PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF 
ST. LOUIS. 
JANUARY 4TH, 1892. 
President Nipher in the chair, 16 members present. The 
following officers for the year were elected: — 
Pree esi ee H. S. Pritchett. 
First Vice-President......M. L. Gray. 
Second Vice-President. ... Robert Moore. 
Recording Secretary......Arthur Thacher. 
Corresponding Secretary..Wm. Townsend Porter. 
APOASUPEE is 65. oc ....Enno Sander. 
Librarian...............Gustav Hambach. 
Varner i Gustav Hambach, E. A. Engler, 
Arthur Thacher. 
Directors ...... ceccsesscd. M. Leete, F. EB. Nipher. 
The retiring president, Prof. Nipher, made the following 
address :— 
** Gentlemen of the Academy: 
In turning over to my successor the office with which you have so long 
honored me, it does not seem fitting that I should enter upon any discussion 
of the future aims or policy of the Academy. It has always been an easy 
Matter to lay plans for the future. It is easy to see what a rapid develop- 
ment would be possible if we could secure a permanent home, where our 
valuable library could be made safe against fire, and could be made more 
accessible to members. This is all possible if the necessary financial aid can 
be secured. Our former presidents have often indulged in pictures of this 
kind, but the realization of these hopes is yet in the future. The Academy 
has one element of great strength. Its charter is much more liberal than 
could now be secured by a newly organized body, in that it can hold property 
free of taxation, not only as a charitable institution but by the express terms 
of its charter. 
It remains only for those who have the interests of science at heart to 
allow no unworthy motives to stand in the way of the financial success of the 
Academy of Science. Let us have no divided house. The Academy hasan — 
honorable history with a goodly perspective of honored names, Its founane 
