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of the scientific departments of the University, there are 

 already members of the Society, and in all departments 

 there will be a most hearty welcome, and every reason- 

 able aid will be furnished for the success of the meeting. 

 Finally and not least, the President of the University, 

 Dr. Schurman, extends to the Society a most cordial 

 welcome. 



The University buildings, which will be at the disposal 

 of the Society, are especially adapted for the formal pre- 

 sentation of papers, blackboard illustrations, hanging of 

 diagrams, etc., as well as for any demonstration that 

 authors may desire to make. The armory is very con- 

 veniently located both for the University and for the 

 city, and a soiree there can hardly fail to be a great 

 success. 



Besides the attraction of papers and demonstrations 

 by members, nearly all the opticians have expressed not 

 only a willingness, but a desire to be present and make 

 an exhibit of their microscopes and microscopical appa- 

 ratus, thereby affording the members an opportunity to 

 see all the new and standard apparatus. 



If one will look over the contents of the proceedings 

 of our Society, it will be found that, following our pro- 

 totype, The Royal Microscopical Society of London, our 

 Society not only considers and publishes papers upon 

 the microscope, its manipulation and accessories, but also 

 the results of investigation in which the microscope 

 plays an important role. Indeed the papers cover the 

 entire field of human knowledge in which the microscope 

 is an important instrument of investigation. Thus there 

 are articles on the microscope itself and its accessories ; 

 microtomes and section cutting ; methods of fixing and 

 hardening; indeed on all the processes that must be 

 gone through for the successful study of modern biology. 

 Pathology and bacteriology also have their share of at- 

 tention. Jurisprudence in so far as it calls upon the 



