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and masterly way in which he treated the history and 

 development of these musical compositions enabled those 

 who heard him to derive a much greater enjoyment from 

 the Seidl concert than would otherwise have been possi- 

 ble. Although the evening of the lecture offered several 

 counter attractions, the Institute auditorium was entirely 

 filled and some of those who came left for lack of seats. 



The decoration and alteration of the auditorium and 

 the accessions to the museum property of the Institute 

 have been reported by the chairman of the Board of 

 Trustees. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Irving Elting, 

 President of the Institute. 



Chairman Sickley reported that the Literary Section 

 had held meetings according to the following pro- 

 gramme : 



1895. 

 December 3. Symposium : •' Desirable legislation for city govern- 

 ment — especially for the City of Poughkeepsie." 

 Robert F. Wilkinson, Edward Elsworth, John I. Piatt, 

 John Corcoran, Charles N. Arnold, Charles B. 

 Herrick. 

 December 14. " Constitutional systems compared." 



Henry V. Pelton, 

 1896. 

 January 14. " Thi'ee recent books. " 



Safford A. Crummey, Gifford Wilkinson, Edmund Piatt. 

 January 28. " How far is scientific knowledge a guide to religious 

 truth?" 



Rev. George Clarke Cox. 

 February 4. " The foreign policy of the United States." 



John I. Piatt. 

 February 18. " The Niagara Power Co. " 



Rev. A. P. Van Gieson, 

 March 10. " The care of the insane. " 



Dr. Chas. W. Pilgrim. 

 March 24. " An Elizabethan theater party. " 



Prof. Wentworth, 



