14 TRANSACTIONS 



Jan. 17, 1882 — " Is the Growth of Science Favorable to 



the Exercise of the Imagination ?" - Rev. E. A. Lawrence, Jr. 



Jan. 24, 1882—" The Punishment of Crime." - R. E. Taylor, Esq. 



Jan. 31, 1882 — "The French Revolution as an Impulse to 



Political Progress.'' - W. G. Stevenson, M. D. 



Feb. 6, 1882— " Agriculture in the City." F. B. Lown, Esq. 



Feb. 20, 1882—" The Reign of Law." - John Thompson, Esq. 



Feb. 27, 1882—" Luther, Pro and Con." - R. F. Wilkinson, Esq. 



James Nilan, D. D. 



At its Annual Meeting, held April 4. 1882, the Literary 

 Section elected Rev. E. A. Lawrence, Jr., Chairman, and 

 H. V. Pel ton, Esq., Recording Secretary. 



The Art Section was opened Nov. 18, 1881, with an ad- 

 dress by its Chairman, Prof. H. Vanlngen, on "The Ob- 

 jects and Duties of the Section.' 1 



Dec. 16, 1881, Mr. G. E. Bissell read a paper on "Some 

 of the Master-pieces of Painting and Sculpture in Eu- 

 rope." 



At this meeting a committee was appointed, consisting 

 of Prof. Yan Ingen, Mr. James Smillie, Miss C. M. Clowes 

 and Mr. (I. E. Bissell, to arrange for an Art-loan exhi- 

 bition at the opening of the Institute building in the 

 fall of 1882. 



No organized work will be done by this Section until 

 its studio is complete. 



No effort has yet been made by the Secretary to open 

 correspondence with other societies, as it was thought 

 better to postpone such labor until the new building was 

 finished, or until the published transactions of the Insti- 

 tute could be offered in exchange. * * * * 



The organization and work of Vassar Brothers' Insti- 

 tute for the first year of its existence is thus before you, 

 and the record is one worthy of honor. 



To maintain in our city an institution devoted to Sci- 

 ence, Letters and Art, united, co-operative aid from all 

 its members is essential. 



The glory and perpetuity of the Institute rest not in 

 the material structure of its walls, but in the character 

 of the work produced by those who minister within ; 

 Science, Letters and Art are to be the true and enduring 

 memorial of the worthy founders of this society, for, if 

 they add to the sum of human knowledge, or contribute 

 to the intellectual and social advancement of man, they 



