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Vor. FV. ANN ARBOR, SEPTEMBER, 1884. No. 9. 
WHOLE No. 26. 
Original Communications, 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 
MICROSCOPISTS 
HE annual meeting of the American Society of Microsco- 
pists was commenced in the Hall of the Free Academy, at 
Rochester, N. Y., on the afternoon of the 19th of August. On 
the platform were seated Hon. Jacob D. Cox, of Cincinnati, 
President of the Society; H. F. Atwood, President of the Acad- 
emy of Science; Mayor Parsons and Rev. Dr. Landsberg. H. 
F. Atwood gave the address of welcome, and was followed by 
an address from the mayor of the city. Rev. Dr. Landsberg 
offered the following prayer: ‘“‘ Heavenly Father, source of all 
life and hight and wisdom, whose greatness no human mind can 
compass, and whose love no human heart can fathom, whom the 
heavens and the heaven of heavens do not contain, with deep 
gratitude and peculiar devotion do we meet this day in thy uni- 
versal church, which is not confined by sectarian boundaries, 
but is broad as the universe thou hast called into existence, 
whose only dogma is the duty to search for the truth, and 
which includes all those who seek thee in thy works. We 
thank thee, our Father, that thou hast brought together from all 
