13^ MINUTES nOF THK INSTITUTE. 



March 9, 1911. — Adjourned meeting. Lecture, "Our 

 P'oreign Possessions," bv Major Jesse M. Baker. 



March 23, 191 1. — Adjourned meeting. Illustrated lec- 

 ture, "Across the Continent and the Canadian Rockies," by 

 Dr. E. D. Fitch. 



April 6, 191 1. — Regular business meeting, with I'resi- 

 dent T. Chalkley Palmer in the chair. Reports of commit- 

 tees and usual current business. Williatn Taylor, I^sq., of 

 Media, was elected to membership. Donations to the library 

 were announced as follows : " North American Ophiurians," 

 "Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium," and a 

 number of French pamphlets on insects. On motion it was 

 decided that the Institute purchase the eleventh edition of the 

 "Encyclopaedia Britannica," and a committee was appointed 

 for that purpose. The annual nomination of officers was 

 held. F)dgar T. Miller was elected to life membership in 

 recognition of his long and valuable services as chairman of 

 the Board of Curators. Dr. Anna E. Broomall presented a 

 large collection of Rocky Mountain flora and also a book of 

 mounted ferns from India. C. M. Broomall reported results 

 of current systematic bacterial examinations of Media water. 

 President Palmer spoke concerning the various theories of the 

 role of light in building up carbohydrates in the vegetable 

 cell. H. L. Broomall spoke of the tendency in our schools 

 to teach children (in an attempt at ultra-refinement of correct 

 pronunciation) to pronounce such a phrase as "at all " in 

 such a way as to produce a faint guttural sound between the 

 words. The speaker slated that this sound was an almost 

 exact reproduction of a certain guttural occurring in the 

 Arabian alphabet. On motion adjourned. 



April 20, 191 1. — Adjourned meeting. Illustrated lec- 

 ture, "Child Labor in Pennsylvania," by Fred. S. Hall, 

 Secretary Pennsylvania Child Labor Association. 



