MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



August i, 1907. — Regular monthly meeting, with the 

 President, T. Chalkley Palmer, in the chair. In the absence 

 of the Secretary, Walter Palmer acted as Secretary pro tem. 

 The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 

 The Publication Committee announced that the half tones and 

 printing illustrating the article on Sycamore Mill, in the April 

 number of the Proceedings, were the gift of H. H. Battles. 

 The following additions to the library were reported : " Elec- 

 trons," by Oliver Lodge, and " Miscellaneous Reports of the 

 Smithsonian Institution." After a short discussion on right 

 and left handedness, by C. M. Broomall and other members, 

 the meeting adjourned. 



September 5, 1907. — Regular monthly meeting, with 

 the President, T. Chalkley Palmer, in the chair. In the 

 absence of the Secretary', Robinson Tyndale acted as Secre- 

 tary pro tem. The minutes of the previous meeting were 

 read and approved. Judge Isaac Johnson was proposed for 

 membership. The following Smithsonian publications were 

 received: "Bulletins Nos. 50, 53, 57 and 58 of the U. S. 

 National Museum," and " Contributions from the U. S. Her- 

 barium." The President called attention to specimens of 

 fossil coral of the Silurian Age from Eake Superior, collected 

 by W. W. McFarland. A new theory of aurora borealis was 

 mentioned by John Palmer. The President announced the 

 following Committees on Winter Course : — For October, 1907, 

 Mrs. C. M. Broomall and John W. Palmer; for November, 

 Prof. E. H. Watters and Dr. Kenworthy ; for December, C. 

 M. Broomall and C. Edgar Ogden ; for January, 1908, Dr. 

 T. Pratt and James G. Vail ; for February, Robinson Tyndale 

 and Henry E. Broomall ; for March, Homer E. Hoopes and 

 Dr. Fitch; for April, T. Chalkley Palmer and Lewis Fussell. 

 After a short discussion the meeting adjourned. 



