6 TRANSACTIONS 



The certificate of incorporation was read by Dr. Ste- 

 venson, who also stated the general facts relative to the 

 object and methods of the Society as defined by its By- 

 laws. 



The following- gentlemen were elected officers of the 

 Institute : 



President, - Mr. Matthew Vassar, Jr. 



Vice-President, - Mr. John Guy Vassar. 



Secretary, - William Gr. Stevenson, M.D. 



Treasurer, - Edward Elsworth, Esq. 

 Curator of Museum, - Prof. William B. D wight. 



Art Director, Prof. Henry Van Ingen. 



Librarian, - Joseph I. Jackson, Esq. 



At the request of the President, an advisory commit- 

 tee, consisting of Messrs. Dwight, Cooley, Backus, Els- 

 worth and Stevenson, was appointed to consult with the 

 architect relative to the building: to be erected. 



SEPTEMBER 6, 1881— SPECIAL MEETING. 



Mr. S.M.Buckingham, President, pro tern., in the chair; 

 eighteen members present. 



Announcement was made by the Secretary of the 

 death of the President, Mr. Matthew Vassar, Jr., and on 

 motion, Messrs. Van Grieson, Backus, Cooley and Swan 

 were appointed a committee to draft and present to the 

 Institute at a subsequent meeting, resolutions of respect, 

 together with a biographical sketch of Mr. Vassar. 



Forty members were elected. 



OCTOBER 5, 1881— SPECIAL MEETING. 



Prof. T. J. Backus, President, pro tern., in the chair ; 

 twelve members present. 



Thirty members were elected. 



OCTOBER 12, 1881— FIRST REGULAR MLETING. 



A. P. Van Grieson, D.I)., President, pro tern., in the 

 chair ; twenty-nine members present. 



The Recording Secretary of the Scientific Section re- 

 ported that the Section had been organized, by-laws had 

 been adopted, and Prof. L. C. Cooley had been elected 

 Chairman, and Mr. C. N. Arnold Recording Secretary. 



