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THE 



AQUARIUM 



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Brooklyn Aquarium Society 



The annual meeting of the lirooklvn 

 Aquarium Society was liekl on the 

 evening of January 13, 11)14. There 

 was a very large attendance, and not- 

 withstanding that it was the coldest 

 night that Brooklyn has witnessed in the 

 past twelve or fourteen years. One of the 

 most interesting parts of the evening's 

 meeting was the reading of the re- 

 ports of the se\eral officers and the 

 chairmen of the committees. 



The report of the president, Dr. 

 Frederick Schneider, was received with 

 a great deal of pleasure and enthusi- 

 asm by every one present. The show- 

 ing for the year was such to make him 

 and all the members proud. The in- 

 creased membership showed that there 

 were about sixty per cent additional 

 members enrolled during the past year, 

 making the past administration the 

 best in the history of the society. Dr. 

 Schneider's report was studded with 

 many instructive and interesting re- 

 marks appertaining to the welfare of 

 the society, and the work in general. 

 Great strides had been made for the 

 better scientific management of acpia- 

 riums and fish culture. 



The secretary's and treasurer's re- 

 ports show that the Brooklyn Aqua- 

 rium Society can now boast of a good 

 financial condition, and the outlook is 

 such that the members feel the funds 

 of the association warrant some enter- 

 tainment, which most pn>l)al)ly will be 

 in the form of an annual dinner to be 

 held during the month of March. 



The reports of the dififerent commit- 

 tees were very gratifying and were 

 also received with great applause. 

 After the reading of the reports, the 

 election of ofticers for the ensuing }'ear 



began, and the following gentlemen 

 were unanimously elected to their sev- 

 eral ofiices : 



President, Dr. I-'rederick Schneider, 

 64 Grove Street. 



\'ice-president, Joseph I-'roehlich. 11 

 P^rancis Place. 



Secretary, Harry Roessle. IKi liar- 

 man Street. 



Treasurer, Theodore P. I-'ritz, 8()o 

 Halsey Street. 



Librarian. Seymour II. Ripin. iJlo 

 Franklin Avenue. 



I^ocal Editor, Seymour H. Ripin, 915 

 I""ranklin Avenue. 



r^\ery one of the above accepted 

 with the assurances that thev would 

 do all in their power to make the new 

 administration a successful and pros- 

 ])erous one. 



The society expects to make great 

 progress during the coming year, and 

 if the hopes of all the officers and mem- 

 bers are only half realized, the ISrook- 

 lyn Aquarium Society will be second 

 to none in this country. 



Seymour H. Ri])in, 

 Local Editor. 



The Natural Scientist a Re- 

 ligious Teacher 



Truly, he who unfolds to us the way 

 in which God works through the world 

 of phenomena may well be called the best 

 of religious teachers. In the study of 

 the organic world, no less than in the 

 study of the starry heavens, is it true 

 that "day unto day uttereth s])cech, and 

 night unto night showeth knowledge." 

 — John Fiske i>i a mciuorial lecture on 

 Cliarli's Danvin. 



