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Many went to Long Branch where a reception was tendered them by Past-Presi- 

 dent Isaac Lea ; others went to Atlantic City, and others to Cape May, where 

 they were entertained at Congress Hall. Many, especially of the foreign mem- 

 bers, visited the anthracite coal regions, while the botanists visited the pine bar- 

 rens of New Jersey. 



On Monday morning at the general session reports were read from a number 

 of special committes. After work during the day in the special sections, the 

 members in the afternoon and evening visited the Zoological Gardens, the recep- 

 tion at the Woman's Medical College and that tendered by the Faculty of the 

 University of Pennsylvania. 



Professor Robert S. Ball delivered a thoroughly scientific lecture on Tuesday 

 evening upon "The Distance of the Stars." A reception given at the Pennsyl- 

 vania Academy of Fine Arts followed the lecture. This really artistic building 

 was beautifully decorated with flowers and vines, and the reception was perhaps 

 he most briUiant of the session. 



Wednesday afternoon was devoted to a reception at Haverford College, and 

 on Thursday evening the exercises closed. The meeting was of particular inter- 

 est on account of the presence of so many distinguished foreigners. Several 

 other scientific societies met in the city at the same time. Over 1,200 members 

 were present, and nearly 500 new members were elected. 



The following officers were elected for next year : 



President. — Prof. H. A. Newton, of Yale. 



Vice-Presidents. — Section A — J. M. Van Vleck, Middletown, Conn. Sec- 

 tion B — Professor C. F. Brackett, Princeton College. Section C — William R. 

 Nichols, Boston. Section D — Professor J. Burkitt Webb, Cambridge. Section 

 E — Professor Edward Orton, Coluinbus, O. Section F — Professor B. G. Wilder, 

 Cornell University. Section G — Professor S. H. Gage, Cornell University. 

 Section H — Professor William H, Dall, Washington. Section I — Professor Ed- 

 ward Atkins, Boston. 



Permanent Secretary. — Professor F. W. Putnam, Cambridge (re-elected). 



General Secretary. — Charles Sedgwick Minot, Boston. 



Assistant General Secretary. — C. C. Abbott, Trenton. 



Secretaries of the Sections. — A — E. W. Hyde, Cincinnati. B — Professor 

 A. A. Michelson, Cleveland. C — Professor F. P. Dunnington, University of 

 Virginia. D — C. J. H. Woodbury, Boston. E — Professor H. Carvill Lewis, 

 Philadelphia. F— M. C. Fernald, Maine. G— W. H. Walmsley, Philadelphia. 

 H — Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith, New Jersey. I — J. W. Chickering, Washington. 



The next meeting will be held in Bar Harbor, Maine, or Ann Arbor, Mich. 



The following are the titles of some of the papers read: 



Section A (Mathematics and Astronomy) met in Room i. Horticultural Hall. 

 Vice-President H. T. Eddy, of Cincinnati, was in the chair, and G. W. Hough, 

 of Chicago, acted as secretary. The papers presented, as was the case in all the 

 sections, were not all read, there not being sufficient time. Following is a hst of 

 the papers : 



