TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



VASSAR BROTHERS INSTITUTE, 

 1894-1896. 



NOVEMBER 14, 1893.— SIXTi^-THIRD REGULAR MEETING. 



President Hill in the chair. The meeting was devoted 

 to a discussion of the interests of the Literary Section of 

 the Institute, and the formulation of plans for its work 

 in the future. 



MAY 1, 1894.— SIXTY-FOURTH REGULAR MEETING. 



President Hill in the chair. The President reported 

 that the work of the Institute had been confined to that 

 done by its two sections. The Literary Section, under 

 John C. Sickley, chairman, had arranged and carried out 

 a series of meetings according to the following pro- 

 gramme : 



1893. 



December 5. " The Hawaiian Question." Mr. Irvinj^ Elting 



December 19. " The Jury System." Mr. Edward Elsworth 



1894. 

 January 16. " Review of Goldwin Smith's United States." 



Mr. .John C. Sickley. 

 February 6. Debate : " Is the Annexation of Canada to the United 



States Desirable ? " 

 Mr. Saftord A. Crummey, Affirmative ; Mr, Edmund Piatt, Negative. 

 February 20. " Browning not an Esoteric Poet." 



Rev. George Clark Cox. 



March 6. " The Single Tax." Mr. William J. Bolton. 



March 20. " The Swiss Referendum. " Dr. J. W. Poucher 



April 3. " The Taxation of Church Property." 



Prof. T. H. Hiserodt. 

 April 17. •' The Higher Criticism." Prof. Harlan P. Amen. 



