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which is forced into the young mind to-day, to be for- 

 gotten, or put aside as useless, on the morrow. 



Mr. Putnam hoped that this was only the commence- 

 ment of a series of similar papers to be brought before 

 the Institute by our teachers, and he assured them that 

 all true naturalists would give their aid in bringing about 

 so desirable a result as the proper teaching of natural 

 history in our schools. 



Vice President, A. C. GOODELL, related some of his 

 experiences at school, and said that these had taught him 

 the importance of knowing things rather than terms ; in 

 other words, that scientific education was the dnly real 

 learning. 



The Secretary, Mr. JOHN ROBINSON, presented^ co - 

 lection of presidential medals of 1860, Lincoln, Bell, 

 Douglass, Breckenridge ; of 1864, Lincoln and McClellan ; 

 and many specimens of the tokens of 1837 to 1841. He 

 gave a very interesting historical notice of the several 

 issues, and spoke of the desirableness and importance of 

 making a complete series of these memorials of the dif- 

 ferent presidential campaigns. 



Adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JAN. 19, 1874. 



Meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The PRESIDENT 

 in the chair. Records read. 



The SECRETARY announced the following correspon- 

 dence : 



From F. E. Hotchkiss, New Haven, Conn., Jan. 12 ; F. B. Hough, Lowville, N. Y., 

 Jan. 5; Charles D. Smith, Goshen, N. Y., Jan. 8; William C. Wood, Wenham, Jan. 

 10; W. H. Youmans, Columbia, Conn., Jan. 5; Belfast Naturalist's Field Club, 



