18 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



— which make the papers distinct contributions to the 

 store of knowledge this committee is endeavoring to ac- 

 cumulate. It can hardly be that this new movement will 

 fail of rendering welcome aid in our historical labors. 



KOBERT S. RaNTOUL. 



Geo. M. Whipple. 

 Chas. S. Osgood. 

 Edw. S. Morse. 

 William H. Gove. 

 Alden p. White. 

 Sidney Perley. 



Local History Class Report. 



It has been suggested that it might be of interest to the 

 members of the Institute to hear a short report of the 

 work of the Local History Class, a branch of the par- 

 ent tree, to a report of whose proceedings for the past 

 year, we have just had the pleasure of listening. 



At the last annual meeting of the Institute a suggestion 

 was made that a class should be formed for the study of 

 our local history. It was thought this study might prove 

 interesting and instructive. 



In pursuance of this suggestion, Mrs. Henry M. Brooks, 

 with a view to finding out if such a class would be desira- 

 ble, talked over the matter with a few persons, and, as a 

 result, a meeting to consider the question was called for 

 Thursday afternoon. May 24th, at the Institute rooms. 

 The day proved very stormy and but three persons were 

 present: Mrs. Brooks, Miss Arvedson and Miss H. D. 

 Lander. Of course no formal action towards the forma- 

 tion of a class could be taken, and the meeting adjourned 

 to June 6th. 



At that meeting nineteen persons were present. It 



