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we owe an unselfish devotion of the best results of such culture and 

 training as we have. We must not be discouraged by the lack of 

 sympathy in public officials. None of us have graduated in the school 

 .that teaches the full measure of civic learning, public spirit, public 

 I)rogress, and the public's knowledge of what the public ought to pro- 

 vide for itself. If we become imbued w*ith the love of this learning, 

 we shall long to hand the lighted torch to our fellows, and in time it 

 will surely reach our brothers in office. 



I make no doubt that when our museum is once opened to the public 

 under municipal patronage, we then lay the foundation for an institu- 

 tion that is bound to grow to large proportions. Accretions to our 

 collection and library, numerous, acceptable, and valuable, are already 

 in sight. And we shall need it to enlarge our publications, to include 

 illustrations, memoirs, and much other matter that economy compels 

 us now to omit; to provide public lectures by distinguished scientists, 

 to encourage original research and investigation, to increase our library 

 and to enlarge our museum. 



Bearing all these things in mind, let us begin the new year with a 

 steadfast and an indomitable resolution to attain, finally and well, our 

 purposes. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves exhibited photographs of hailstones and 

 read the following paper: 



a remarkable hailstorm. 



About the middle of the afternoon of June 23, igo6, it commenced to 

 hail. The stones were of the usual size, and I thought I was doing 

 well when I accumulated a tumblerful, the largest of which was the 

 size of a small marble. Some minutes passed and no more stones fell, 

 and those that lay on the ground had almost melted. My sister and I 

 were standing on the lawn, when suddenly a white ball hit the turf 

 not a great distance off and bounced two or three feet into the air. 

 We looked over into the next yard, thinking that the youngsters had 

 thrown and egg at us. This idea was quickly dispelled when with a 

 gradual increase the white objects began to batter on the roof and on 

 the lawn in rapid succession. The uproar in the house caused by the 

 stones falling on the roof was very great. It was hard to make any- 

 one hear what was said, even though but a few feet away. 



Stones were now falling very thickly and rebounding from the ground 

 three or four feet, some making indentations in the lawn and garden one 



