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now to celebrate the 100th anniversary in the history of this 

 Academy a much more brilliant story may be told. 



The Toastmastek: 



The Secretary of the Committee having these ceremonies 

 in charge has made a list of thirty-one organizations vrhich 

 are represented here by twenty-six delegates, and they have 

 been arranged in alphabetical order. We would like to hear 

 from every one of the delegates present, but as we may not 

 have time for this I shall not closely follow the list, but shall 

 call upon those who have come from a distance or who repre- 

 sent foreign or national societies, before asking to hear from 

 our home institutions. 



I find that the American Physical Society is represented by 

 F. E. Nipher. I am requested by that gentleman to say that 

 it is the wish of the President of that Society that he present 

 to you the greetings and good wishes of that body, and to 

 wish for the Academy a long-continued life of usefulness. 



I am going to pass one or two on the alphabetical list for 

 the present, hoping to return to them later in the evening. I 

 will now call on a gentleman who comes to us from Canada, 

 representing the Entomological Society of Ontario, ^Profes- 

 sor William Lochhead. 



Professor Lochhead: — 



I am here to bring to you the congratulations of the Ontario 

 Entomolgical Society on the good work you have done ; and 

 especially on the celebration of your fiftieth anniversary. I 

 can hardly tell you at this late hour how much we are in- 

 debted to your Society, and to individual members of your 

 Society. As an Entomological Society, we are a few years 

 younger than your Academy. We originated in '63, so we 

 are in our forty-third year. We are coming close in behind 

 you. Our early members were for many years in close touch 

 with one of your early members, C. V. Riley, who gave us 

 valuable assistance ; and many of our members are greatly 

 indebted to him. I did not have the pleasure of knowing him 

 myself, but our oldest members — I may say that three of our 



