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at the meeting of April 27, was read by the Secretary', who 

 reported that the committee consisting of the President, Dr. 

 Trelease, and the Secretary was favorable to its adoption. By 

 this amendment the first part of Article XVIII, which formerly 

 read: "The regular meetings of the Club shall be held on the 

 second Tuesday and the last Wednesday of each month from 

 October to May inclusive, at such hour and place as the Club 

 may direct," is to be changed to read as follows: "Unless other- 

 wise determined by the Club, the regular meetings shall be held 

 on the second Tuesday and the last Wednesday of each month 

 from October to May inclusive, except the last Wednesdays of 

 November and December, at such hour and place as the club may 

 direct." On the motion of Dr. Hollick it was unanimously 

 voted by the Club that the Secretary be requested to cast a 

 ballot for the adoption of this amendment. 



With regard to the propositions of Dr. Barnhart made at 

 the meeting of March 30, the Secretary reported that the above- 

 named committee was unfavorable to their adoption. As a result 

 of a separate ballot on each proposition the majority was against 

 adoption in each case. 



The Secretary reported that the committee composed of the 

 officers of the Club, to whom the method of election of a delegate 

 to the Council of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences and repre- 

 sentatives on the Council of the A.A.A.S., had been referred, 

 offered the following amendment to Article III of the Constitu- 

 tion: to omit the word "and" before "a Bibliographer" and 

 add after Bibliographer, the words, "one delegate to the Council 

 of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences, and two representatives in the 

 Council of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science." Several members felt that it was incorrect to thus 

 class the delegates to these Societies as officers of the Club, and 

 after some discussion it was voted by the Club, on the motion of 

 Dr. Hollick, that the proposed amendment be referred back 

 to the same committee of the officers of the Club with the sugges- 

 tion that the proposition be placed in the form of a By-law instead 

 of an amendment to the Constitution. 



The Club then listened to an interesting talk by Mr. E. B. 

 Matzke of Columbia University, on Cell Form. 



Many of the single celled plants and animals are spherical 

 in shape, or more or less so at least; and this form is assumed 



