298 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Feb. 12, 



The following- officers were unanimously elected for the ensuing 

 year : 



President^ Herman L. Fairchild. 



First Vice-President, George W. Goler. 



Second Vice-President, Shelley G. Crump. 



Secretary, Montgomery E. Leary. 



Corresponding Seo-etary, Charles Wright Dodge. 



Treasurer, Joseph E. Putnam. 



Lih-arian, William D. Merrell. 



^ .,, f Charles R. Sumner, ) ... 

 Councillors, \ _ \ until 1004. 



(. Florence Beckwith. ) 



Mr. James B. Morman read a paper entitled 



THE DETERMINATIVE FACTOR OF ORGANIC 



EVOLUTION.-^ 



The paper was discussed by President Fairchild and Dr. 

 W. D, Merrell. 



February 12, 1901. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library ; President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; one hundred two persons present. 



Professor I. P. Bishop, of Buflalo, N. Y., gave a lecture 

 entitled 



THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. 



The lecture was illustrated by a large number of lantern views 

 from photographs taken by him during his trip to Norway the pre- 

 vious summer. 



Fe-bruary 26, 1 901. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library; Vice-President 

 Goler in the chair ; ninety-eight persons present. 



Professor Charles Wright Dodge read a paper entided 

 LIFE AND DEATH. 



♦The matter of the paper is contained in a book entitled "Principles of Social Progress: a 

 Study of Civilization." James Bale .Morman, Rochester, 1901. 



