270 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Jan. 24, 



December 13, 189S. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library, President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; thirty-two persons present. 



The following persons were elected active members of the Acad- 

 emy : Henry W. Conklin, Harold C. Kimball, Charles A. 

 Dunham, Dr. B. S. Hert, L. B. Elliott. 



Dr. William P. Spratling, of Sonyea, N. Y., read a paper 

 entitled : 



NEW PRINCIPLES IN CHARITY, AS EMBODIED IN THE 

 CRAIG COLONY FOR EPILEPTICS, 



The paper was discussed by Dr. E. B, Potter, Dr. Van der 

 Beck, Dr. Goler, Mr. Emil Kuichling, Mrs. Kuichling and 

 Dr. Ballantine. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Spratling. 



January id, 189Q. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library. The Librarian, 

 Miss Beckwith, called the meeting to order. The attendance was 

 so small, on account of the exceedingly cold weather, that the meet- 

 ing was adjourned to January 24th. 



January 24, 1899. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library, President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; sixty-four persons present. 



It was moved and carried that the business postponed from the 

 last meeting be further postponed to the next regular business meet- 

 ing, February 14th. 



Mr. C. H. Edson, who for two years had acted as a missionary 

 in Alaska, gave a lecture on / 



ALASKA, ITS PEOPLE, FLORA AND FAUNA, 



illustrated by lantern views, photographs, and Esquimaux and Indian 

 work. 



A discussion of the lecture followed and a vote of thanks was 

 tendered Mr. Edson. 



