192 THE MICROSCOPE. [September, 



The morning and afternoon sessions of the society were given 

 up to business and reading of papers, while the evenings were 

 devoted to the reading of the presidential address and various 

 social gatherings. 



The Delta Upsilon chapter house, at the corner of University 

 avenue and Goodman street, was the headquarters of the society, 

 and with two exceptions its meetings were held at Anderson Hall, 

 llie first exception was Wednesday evening, when the president 

 delivered an address at Music Hall, and the second the grand mi- 

 croscopical soiree at the Arsenal Thursday evening. 



Tuesday Morning. 



Prof. Lattimore, of Rochester, welcomed the visiting society in 

 a most cordial address. He referred to the visit the society had 

 made to Rochester in 1884, and then said: "The university 

 says to 3^our association what the Spaniard tells his guest — ' This 

 house is yours ! ' We wish to thank your society for the influence 

 which it exerts on our city." 



President M. D. Ewell, of Chicago, responded to this friendly 

 greeting with thanks, and expressed the wish that there might 

 be a full discussion of all papers. 



The following were then elected members of the society : 

 A. W. Montfort, Burlington, Iowa ; E. E. Glover, Terre Haute, 

 Indiana; Professor E. R. Boyer, Chicago; Henry Leftman, 

 Philadelphia; Dr. E.. K. Dunham, New York; H. F. Sedg- 

 wick, Nashville ; E. M. Mitting, Chicago ; C. H. Gordon, Cook 

 county. 111. ; E. L. vShervvood, Houston, Miss. ; E. S. Mattison, 

 Pottes county. Pa. ; O. C. Fox, Washington ; George Rust, Den- 

 ver ; C. S. Bower, Philadelphia ; G. W. James, Chicago ; Alfred 

 Lasche, Chicago ; Dr. W. E. Everette, Tacoma, Wash. ; W. N. 

 Preston, Chicago; C. O. Smith, Portland, Me.; Miss L. S. 

 Brown, Angelina, N. Y. ; J. E. Bull, New York ; B. W.Grifiith, 

 Los Angeles ; Clark Bell, New York 



President Ewell, of the committee on the World's Fair, re- 

 ported that the Fair people wanted to hold a microscopical con- 

 vention or congress in May, but as a large number of the mem- 

 bers of the society were teachers he did not think such a date 

 would be a good one. The society referred the matter to the ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



vSecretary Seaman started an interesting discussion on the mat- 

 ter of a standard microscopic screw. Upon this question Mr. 

 Edward Bausch spoke of the recent discussion of the matter in 

 Germany, and the difficulties in the way of the adoption of a 

 standard. "'• The broad gauge screw," said he, " is undoubtedly 

 a thing of the past. The tendency of manufacturers, which, of 

 course, reflects the tendency of popular opinion, is to reduce 

 lengths and size. With the smaller instruments now manufac- 

 tured it is safe to say there will be no enlargement of the screw." 



