1895] business proceedings. i9i 



December 9, 1895. 



The President in the chair. Twenty-six persons present. 



The Council report was adopted, which recommended : 



(i) The payment of certain bills. (2) The change of the 

 days of meeting from the second and fourth Mondays to the second 

 and fourth Tuesdays of each month, until the summer recess. 



Letters were read from Mr. Charles W. Seelye and the Rev. 

 John Walton acknowledging their election as life members. 



The following paper was read : 



SOME PHASES IN THE CARE OF THE INSANE. 

 By Eveline P. Ballentine, M. D. 



The paper was discussed by several persons. 



January 14, 1896. 



seventeenth annual meeting. 

 The President in the chair. Forty persons present. 



The Council report was adopted, which recommended the pay- 

 ment of certain bills. 



The reports of officers for the preceding year were declared in 

 order. 



Secretary's Report. 



The report of the Secretary, Professor A. L. Baker, is sum- 

 marized as follows : 



Number of meetings held during the year, 19 ; number of papers 

 read, in Geology, 5 ; in Geography, 2 ; in Zoology, 2 ; in Mathe- 

 matics, 2 ; in Hygiene, 2 ; and one each in Engineering, Mineralogy, 

 Botany, Biology, Economics. Total, 18. This list includes only 

 formal, announced papers. 



Number of active members elected, 45. Two corresponding 

 members elected and three transferred from active membership. 

 Two life members elected from active membership. Fellows elected, 

 10. 



