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W. Hoflfmeyer, Mr. William H. Mitchill, Mr. S. McKee Smith, Mr. Jas. 

 R. Walsh, Mr. F. Winthrop White, Hon. William G. Willcox, Hon. George 

 Cromwell; the following representatives of the scientific staff of the Mu- 

 seum : Dr. Arthur Hollick, director. Miss Agnes Pollard and Mr. Howard 

 H. Cleaves, curators ; the comptroller of the City of New York, Hon. 

 Wm. A. Prendergast; and the following members and friends of the Asso- 

 ciation : Mr. Robert W. Gardner, the architect of the new building, and 

 Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. John Q. Adams, Mrs. Anton W. Hoffmeyer, Mrs. Jas. 

 R. Walsh, Mrs. F. Winthrop White, Mrs. Howard R. Bayne, Mrs. Her- 

 bert C. Bugbird, Mr. Lloyd M. Bayne, Mr. W. W. Bryan, Mr. Jas. W. 

 Clawson, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Miss Bessie E. Davis, Mrs. Melvin L. 

 Decker, Mr. Daniel J. Haverty, Mr. J. Blake Hillyer, Mrs. Hollick, Mrs. 

 T. L. Kennedy, Mrs. A. M. King, Miss Lucy J. Kipper, Mrs. Ethel L. 

 Kraft, Mr. Charles W. Leng, Mrs. John May, Mrs. Robert H. Pentz, Mr. 

 A. L. Schwab, Mr. and Mrs. Alanson Skinner, Mr. Carl Eugene Tefift, Mr. 

 George W. Tuttle, Mr. David Varon, Mr. Lot C. Alston, Rev. J. H. 

 Brinckerhoff, Dr. J. C. Conner, Mr. F. A. Errington, Mr. Louis A. Pape, 

 Mrs. H. Prescott Wells, and others. 



Letters of regret from Mayor Mitchell, Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director 

 of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Miss Anna B. Gallup, Curator of 

 Children's Museum of the Brooklyn Institute, were received. Hon. Calvin 

 D. VanName, President of the Borough of Richmond, was present pre- 

 vious to the opening of the ceremonies, but was unable to remain because 

 his presence was required in connection with the parade of the Naval 

 Militia. 



The ceremonies were opened by the president, who spoke as follows : 



Remarks of Howard R. Bayne at the Laying of the Corner Stone 



OF THE Staten Island Institute Building of New 



Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. 



Ladies and Gentlemen: It becomes my pleasant duty as president of the 

 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, to call this gathering to 

 order and to preface the proceedings by a few remarks. 



It is our privilege to see this day, which many in the past desired to see 

 but saw it not. 



Many years ago, on November 12, i88r, a small gathering of the citizens 

 of Staten Island met at the home of Mr. William T. Davis and organized 

 the Natural Science Association of Staten Island. Subsequently on the 

 19th day of January, 1885, this body was incorporated under the general 

 New York statute. Fourteen years after the organization of the Associa- 

 tion, I had the honor to be elected a member of it. and from that time I 

 have followed its history and development with close attention and interest. 

 I was elected president of the Association on November 8, 1902, and from 

 that time to this, throughout the changes of name and incorporation, I 



