64 JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 
REPORT OF THE PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY 
SECTION. 
Read at the Annual Meeting of the Association, May roth, 18094. 
Since the last report to the Association the Section has held 
four meetings. At three of these general discussions took place on 
subjects bearing on the department. At the meeting in March was 
presented the only formal paper of the year. This was read by 
S. A. Morgan, B. A., on the subject “ The Mental Basis of Poetry.” 
The discussion on the paper elicited so many thoughts on the con- 
stitution and nature of poetry that it was decided that Mr. W. f. 
Sykes, B. A., prepare a paper on “ Expression in Poetry.” It is 
expected that this will be read at the regular meeting of the coming 
week. 
The interest in the Section during the past year has not been 
as strong as desired, but it is hoped that by attaching the literary 
element to the philological, the Section may add to its membership, 
awaken enthusiasm in the study of language and thereby increase 
its usefulness as a factor in general culture. 
An unfortunate circumstance occurred in the printing of the 
proceedings of the last year, viz.: the omission of a paper on 
“Graduation of Vowel Sounds,” by W. Connor, B. A. It is to be 
hoped that the mistake will be rectified by having the paper incor- 
porated in the proceedings of this year. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
H. P. Bonney, Ws seeronT, 
President. Secretary. 
