274 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY fSept- 



The address of the President, Dr. Lester Curtis, of 

 Chicago, was delivered on Tuesday evening, his subject 

 being '• Microscopical Reminiscences." 



The following new members were elected : Dr. John 

 L. Gilbert, Topeka, Kansas ; Miss Eva H. Field, Des 

 Moines, Iowa; Miss Agues M. Claypole, Akron, Ohio; 

 Benjamin F. Kingsbury, A. B., M. S., Defiance, Ohio ; 

 Dr. Charles Franklin Craig, 21 Balmforth avenue, Dan- 

 bury, Conn. : Dr. Walter W. Alleger, Pension Office, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Joseph D. Mallonee, 84 Fargo avenue, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. ; Karl McKay Wiegand, Ithaca, N. Y. ; 

 Dr. Albert H. Brundage, 1153 Grates avenue, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. ; Dr. Jos. H. Hunt, 1085 Bedford avenue, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. ; Dr. Bushrod W. James, N. E. corner Green 

 and 18th streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Seven papers and accompanying slides and photos 

 were presented for prizes, and the Executive Committee, 

 after careful consideration, awarded the prizes as fol- 

 lows : 



To Karl McKay Wiegand, of Ithaca, N. Y., for his 

 paper, " The structure of the fruit in RanunculacesB," 

 there being no competition in this class, the second prize 

 of thirty dollars, for original researcli in botany ; to 

 Benjamin F. Kingsbury, of Defiance, Ohio, for his paper, 

 "The histological structure of the Enteron of Necturus 

 maculatusi^'' the first prize for original research in Zoo- 

 logy of thirty dollars ; to Agues M. Claypole, of Akron, 

 Ohio, for the second best in Zoology, on " The Enteron 

 of the Cayuga Lake Lamprey," the second prize in 

 Zoology of thirty dollars ; to Dr. Charles M. Krauss for 

 set of photomicrographs, there being no competition in 

 this class, the second prize of fifteen dollars. 



In addition to the above, the following papers were 

 presented : 



A contribution to the study of diseases of the 

 lower animals, by Miss Eva M. Field, of Des Moiues, 



