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Society at heart. Bnt wluitever may be the course determined 

 upon, let us hope that the next tifty years may witness in the 

 history of this Society the same enthusiasm, the same unity of 

 purpose, the same good financial judgment, the same uninter- 

 rupted growth and prosperity which has marked the first half- 

 century of its existence. 



[f a trust, in the nature of an educational duty, was imposed 

 upon the founders of this Society in procuring its incorporation, 

 and if we, its present officers and members, in undertaking the 

 administration of its affairs have assumed that trust, may we not 

 say without arrogance that we have not abused it, that we have 

 made of it an institution of public benefit, that we have educated 

 not only our own members but the outside world as well, and 

 accomplished a work for which we shall receive the blessing of 

 coming generations. 



