6 MINUTES. [April 2, 3, 4, 
Stated Meeting, March 20, 1908. 
President SMITH in the Chair. 
A list of the donations to the Library was laid on the table 
and thanks were ordered for them from the Chair. 
The decease was announced of Charles Godfrey Leland, at 
Florence, Italy, on March 20, 1903, aged 79 years. 
Prof. Wilder D. Bancroft, of Cornell University, made some 
remarks on “The Electrolytic Dissociation Theory, with — 
plication to Medicine and Biology.” 
General Meeting, April 2,3 and 4, 1903. 
APRIL 2.—Morninea Ssssion, 10 A.M. 
President SMITH in the Chair. 
The President made a brief Address of Welcome. 
The following papers were read : 
“The Structure of the Corn Grain and Its Relation to Pop- 
ping,” by Prof. Henry Kraemer, of Philadelphia. 
“ Beaver County (Pa.) Orchids,” by Mr. Ira Franklin Mans- 
field, of Beaver, Pa. 
“Development of the English Alphabet,” by Prof. Francis 
A. March, of Easton, Pa. 
“ Archeology and Mineralogy,” by Prof. Paul Haupt, of 
Baltimore. 
“The Activity of Mont Pelée,” by Prof. Angelo Heilprin, 
of Philadelphia. 
“The Forward Movement in Plant-Breeding,” by Prof. L. 
H. Bailey, of Ithaca, N. Y. 
“Reaction as an Agent in Securing Navigable Depths in 
River and Harbor Improvements,” by Prof. Lewis M. Haupt, 
of Philadelphia. 
