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his discussion and showed that such a great variety of stimula 

 could act as growth promoters, that his listeners were led to 

 question at the end of his talk the use of the term hormones for 

 the factor or factors responsible. However, whatever ones feel- 

 ings might be concerning the conclusions drawn, the observed 

 facts concerning these phenomena were eloquently and vividly 

 presented by Doctor Tischler, and. the members of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club are deeply indebted to Columbia University and 

 the Institute of Arts and Sciences for their cooperation in mak- 

 ing this lecture such a decided success. 



Forman T. McLean 

 Secretary 



Meeting of November 18,1931 



The meeting was called to order by President Sinnott at 

 3:30 P.M. at The New York Botanical Garden with thirty-two 

 members present. Minutes of meetings of May 20, October 6, 

 October 26 (special luncheon), and October 30 were read by the 

 Secretary. 



The deaths of Dr. P. A. Rydberg and of Professor C. H. 

 Kauffman were announced and the regret of the club expressed. 



The following wera unanimously elected to membership in 

 the Club: Professor Vernon H. Brooks, School of Parmacy, St. 

 Johns College, Brooklyn, New York; Miss Dolores J. Fay, 

 Newark, New Jersey; Mrs. John T. Fetherston, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 

 Mr. Charles Greenberg, Bronx, New York City; Miss Anna 

 Hecht, Brooklyn, New York; Mr. Samuel Kaiser, Brooklyn, 

 New York; Mr. Robertson Pratt, Columbia University, New 

 York City; Miss Ethel S. Schwartz, New York, N. Y.; and 

 Miss Gertrude R. Twomey, Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y. 



The meeting last year on Exhibits and Demonstrations was 

 so successful for biology teachers and others that it was sug- 

 gested that we have a similar one this year. Dr. Merrill very 

 kindly offered the facilities of The New York Botanical Garden 

 for such a meeting and members of the Association of Biology 

 Teachers accepted this invitation with enthusiasm. This meet- 

 ing will be held on the 19th of December with exhibitions by the 

 New York Botanical Garden, Columbia University, and others 

 and demonstrations of new ideas by teachers. Each high school 

 is urged to bring in at least one demonstration. A motion was 



