14 PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT. 
Dr. J. Howard Suydam, of Jersey City, N. J., deliv- 
ered a lecture entitled ‘*‘ How the Dutch took Holland.”’ 
It was a succinct and graphic account of the visit of the 
Holland Society of New York to Holland during the 
summer of 1888. 
At the business meeting, a quorum being present, Dr. 
J. E. Hoffman and Mr. Gilbert Van Ingen, were elected 
members of the Institute. 
MARCH 5, 1889—FORTY-SIXTH REGULAR MEETING. 
President Van Gieson, and two hundred and fifty 
guests present. 
Prof. Henry Van Ingen, of Vassar College, delivered a 
lecture entitled ‘‘ A Painting and its Component Parts,’’ 
which was illustrated by stereopticon views. 
No business meeting. 
MAY 7, 1889—EHIGHTH ANNUAL MERTING. 
Rev. A. P. Van Gieson, D.D., president, in the chair, 
and a quorum of members present. 
The president submitted his annual report as follows: 
The president of Vassar Brothers Institute respectiully 
presents to the Institute the following annual report of 
the work done by the Institute and its several sections : 
During the past year the Institute has suffered a 
grevious loss in the decease of Mr. John Guy Vassar, 
one of the two founders and liberal benefactors from 
whom the Institute derives its name. It is deemed 
proper that this annual report should contain not oniy a 
record of the fact of his decease, but also a renewed ex- 
pression, in behalf of all the members of the Institute, 
of their respect for Mr. Vassar as a man, of their appre- 
ciation of his deep interest in the welfare of the Insti- 
tute, of his liberality towards it during his life, and of 
the additional testimonials alike of his interest and his 
liberality which have come to light since his decease. 
