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Mr. Mellor, the President of the Aseociation for the last three 

 years, called the meeting to order, and announced that the first busi- 

 ness before the Society would be the election of officers for the ensu- 

 ing year. In that connection he stated that he thought he had 

 served his full time in an executive capacity, and that he should be 

 released from further duty in that line. He must, therefore, decline 

 another term in his present office, but assured the members that his 

 interest would be even more active than heretofore, and that he would 

 give all of the assistance possible to the new officers. 



He then briefly reviewed the past history and present condition 

 of the organization, and gave expression to some hopeful ideas as to 

 the future scope and extent of its work 



The following were then elected: President, Rev. W. J. Holland. 

 D. D., P. M. D.; First Vice-President, Prof. James M. Logan; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, C C. Mellor; Recording Secretary, Dr. H. 

 DePuy; Corresponding Secretary, George M. Clapp; Treasurer, C. 

 G. Milner; Curatoi-, Herbert Walker. 



In taking the chair, Rev. Dr. Holland thanked the Society for 

 the honor conferred upon him, and expressed the diffidence he felt 

 in venturing to follow in the footsteps of the retiring President, who 

 had proved, during the last three years, that he was so eminently 

 fitted for his position. He continued: 



" Nothing but the assurance that we shall continue to have the 

 help and co-operation of the retiring President has influenced me to 

 consent to my nomination. In taking the chair I desire to empha- 

 size a point which he has touched upon. That is, the desirability of 

 enlarging the scope and purposes of our body — in fact, making it 

 the initial point for a grander enterprise. Pittsburg and Allegheny 

 are rich in brain and talent as well as in wealth. Why should we 

 not have an academy of sciences which should unite in that fellow- 

 ship and co-operation which we have found so pleasant, not only 

 those who are devoted to the art of microscopy, but those who are 

 cultivating the great sciences to which the use of the microscope is 

 simply subsidiary. We have chemists, electricians, astronomers, 

 botanists, ornithologists and geologists in the present ranks of the 

 Society. Why not through these, our brethren, reach forth and 

 draw into the larger society, of which our shall form a section, the 

 the great body of thinking men among us, many of whom have a 

 more than local reputation ? If Philadelphia, when half the size of 

 this community, laid the foundation of an academy of sciences, the 

 fame and power of which is world-wide, why should not we ? If 



