462 RECORDS. 



Annual Address of retiring President, J. J. Stevenson. 



On the announcement of the election, President Osborn took 

 the chair and assumed control of the meeting. Retiring Presi- 

 dent Stevenson then delivered the annual Presidential Address 

 upon the subject, The Debt of the World to Pure Science. 

 The address appears in the Annals, Vol. XI, pp. 177-192. At 

 the conclusion of the address. President Osborn expressed the 

 thanks of the Academy to the speaker, and the meeting ad- 

 journed. 



REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. 



March 7, 1898. 



President Osborn in the chair, fifteen members present. Min- 

 utes of last meeting read and approved. 



The amendments to the by-laws proposed at the February 

 meeting were both carried. 



The Secretary presented for the Council the following names 

 for Resident Membership, and he was authorized to cast one 

 ballot for the list, which was done. 



Resident Members Elected. 



Robert H. Cornish, 123 Claremont avenue, Montclair, N. J. 

 Henry Mitchell MacCracken, D.D., LL.D., New York Uni- 

 versity. 



Dr. Joseph A. Blake, 437 West 59th street. 

 Mrs. M. A. P. Draper, 271 Madison avenue. 



Members Proposed. 



The following nominations were read and referred to the 

 council : 



Life member, Miss Catherine W. Bruce, 810 Fifth avenue; 

 nominated by J. K. Rees. 



Resident 7)iembers, S. B. Hoffman, Morristown, N. J. nomina- 

 ted by Harold Jacoby. 



