PRESIDENT’S REPORT. Ta 
Members of Vassar Brothers Institute: By an 
amended rule of the society, the duty of making the 
annual report has been transferred from the secretary 
to the president, and in obedience thereto, I] have the 
honor of briefly speaking in relation to the work which 
has been done by the Institute and its sections during 
the year ending this date. 
During the year one member—Dr. John R. Cooper— 
has died, and the names of two members have been taken 
from the roll by resignation. 
Six members have been elected. The present member- 
ship is one hundred ten. 
As indicated by the treasurer’s report, the finances of 
the society are in a satisfactory condition. 
By an amendment to article vin, of the by-laws, the 
museum and the library have been placed under the di- 
rect charge of the Scientific Section, and the curator of 
the museum and the librarian have been made officers of 
this section 
The following addresses were given before the Insti- 
tute during the season of 1886-1887 : 
1886. 
November 9. ‘‘ Genius and Mental Disease.” 
Wm. G. Stevenson, M.D.. president of the Institute. 
1887. 
January 4. ‘‘ Pre-historic Man in America.” 
James M. DeGarmo, Ph. D. 
February 1. ‘‘ Ruined Castles in Asia Minor.” 
Rev. Edward Riggs. 
April 5. ‘Some Physical Processes and Concomitants of Men- 
KOs soondcaedosodseHD once Rey. H. L. Ziegenfuss. 
The average attendance of members and guests at 
these meetings was one hundred seventy-five. 
The publication of Volume IV, which has been delayed, 
will soon be issued, and will contain the transactions of 
the Institute and of the Scientific Section, from May 5, 
1885, to May 3, 1887. 
