TRANSACTIONS 
OF 
VASSAR BROTHERS INSTITUTE, 
1888-1889. 
DECEMBER 4, 1888—FORTY-THIRD REGULAR MEETING. 
Six hundred members and guests present. 
Rev. A. P. Van Gieson, D.D., president of the Insti- 
tute, in opening the season of 1888-1889, paid a worthy 
tribute to the memory of John Guy Vassar, deceased. 
The inaugural address ‘‘The Cathedral at Cologne,” 
was illustrated, by the kind assistance of Prof. Le Roy 
C. Cooley. 
No business meeting was held. 
DECEMBER 11, 1888—FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR MEETING. 
President Van Gieson and three hundred members 
and guests present. 
Rev. EH. A. Lawrence, of Sing Sing, N. Y., gave a 
most interesting address on ‘‘ The Theosophists of India.”’ 
At the business meeting, a quorum of members being 
present, the President announced a vacancy in the office 
of Secretary. Upon a ballot being taken, Mr. James 
Winne was unanimously elected Secretary, vice C. L. 
Bristol, removed from the city. Dr. J. E. Hoffman and 
Mr. Gilbert Van Ingen were nominated for membership. 
JANUARY 22, 1889—FORTY-FIFTH REGULAR MEETING. 
President Van Gieson, and three hundred and fifty 
guests present. 
