INSTITUTE NOTES. 



An Institute event of great interest was the recent meet- 

 ing of the Geological Section, held at the home of President 

 T. Chalkley Palmer, in Middletown township. The members 

 had the opportunity of inspecting Mr. Palmer's battery of fine 

 microscopes and examining his collections of diatoms, myxo- 

 mycetes and other objects of microscopical study. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Palmer received the Section with open doors, and its 

 members will long remember the pleasant evening passed in 

 their home. • 



The activity in the Section meetings of the Institute 

 during the present season has been very gratifying. A 

 number of good papers have been presented, some of which 

 will appear in the Proceedings. 



The roof of the new addition to the Institute Building 

 leaks, and repeated efforts do not seem to remedy the defect. 



Dr. David W. Horn, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., member of the 

 Institute, has recently given several very interesting talks 

 before the various Sections. One of the most appreciated of 

 these was a talk on "Colloids," illustrated by experiments, 

 before the Chemical Section. 



Mr. Francis Richardson, member of the Institute, has 

 recently presented to the Library, for the special benefit of the 

 Electrical Section, a number of volumes of technical electri- 

 cal literature. 



Members of the Institute and others are requested to sub- 

 mit articles for publication in the Proceedings. 



The heating apparatus of the Institute Building is not 

 proving a success. The matter is being investigated by heat- 

 ing experts, and we hope to be more comfortable in future 

 Winters. 



