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of officers and the reading- of two papers. No new persons 

 being- available for president it was thought wise to elect 

 one of the early presidents again. 

 The list for 1897-8 is as follows : 



President, D. S. Kellicott. 

 Vice-President, Mrs. S. H. Gage. 



" V. A. Moore. 



Secretary, Dr. W. C. Krauss. 

 Treasurer, Magnus Pflaum. 

 Committee, Dr. D. E. Haag, Edith Claypole, 

 and John M. Berry. 

 The Secretary and Treasurer are hold-overs. 

 A paper was then read by Agnes M. Claypole on "Forms 

 of Cleavage in eggs of certain Arthropods." The other 

 paper of like technical character was by John M. Berry of 

 Peterboro, N. Y., on "Phagocytic Action of Leucocytes 

 in Amphibians and Mammals. 



The society then adjourned to meet at such time and 

 place as the committee may hereafter agree upon. It 

 seems " that no invitations were received by the society 

 for next year and no exhibits, working sessions, excur- 

 sions or banq-uets were connected with the meeting this 

 year. The Blade says : "While the attendance was not so 

 large as had been anticipated the interest of those present 

 was none the less apparent." It also announces that one 

 enthusiast, J. C. Smith, had come all the way 'from New 

 Orleans, to attend and that there were two or three people 

 from Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Certainly the thanks of Toledo are due to the Professor 

 Claypole and his two daughters, without whose presence 

 the meeting would have lost largely and whose papers con- 

 stitute in bulk three quarters of all the mental pabulum 

 furnished the visitors. The Blade properly acknowledges 

 this by saying : "Perhaps the best known microscopists 

 in this section are Prof. Claypole and his two daughters, 

 who are always among the leaders in any event that tends 

 to create microscopic interest." 



Our society is indebted to Dr. D. E. Haag for securino- 

 the school room for its use and for working up the exhibi- 



