310 RECORDS. 



the supernatural, unless they are critically reconstructed with 

 reference to the type of culture in which they are applied. It 

 seems more legitimate to differentiate magic and religion accord- 

 ing to the types of situations within which they appear. Some 

 tensions in the experience of the primitive man are merely 

 occasional and appeal to him chiefly as an individual ; others 

 are more general and appeal more insistently to the conscious- 

 ness of the social group. In connection with the former sort 

 of tensions magical practices are developed, and in connection 

 with the latter variety religion differentiates. 



James E. Lough, 



Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



February i, 1904. 



The Academy met at 8.15 P. M., Vice-President Poor pre- 

 siding. The minutes of the preceding business meeting were 

 read and approved. 



The Secretary reported from the Council that a letter had 

 been received from Mrs. H. Carrington Bolton, informing the 

 Council that Dr. Bolton had given to the Academy, for the Pub- 

 hcation Fund, the sum of $1,000. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Henry E. Crampton, 

 Recording Secretary. 



