194 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [October, 



FRIDAY MORNING. 



Professoi" Detmers, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, reported the 

 following ticket, which was elected by vote of the Secretary on motion to 

 dispense with an election by ballot: — President, W. J. Lewis, M. D., Hart- 

 ford, Conn. ; Vice-Presidents, A. M. Bleile, M. D., Columbus, Ohio ; F. L. 

 James, M. D., Ph. D., St. Louis, Mo. ; Executive Committee, F. O. Jacobs, 

 M. D., Newark, Ohio ; C. C. Mellor, Pittsburg, Pa. ; Dr. W. H. Seaman, 

 Washington, D. C. The terms of the Secretary and Treasurer not having 

 expired, these gentlemen continue to hold their respective offices. 



The next meeting will doubtless be held near the place of meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, which meets at 

 Toronto, since many members of the American Society are members of the 

 American Association. 



Treasurer S. M. Mosgrove of Urbana reported $679 receipts and $107 

 expended. 



The society then adjourned, after which the members took the train to 

 Newark, for the purpose of examining the prehistoric mounds at that place. 



FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 



The members of the society were the guests of the city, the mayor and 

 other prominent citizens meeting them at the depot with carriages and show- 

 ing them the objects of interest. This is in the very centre of the mound 

 region of the Ohio valley, the ones located in the outskirts of Newark being 

 among the most noted. These have been described by Squire and Davis, 

 also by J. W. Foster, in his work entitled ' Prehistoric Races.' 



The most striking mound is that at the fair ground, and it consists of a 

 nearly circular embankment from 12 to 15 feet high and enclosing an area of 

 33 acres. Upon it are growing trees estimated to be 200 years old. One 

 measured 11^ feet in circumference. Inside, and not outside as we would ex- 

 pect, is a ditch 5 to 10 feet deep. There is but one entrance to the enclosure. 

 The systems of smaller mounds and embankments, vaiying from a few inches 

 to several feet in height, were traced for long distances. Lunch was served 

 by the Nfewark ladies at the»fair ground. 



Before lunch the Hon. C' B. Giffin, standing upon a mound which imag- 

 ination styles an Eagle, and located in the centre of the so-called ' Fort,' read 

 an address on the archaeology of the place. The group was photographed 

 by Mr. Drescher of the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, N. 

 Y. After that several hours were spent in riding about to view a number of 

 other mounds in the vicinity. 



The party returned to the city about 5 P. M., and different parties made 

 short excursions from the Tubbs House during the next two hours, visiting 

 the collections at the county court-house and elsewhere. 



FRIDAY EVENING. 



At 7 o'clock about 100 people, including prominent citizens, sat down to 

 dinner in the Tubbs House. 



After the dinner, Mr. Giffin called the assembly to order to listen to Judge 

 Hunt, who welcomed the visitors in the name of the city. Speeches in reply 

 were made by Dr. Bleile, Professor Kellicott, Dr. Lewis, and Dr. Detmers. 

 The latter created amusement by presenting a pair of stuffed frogs, each 

 represented as gazing down the tvibes of a microscope. The work was by 

 Mr. Wellington, of Jackson, Mich. 



At its conclusion and before leaving the tables the final meeting of the so- 

 ciety was held. Professor Kellicott contrasted the present with the first 

 meeting held ten years ago at Indianapolis, when but 49 persons were pres- 

 ent (13 from New York. 14 from Indiana. 8 from Illinois, and 5 from Ohio). 



