence: — from the Regents and Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, an invitation to view the art objects of 

 the Freer Collection ; from the chairman of the Organizing 

 Committee of the Eighteenth International Congress of Amer- 

 icanists, requesting a representative of the Academy to at- 

 tend the session in London, May 27-June 1 ; from the Presi- 

 dent of the Association des Ingenieurs Electriciens, giving 

 the conditions of the competition for the George Montefiore 

 prize. 



The Chair announced the deaths of the following Fellows : — 

 George Davidson, Class I., Section 1 ; George Jarvis Brush, 

 Class II., Section 1. 



