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It is unnecessary for me to say that this ceremony today is very grati- 

 fying to the finance committee as well as to our entire Association and 

 we hope that in no distant future we shall see the building completed as 

 originally planned. 



The president then called upon Doctor HoUick to state the contents of 

 the copper box placed within the cornerstone and donated by Mr. John 

 Milnes. The contents of the box 'are as follows : 



List of Articles Prepared for the Cornerstone by Arthur Hollick 



Copy of Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is., first issue, Nov. lo, 1883. 



Copy of Proc. Nat. Sci Assoc. Staten Is., last issue, June 3, 1905. 



Copy of Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. Arts and Sci., first issue, June-Dec. 1915. 



Copy of Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. Arts and Sci., last issue, Oct. I9is-Jan. 1916. 



Copy of Museum Bull. Staten Is. Assoc. Arts and Sci., first issue, Aug. 1908. 



Copy of Museum Bull. Staten Is. Assoc. Arts and Sci., last issue, Oct. 1917. 



Copy of Memorial Number, Commemorating the Celebration of the 25th 

 Anniversary of the Organization of the Natural Science Association 

 of Staten Island. Issued March 15, 1907, by the Staten Island Asso- 

 ciation of Arts and Sciences. 



Copy of invitation issued in connection with the laying of the cornerstone 

 of the museum building, Oct. 20, 1917. 



Copies of the New York World, Sun, Times, Tribune, and the Staten 

 Islander of Oct. 20, 1917. 



The president then exhibited the trowel of brass, silver plated, donated 

 for the occasion by Mr. Louis A. Pape, through Mr. Anton W. Hoffmeyer, 

 and read the inscription which was as follows : 



Used at the laying of the 



Corner Stone 



of the 



Museum Building 



Staten Island Association 



of 



Arts and Sciences 



October 20, 1917 



Presented 



by 



Louis A. Pape 



The mortar was then mixed by the mason and spread by the president, 

 using the silver trowel, and the cornerstone with the copper box therein 



