1885.] 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



165 



American Society of Microscopists. 



The eighth annual meeting of this 

 society was held at Cleveland. Ohio, 

 beginning the eighteenth of August. 

 About one hundred and forty mem- 

 bers were present. The following 

 accovmt 'of the proceedings is taken 

 mainly from the columns of the 

 Cleveland Plain Dealer ; some of 

 the details are from a correspondent 

 who was present. 



The proceedings were opened by 

 an address of welcome by Mr. C. M. 

 Vorce, President of the Cleveland 

 Microscopical Society, who said : — 



Gentlemen of the American 

 Society and Visitors : It is literally 

 true that words are inadequate to ex- 

 press the gratification that the mem- 

 bers of the Cleveland society expe- 

 rience in being here to welcome your 

 coming to this city. It is an event 

 that we have looked forward to for 

 years. The pleasui^e of making the 

 acquaintance of many gentlemen not 

 only in our own pursuit but in other 

 branches of science and attracting 

 them to our city has long been the 

 subject of our anticipation. To real- 

 ize the consummation of such an 

 event, we have waited in patience for 

 a favorable opportunity to invite you 

 to our city. We at last concluded to 

 invite you without further delay, al- 

 though the facilities we offer might 

 not be all that you could wish. While 

 the Forest City offers innumerable at- 

 tractions and inducements for visitors 

 to sojourn with us, it is singularly 

 wanting in buildings containing halls 

 suitable for a convention of this kind. 

 From the responses we have received 

 from members and others interested 

 in microscopy, we have every reason 

 to anticipate a large attendance, a 

 gathering of more than usual interest 

 and the accomplishment of valuable 

 results, which will add luster to our 

 society. I take pleasure in introduc- 

 ing to you Mayor George W. Gard- 

 ner. 



Mayor Gardner said that he took 

 pride in extending to the society, in 

 behalf of the citv. a heartv welcome ; 



that he took pride in the fact that such 

 a large body of men of high intelli- 

 gence had chosen Cleveland as their 

 meeting place. He declared that he 

 had no doubt the meeting would be 

 productive of great results, not onlv 

 to the society but to science. 



Prof. H. L. Smith, LL. D., Presi- 

 dent of the American Society, said in 

 response, that he thanked the mayor 

 for his words of welcome. ' We 

 come from all sections of the countiT 

 to your beautiful city, than which no 

 more appropriate place of meeting 

 could be chosen. Fifty years have 

 passed since my first visit to Cleve- 

 land. There existed then for those 

 days a palatial hotel kept by Mr. Sco- 

 ville. At that time Ohio City on the 

 west bank of the river was the ambi- 

 tious rival of Cleveland, and bade 

 fair to overshadow her glories. I 

 look in vain for some of the old land- 

 marks that then existed. They have 

 been swept away with the flight of 

 time, and others have taken their 

 places. At that time there existed 

 here a building called the ark, not 

 because it resembled Noah's ship, nor 

 because there were gathered there all 

 sorts and kinds of creatures, but be- 

 cause there were assembled there the 

 scientific and literary men of Cleve- 

 land, young men full of ambition. 

 Well do I remember their first micro- 

 scope. They thought it a wonderful 

 instrument. Then they got a more 

 wonderful one, but even that was far 

 inferior to what we now have.' 



Following the President's address 

 Rev. Jabez Hall, a member of the 

 Cleveland society, oflered prayer. 



The fh'st paper read was by Prof. 

 D. S.Kellicotton 'A New Floscule,' 

 to which he has given the name Plos- 

 cularia Millsil. Dr. F. L. James 

 spoke on the ' Shrinkage of Cement 

 Cells ; the Cause of Leakage in Gly- 

 cerin Mounts.' He stated that the 

 fault in preparing specimens is not 

 due to the zinc but to the persons 

 using it. The cement should be 

 properly made, and when used for 

 makincf cells the hitter should i)c al- 



