44 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR 



compiled from the several reports read at the meeting and 

 the remarks by several members in relation thereto, pre- 

 sents the work of the Institute in the various departments 

 since the last annual meeting. 



The past year has been one not specially eventful in the 

 annals of the Institute, and there have been no important 

 commemorative or social observances as have occuiTed in 

 some of the previous years. The ordinary work of the So- 

 ciety has gone smoothly. The various Regulär and Field 

 Meetings have been well attended. The publications have 

 been issued witli pages well filled with valuable historical 

 and scientific papers. Our membership has held its own. 

 Generous donations to the library, cabinet, and the 

 treasury have been made. The number of visitors to the 

 rooms has been large and the year may, with propriety, 

 be called a prosperous one. 



Members. — Changes occur in the list of our associates 

 by the addition of new names and the withdrawal of some 

 by resignation, removal from the county or vicinity, or by 

 death. 



MEMBERS ELECTED MAY 1882 TO MAY 1883. 



• 1882, June 20 George Burnham Ives, Salem. 



" " " Charles F. Pouslaxd, Salem. 



" " " Charles A. Buxton, Salem. 



" <' ♦' Frank A. Brown, Salem. 



«• " " Jean M. Missud, Salem. 



" " " Harriet Knight Kimball, Salem. 



*' " " Hattie L. Kimball, Salem. 



*' << '' George Randall, Peabody. 



" Sept. 5 William Henry Gove, Salem. 



" *' " Patrick J. Mg Cuskek, Salem. 



" " 19 Myra Hall, Salem. 



'* Dec. 5 Esther C. Mack, Salem. 



