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"Steam," Wed., eTan. 3, 1883. EightJi, I. J. Osbun, 

 "The Storage of Electricity," Wed., Feb. 21, 1883. 



In addition to the above, by an arrangement made with 

 tlie Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, two 

 courses of free lectures were given. First course, by 

 Prof. C. C. Bessey, of the State Agricultural College, 

 Iowa, on Thursday afternoons, Jan. 18, 25, and Feb. 1, 

 1883, three lectures on "Problems m Vegetable Physiol- 

 ogy :" I. " Green slime and yeast Plan ts." II." Structural 

 and physiological development of the vegetable kingdom." 

 III. "The evolution of the Flower." Second course: 

 five lectures by Prof. J. Walter Fewkes, an assistant in 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Cambridge. "Corals 

 and Coral Islands," on the afternoons of Wednesdays, 

 Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 1883. 



CoNCERTS. Under the personal direction of the curator 

 of music, two Chamber concerts have been given with 

 great acceptance. This was the fourteenth concert season 

 of the Institute. First, Friday evening, Feb. 16, 1883. 

 The selections of the two trios by Beethoven and Schubert 

 formed a happy contrast, the latter perhaps being the 

 more brilliant. It was very pleasant to hear Mr. Arthur 

 W. Foote again in Salem after so long an interval. He 

 was ably assisted by Messrs. Gustave Dannreuther, Wulf 

 Fries, and Miss Louise Gage. Second, Monday, March 

 26, 1883. Mr. Hiram G. Tucker, of Boston, gave a 

 piano recital. He had the assistance of Miss Grace F. 

 Dalton, soprano vocalist. Both parties did themselves 

 much credit in their respective numbers and the concert 

 was both enjoyable and interesting. 



ExcüRSiONS. Frida]/, June 9, 1882, visited Plyraouth, 



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