1895] MICROSCOPICAL JOUE:psrAL. 401 



tive committee after the meeting, of its President before the meeting, of its 

 members at the meeting and of its treasurer and journals the whole year long. 

 A society medical or scientific needs not so much of pull as of push and that 

 coming not from a handful of loyal and faithful ones, but from every mem- 

 ber of the organization be he in the van or in the rear. Only too often is 

 the rule that a ring or clique controls the actions of a society and dampens 

 the ardor and enthusiasm of its members. This I believe does not hold true 

 with regard to the A. M. S. To be sure we have leaders and they are as 

 necessary as the followers but the weight of responsibility should and does 

 rest equally heavy on both. The A. M. S., had one of its most successful 

 meetings at Ithaca last summer in its history, thanks to Professor Gage and 

 his associates and all indications point to an even more successful meeting in 

 1896. 



The Secretary relies upon your valued journals to do their share of pre- 

 paratory work and also the help of Mr. Eeunsck and Miss Booth and other 

 editor-microscopists. The transactions of 1895, will be out in time for your 

 Journals to review in the January numbers. Before then you need not ex- 

 pect to receive any paper read at that meeting for publication because 1 have 

 corralled them all but one and intend to have them appear first in the trans- 

 actions of a society, afterwards wherever the reader desires and so spread the 

 name and fame of the A. M S. 



Your activity in enlisting new members is very commendable and cannot 

 help but bear good fruit. Professional workers as well as amateurs are to 

 be exhorted to become members and once members to become active and 

 look forward to each meeting as a vacation combining " knowledge with pleas- 

 ure. ' ' The editors of our microscopical journals will be supplied with blanks 

 for admission, and by an amendment to the constitution to be acted upon at 

 the next meeting and it doubtless will be adopted, election to the society will 

 be easier and quicker than heretofore. To be a member of the A. M. S., 

 should be as proud a claim as to be a fellow of the E. M. S. 



Yours sincerely, 



Wm. C. Keauss. 



Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 12. 1895. 

 To THE Editor of 



The American Monthly Microscopical Journal. 

 Dear Sir : — The active and generous intei-est The Microscopical Journal 

 takes in the American Microscopical Society is thankfully appreciated. The 

 Ithaca meeting was a success in every way and emphasized the fact that the 

 society is far from being in a dying condition. With the sense of well-being 

 disseminated by the Ithaca meeting, the promises made by The Microscop- 

 ical Journal, the similar interest Practical ^ficroscopy has in the welfare of 

 the society, and invitations already in hand to meet next year as the guest 

 of well-known and enthusiastic local microscopical societies, the executive 

 committee can work with a determination to add materially to the strength 

 of the national organization. Interest in microscopical research is the key 



