l895-] BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS. I75 



THE DESPOTISM OF THE PLURALITY. 



By Mr. J. Eugene Whitney. 



The paper was illustrated by statistical charts and by practical 

 illustration of the Swiss method of conducting elections. The paper 

 was discussed by several members and visitors. 



[P'oUowing adjournment the subject of organizing a Section of 

 Social and Economic Science was discussed. Signatures were 

 obtained to a request for such a Section, and the matter was left in 

 the hands of a Special Committee, consisting of Mr. F. W. Warner, 

 Temporary Chairman, Mr. W. R. Storey, Temporary Secretary, and 

 Mr. J. Eugene Whitney.] 



March ii, 1895. 



The President in the chair. Thirty persons present. 



The following named persons were proposed for membership and 

 under suspension of the Rules were unanimously elected, by formal 

 ballot : John W. Kenyon, J. Watson Sims, O. H. Strowger. 



The following paper was then read : 



THE TEETH OF MAN. 



By Mr. Charles H. Ward. 



The paper was illustrated by a series of dentological preparations 

 and material in comparative dentology ; and by a large number of 

 human skulls illustrating normal and abnormal growth of the teeth. 



March 25, 1895. 



The President in the chair. A large audience present. 



The third lecture in the Popular Lecture Course was given by 

 Professor W. W. Rowlee, of Cornell University, entitled : 



