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will survive and give honor to Vassar Brothers' [nstitute 

 long after the cunning devices of architect and builder 

 shall have crumbled into dust. That this end may be 

 attained, your Secretary thus publicly calls on the gen- 

 erous donor, Mr. John Guy Vassar, to so complete the 

 costly structure with the implements needed for practi- 

 cal work and study, that Science, Letters and Art may 

 find therein a permanent home. * * * * * * 



The Secretary desires to express his grateful thanks to 

 the officers and members of the Institute, and its Sections, 

 for tile uniform courtesy extended to him through all 

 the perplexities accompanying the preliminary organi- 

 zation of the Society, and while lie does not shrink from 

 labor, nor seek to cast the burdens of the coming year 

 on another, yet he feels, after six years of active work in 

 the interests of the two societies now happily merged 

 into one under the corporate name of the Institute, and 

 after seeing this new society well organized and full of 

 promise for future usefulness, that his work should he 

 transferred to another. lie therefore expresses the wish 

 to relinquish the office of Secretary, and he asks for his 

 successor the same generous and courteous assistance 

 heretofore extended to himself. 



Respectfully submitted , 



W. G. Stevenson, Secretary. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers of the 

 Institute for 1882-83. 



President, Prof. Truman J. Backus. 



Vice-President, - Joachim ElMendorf, I). D. 



Secretary, William G. Stevenson, M.I). 



Treasurer, - - Edward Elsworth, Esq. 



Curator of Museum, Prof. William B. Dwight. 

 Art Director, - ■ Prof. Henry Yax Ingen. 



Librarian, Mr. Edward Burgess. 



The following gentlemen were elected Trustees for 

 1882-83 : 



John Guy Vassar, S. M. Buckingham. 



A. P. Van Gieson, L. C. Cooley, 



W. B. Dwight, T. J. Backus, 



J. M. DeGarmo, Edward Elsworth, 



C. B. Herrick, II. V. Pelton, 



C. N. Arnold, W. G. Stevenson. 



