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of the modern scholar's ambitions and difficulties, and was fol- 

 lowed with pleasure by a good sized audience. 



A. V. Williams Jackson, 



Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



May I, 1899. 



Academy met at 8:15 P. M., President Osborn presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Secretary reported from the Council as follows : That it 

 had been voted to print a program for next year as had been done 

 for the year just ending. It was also voted that meetings be- 

 gin next year at 8:15 P. M. sharp. It was also voted to have 

 the Librarian prepare for publication in Annals a catalogue of 

 serials in Library. 



The following Candidates for resident membership, approved 

 by the Council, were duly elected. 



Dr. J. Alder, 12 East 60th Street. 



Professor Edward F. Buchner, 3 West 63d Street. 



The Secretary announced that Professor Kemp had been 

 made a life member, in accordance with the regulations of the 

 By-Laws. 



William S. Day, 



Secretary pro tein. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS. 

 May I, 1899. 



Section met at 8:25 P. M., Professor M. I. Pupin, presiding. 

 The minutes of the last meeting of Section were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The following program was then offered : 



M. I. Pupin and S. G. F. Townsend, Magnetization of 

 Iron with Alternating Currents, Preliminary Account. 



C. C. Trowbridge, Phosphorescent Substances at Liquid 

 Air Temperatures. 



