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stood out upon the screen with a beauty that 

 can hardly be exaggerated; they were most 

 enthusiastically received by the audience. 



On Wednesday afrernoon, Professor A! 

 S. Bickmore lectured on the ' Illustrative 

 Method of Teaching Geography and Zo- 

 ology at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, in New York City.' This lecture, 

 like its predecessors, was illustrated by 

 beautiful stereopticon views. 



Evident emphasis was laid upon the so- 

 cial side of the Springfield meeting. While 

 unquestionably many of the members attend 

 almost exclusively on account of the papers 

 and discussions of the meetings of the sev- 

 eral sections, there is a large number who 

 would lay equal stress on the value of the 

 gathering in bringing together socially spec- 

 ialists in very varied fields of knowledge, 

 and of giving them opportunities for inter- 

 change of ideas ; the specialist needs more 

 breadth and he gains it by contact with 

 those outside of his immediate field. The 

 importance of this as an aim of the Asso- 

 ciation is often overlooked, but should not 

 be. On Wednesday evening the Associa- 

 tion was invited to a reception at the new 

 Art Museum, the doors of which were that 

 night for the first time opened to the j)ublic. 

 The building is a beautiful one and a fitting- 

 place for housing the collection which iu a 

 a number of departments is of great value. 

 On Thursday evening, at the conclusion of 

 the Presidential address, the Ladies' Eecejj- 

 tion Committee gave a reception to the As- 

 sociation at the City Hall. The hall was 

 tastefully and appropriately decorated, the 

 music by two orchestras well selected and 

 rendered, the collation thoroughly appre- 

 ciated, and the efforts of the committee iu 

 charge to make the occasion enjoyable to 

 all present were eminently successful. On 

 Monday, late in the afternoon, lawn recep- 

 tions were given to the several sections by 

 ladies of Springfield, which were largely 

 attended and enjoyed. 



The whole day on Saturday was as usual 

 devoted to excursions in the vicinity of 

 Springfield. The college party, which in- 

 cluded most of the members present, left 

 early in the morning for Amherst, a small 

 number however leaving the party at Hol- 

 yoke in order to visit Mt. Holyoke College 

 at South Hadley. Most of tlio party kept 

 on to Amherst, where they were taken in 

 carriages to either Amherst College or the 

 Agricultural College,as they wished. Several 

 hours were spent in examining the build- 

 ings and collections. At Amherst College 

 much attention was attracted by the new 

 chemical and physical laboratory erected 

 under the direction of Professors Hains and 

 Kimball, and by the fossil footprints col- 

 lected by President Edw. Hitchcock. At 

 the Agricultural College the Insectary, one 

 of the three in existence, was considered 

 the most notable feature. From Amherst 

 the party went to Northampton, where a 

 collation was served at the town hall by 

 the citizens of the place. Unfortunately at 

 this time the rain which had threatened all 

 the forenoon now began, and somewhat 

 interfered with the enjoyment of the after- 

 noon. The party visited Smith College in 

 carriages and many of them went to the 

 numerous places of interest in the suburbs 

 of Northampton. In spite of the weather, 

 the day was one of much pleasure and profit 

 to the participants in the excursion. Sun- 

 day, though quietly spent, was not devoid 

 of scientific interest to the members of the 

 Association. Several pulpits were filled by 

 visiting members and a number of sermons 

 on subjects of scientific beai-ing were 

 preached in various churches. In the 

 evening a union meeting was addressed by 

 a number of members of the Association, 

 and in the afternoon the usual Association 

 prayer meeting was held at the Y. M. C. A. 

 rooms. Eetui-ning to the more direct work 

 of the Association, each morning a general 

 session was held at ten o'clock, and the 



