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Standing Committees were announced as follows : 



Finance — W. C. Putnam, Frank Nadler, H. M. Henley. 



Publication — Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam, Dr. Jennie McCowen, Prof. 

 S. Calvin, Prof. W. H. Barris, Dr. C. H. Preston. 



Library — Charles E. Harrison, Dr. Jennie McCowen, E. S. Ham- 

 matt. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. C. C. Parry for the gift of 

 Dr. Parry's portrait for the Proceedings. 



president's annual address. 



Dr. W. L. Allen, January 3, 1894, 



Ladies and Gentlemen : 



The year just passed has been apparently an uneventful one to the 

 Academy. We have made no archceological explorations, have added 

 little of importance to our museums, have had few original essays for 

 our publications, have strengthened our membership by but one new 

 member; nevertheless we have done well financially, and the year 

 1893, on account of the Columbian Exposition with its beauties and 

 wonders of art and of mechanical skill and ingenuity, and its histori- 

 cal and archaeological treasures has so awakened and stimulated the 

 intellect of the people all over the United States, that neither the cares 

 of business nor the struggle for wealth can efface the deep impression 

 made by that wonderful spectacle. This impression will beget an ap- 

 petite for knowledge, and this desire for intellectual food will bring 

 the people to the store -houses of knowledge, the libraries and acad- 

 emies of science and art. I feel, therefore, that we have the greatest 

 cause for congratulation over the year just passed, for it is bound to 

 bring many new members to us, not that we need their money, for 

 time will bring many endowments, but we do want their intellectual 

 strength and interest. We have just sustained in the death of Profes- 

 sor W. H. Pratt a loss which will be felt by this Academy for many 

 years. Being one of the original four who, twenty-six years ago, 

 founded this Association, he continued to work for it with such con- 

 stancy and zeal that our publications will ever reflect his good work 

 and stand as a monument to it. 



Our Secretary's report shows a decrease in the number of meetings 

 held, but the average attendance about as usual, with the addition of 

 one new member during the year. 



The Curator's report gives the usual additions to the museum be- 

 side some two hundred stone and flint implements obtained from vari- 

 ous parties by that " Ancient Mariner," Captain Hall. 



Our Librarian reports that over 1,300 books and pamphlets have 

 been added to our library, which brings the number up to 28,800, 



