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to be represented at the opening of its new hall on May i and 2, and 

 Professor Francis E. Nipher was appointed to represent the Society 

 on the occasion. 



The following papers were read : 



" The Biographies of Suetonius," by John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Pro- 

 fessor of the Latin Language and Literature, University of 

 Pennsylvania. 



"The Etymology of the Word '111,'" by Hermann ColHtz, 

 Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Philology, Johns Hopkins 

 University. 



" The Treaty Obligations of the United States relating to the 

 Panama Canal," by Charlemagne Tower, A.B., LL.D., Phila- 

 delphia. 



"A Counsel of Perfection. A Plan for a State University and 

 for an Automatic Collection and Distribution of a State Tax 

 for Higher Education," by Joseph G. Rosengarten, A.M., 

 LL.D., Philadelphia. Discussed by Dr. Cyrus Adler. 



" Reprisals, Contraband and Piracy under Queen Elizabeth," 

 by Edward P. Cheyney, A.M., LL.D., Professor of European 

 History, University of Pennsylvania. Discussed by Mr. Har- 

 rison S. Morris and Mr. Rosengarten. 



" Some Commercial Transactions in Babylonia During the 

 Period of Greek Supremacy," by Albert T. Clay, A.M., Ph.D., 

 Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature, 

 Yale University. 



"The Historical Value of the Patriarchal Narratives," by 

 George A. Barton, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Semitic Lan- 

 guages, Bryn Mawr College. 



" The Succession of Human Types in the Glacial and Inter- 

 glacial Epochs of the European Pleistocene," by Henry Fair- 

 field Osborn, D.Sc, LL.D., Research Professor of Paleon- 

 tology, Columbia University, New York. 



"The Flora of Bermuda" (illustrated), by Stewardson Brown, 

 Conservator, Botanical Section, Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia (introduced by Professor Henry Kraemer). 



"A New Type of Sewage Disposal Tank," by William Pitt 



