110 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Mr. Exurorr opposed the establishment of noon as the initial 
hour of the day. It seemed to be proposed in the interest of astron- 
omers, who work at night, and would not be submitted to by the 
people at large. 
He exhibited a map showing a grouping of the railroads of the 
country under the recently adopted time schedule. 
Mr. Curts said that the resolutions of the Geodetic Association 
do not appertain to civil time. The “universal time” they advo- 
cate is for the use only of astronomers and great transportation 
corporations. 
Other remarks were made by Mr. Newcoms. 
2425 MEETING. DEcEMBER 8, 1883. 
By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 
the Society occupied for the evening the Lecture Hall of the 
National Museum. 
The President called Vice-President MaLitery to the Chair. 
There were present about three hundred members and guests. 
By invitation, the Presidents of the Biological and Anthropo- 
logical Societies occupied seats on the platform. 
The President of the Society, Mr. J. W. PowE i, delivered the 
annual address, taking for his subject 
THE THREE METHODS OF EVOLUTION. 
[The address is printed on pages XXVII-LU, ante. ] 
The Chair invited the members of the Society and their friends 
to remain for a period after adjournment, for the purpose of social 
intercourse. 
The Society then adjourned. 
