202 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [September, 



and with two exceptions its meetings were held at Anderson Hall. 

 The first exception was Wednesday evening, when the president 

 delivered an address at Music Hall, and the second the grand mi- 

 croscopical soiree at the Arsenal Thursday evening. 



Tuesday jMorning. 



Prof. Lattimore, of Rochester, welcomed the visiting society in 

 a most cordial address. He referred to the visit the society had 

 made to Rochester in 1SS4, and then said: ''The university 

 says to your association wdiat the Spaniard tells his guest — ' This 

 house is yours ! ' We wish to thank your society for the influence 

 which it exerts on our city." 



President M. D. Ew^ell, of Chicago, responded to this friendly 

 greeting with thanks, and expressed the wish that there might 

 be a full discussion of all papers. 



The following were then elected members of the society : 

 A. W. INIontfort, Burlington, Iowa ; E. E. Glover, Terre Haute, 

 Indiana; Professor E. R. Bover. Chicago; Henry Lefl'man, 

 Philadelphia; Dr. E. K. Dunham, New York; H. F.Sedg- 

 wick, Nashville; E. M. Mitting, Chicago ; C. H. Gordon, Cook 

 county. 111. ; E. L. Sherwood, Houston, Miss. ; E. S. ISIattison. 

 Pottes county, Pa. ; O. C. Fox, Washington ; George Rust, Den- 

 ver ; C. S. Bower, Philadelphia ; G. W. James. Chicago ; Alfred 

 Lasche, Chicago ; Dr. W. E. Everette, Tacoma, Wash. ; W. N. 

 Preston, Chicago; C. O. Smith, Portland. Me.; Miss L. S. 

 Brown, Angelina, N. Y. ; J-. E. Bull, New York ; B. W.Griflith, 

 Los Angeles ; Clark Bell, New York 



President Ewell, of the committee on the World's Fair, re- 

 ported that the Fair people wanted to hold a microscopical con- 

 vention or congress in 5lay, but as a large number of the mem- 

 bers of the society were teachers he did not think such a date 

 would be a good one. The society referred the matter to the ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



Secretary Seaman started an interesting discussion on the mat- 

 ter of a standard microscopic screw. Upon this question Mr. 

 Edward Bausch spoke of the recent discussion of the matter in 

 Germany, and the difficulties in the way of the adoption of a 

 standard. •* The broad gauge screw," said he, " is undoubtedly 

 a thing of the past. The tendency of manufacturers, which, of 

 course, reflects the tendency of popular opinion, is to reduce 

 lengths and size. With the smaller instruments now manufac- 

 tured it is safe to sny there will be no enlargement of the screw." 



Four sections of a new constitution were adopted, and the re- 

 mainder of the session w^as occupied with similar routine busi- 

 ness. As many of the most prominent menibers of the society 

 were expected to arrive in the afternoon, it was resolved to ad- 

 journ until evening. 



An invitation was received from the Bausch &. Lomb Optical 

 Company to take electric cars, to be provided for the visitors, and 



