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]\Iarch 12, 1 90 1. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library; President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; sixty-nine persons present. 



The report of the Council announced the following appointment 

 of committees : 



Finance — Messrs. Davison, Fairchild, Sumner, Kuichling, Put- 

 nam, Crump and Leary. 



Library — Dr. Merrell, Miss Beckwith, Dr. Rallantine, Professor 

 Dodge, Mr. Davison, Dr. Howard. 



Publication — Dr. Leary, Professor Fairchild, Miss Beckwith, 

 Professor Dodge, Dr. Goler. 



The following Curators were appointed : 



In Botany — Joseph B. Fuller. 



In Conchology — John Walton. 



In Entomology — Charles T. Howard. 



In Geology — C. J. Sarle. 



Agnes M. Stewart, Sanderson Smith and S. C. Fay were 

 elected active members of the Academy. 



The paper of the evening was presented by Henry C. Maine 

 and C. C. Laney, and was entitled 



LANTERN STUDIES OF OUR NATIVE ELMS AND 



OTHER TREES. 



The paper was profusely illustrated by lantern views of many 

 beautiful and historic trees of this vicinity and elsewhere. 



March 26, 1901. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library ; President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; thirty persons present. 



Mr. Sanderson Smith gave an informal talk about his experi- 

 ences while with the U. S. Fish Commission, describing the great 

 cuttlefish and other peculiar fishes of the sea. 



