MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



May 7, 1908. — Regular Monthly Meetins^. In the absence 

 of the President and Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, C. M. 

 Broomall, occupied the chair. A short business session was 

 held, with the usual reports of committees and Curators, 

 a.pproval of bills, etc. Additions to Library were announced 

 as follows : Twenty-four numbers of the Bulletins and Water 

 Supply Papers of the United States Geological Survey ; the 

 Annual Report of the United States lithnological liureau. 

 Following the business of the meeting a short discussion on 

 general scientific topics took place. 



Junk 4, 1908. — Regular Monthly Meeting, President T. 

 Chalkley Palmer in the chair. Reports of committees and 

 Curators, approval of bills, etc. Dr. B. M. Underbill was. 

 elected Secretary of the Institute, to fill the office left vacant 

 by the death of Dr. Linnaeus Fussell. President T. Chalklej^ 

 Palmer and Treasurer C. M. Broomall were appointed a com- 

 mittee to have rear steps erected at the Hall for use in case of 

 fire. F'ollowing the business meeting general scientific matters 

 were discussed. President Palmer, who had just returned 

 from a trip to Jamaica, West Indies, mentioned a number of 

 matters of scientific interest which he had noticed on his trip. 



July 2, 1908. — Regular Monthly Meeting. In the absence 

 of the President, Vice President Henry L. Broomall occupied 

 the chair. Reports of committees and Curators were received 

 and the usual bills approved. The committee on fire escape 

 reported progress. Additions to the Library were announced 

 as follows : x\nnual Reports of the Michigan Academy of 

 Science from 1894 to 1907, received in exchange for the Insti- 

 tute Prockedings. Under the head of scientific communica- 

 tions, the chairman called attention to the recent partial 

 eclipse of the sun, visible in this locality, on June 28th last, 

 mentioning the crescent shaped patches of light cast by small 

 apertures, such as the leaves of trees, etc. A discussion of 



