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with red brick ; and, finally, marble and granite of every variety ; 

 white marble from Greece and the islands of -the Aegean Sea; 

 mottled pink and brown marbles from Asia Minor, yellow marbles 

 from Africa, and gray and red granite from Egypt. Bronze was 

 extensively used for temple doors and as a covering for roofs, and 

 was frequently overlaid with gold." 



" The Romans borrowed from their neighbors whatever architec- 

 tural forms they found suited to their own needs. The)' learned from 

 the Etruscans the principle of the arch, and employed it extensively 

 in all its forms, the simple arch, the vault, and the dome. From the 

 Greeks they obtained the colonnade with its three orders of columns, 

 Doric, Ionic, Corinthian. But the Romans were not content to 

 borrow only ; they combined the arch and the colonnade in a great 

 variety of forms with fine decorative effect. They displayed in their 

 architecture great practical originality in the application of known 

 principles and methods in the development of new architectural 

 types." 



"This survey of the great structures of Ancient Rome suggests 

 the regret that such splendid works of architecture should have 

 disappeared from the eartti. But the wealth of Rome, which made 

 possible its magnificence, was gained not by honest industry, but by 

 conquest and plunder ; when, therefore, Roman imperialism went 

 down, making way for modern liberty, it was fitting that the gorgeous 

 palaces that had housed it should fall into ruins. That which was 

 best. in Rome has survived. We have her literature and her history, 

 her system of government and jurisprudence, and we need not lament 

 the loss of her marble and bronze." 



April io, 1S93. 



STATED MEETING. 



The meeting was held in the Geological Lecture Room, Sibley 

 Hall, University of Rochester. 



The President, Professor H. L. Fairchild, in the chair. 



Twenty-seven persons present. 



The Council report recommended that $50.00 be appropriated to 



