TRANSACTIONS 
OF 
VASSAR BROTHERS INSTITUTE, 
1887-1890. 
NOVEMBER 15, 1887—FORTIETH REGULAR MERTING. 
Twenty-five members, and two hundred and thirty 
guests present. 
The president of the Institute, Rev. A. P. Van Gieson, 
D.D., opened the course of the season by delivering an 
address entitled : ‘‘ Flags which have floated over Amer- 
ican Soil,’’ in which were presented a brief history of 
the national flags of Spain, the Netherlands, France, 
and England, and a more extended history of the flag 
of the United States, and of the successive flags of the 
Confederate States. The address was illustrated by 
colored representations of the various flags spoken of, 
and also showed very clearly how the chief points in 
American history were illustrated by the changes of the 
- flags. 
- FEBRUARY 7, 1888—FORTY-FIRST REGULAR MEETING. 
Rev. A. P. Van Gieson in the chair, twenty-three 
members, and two hundred guests present. 
Rev. James M. Taylor, D.D., president of Vassar Col- 
_ lege gave an address entitled, ‘‘The Influence of Hume 
on Modern Thought,’’ which was discussed by Dr. W. 
_G. Stevenson, President Van Gieson, Rev. H. Loomis, 
Jr. and others. 
