88 " PROCEEDINGS S. I. ASs'n ARTS AND SCIENCES. [Vol. 1 



REGULAR MEETING. 

 December isth, igo6. 



The meeting: was held at the Staten Island Academy, New Brig^hton. 

 President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 

 Twenty-three members were present. 



The minutes of the regular meeting: of November 17th, igo6, were 

 read, corrected, and approved as corrected. 

 The following: were elected to active membership : 

 Rev. J. Frederick Berg:, Port Richmond. 

 William W. Capers, Jr., New Brig:hton. 

 Charles H. Ing:alls, West New Brig:hton. 

 Charles R. Parmele, New Brig:hton. 

 Edward S. Rawson, West New Brig:hton. 

 Harry F. Towle, New Brig:hton. 

 Henry G. Woodruff, New Brig:hton. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick referred to the death, on November 21st, last, of 

 Mr. Aug:ustus Acker, who was elected to active membership in the 

 Association in 1902. Mr. Acker was best known in the business and 

 political life of the Island but was g:lad to give his support to the 

 Association in recognition of its value as an educational factor in the 

 community, although he did not take an active part in its proceedings. 

 His unvarying courtesy and cheerful, kindly disposition, were known 

 to all, and these characteristics have received such recognition else- 

 where, by those with whom he was more intimately associated, that 

 further recognition on our part would be superfluous. 



The Secretary called attention to the forthcoming meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science and affiliated 

 societies in the city and distributed circulars of information, and also 

 commented upon the proposed exhibition of the New York Academy 

 of Sciences, at the American Museum of Natural History, designed to 

 show recent progress in various lines of scientific research, 



Mr. Alanson Skinner exhibited archeologic specimens, including a 

 series of arrow points collected by Mr. Frank Speck, near Hackertsack, 



