Contents of Volume I. 



PART I. 



Meetings for the organization of the Institute 5 



Biographical sketch of Mr. Matthew Vassar, Jr 7 



Regular meetings 8 



Annual meeting May 3, 1882 10 



Secretary's Report for 1881-82 11 



Officers and Trustees elected for 1882-83 15 



Regular meetings 16 



Special meeting, — inaugural exercises at [ „ fi 



the opening of the Institute building, } 1 



Presentation address by Mr. John Guy Vassar 17 



Acknowledgment of property by Mr. S. M. Buckingham 17 



Address by President, T. J. Backus 18 



Regular meetings , 20 



Annual meeting, May 1, 1883 21 



Treasurer's Report 21 



Curator's Report 21 



Librarian's Report 22 



Secretary's Reportfor 1882-83 23 



Officers and Trustees elected for 1883-84 30 



Contents of Volume I. 



PART II. 



Mineral Physiology. T. Sterry Hunt, L.L.D 33-(3) 



Stated meetings of the Scientific Section 52-(22) 



Chemistry and the Question of Life. In- ) t-o / q\ 



augural address, L. C. Cooley, Ph. D. \ "^ ' 



Are Other Worlds Inhabited ? C. B. Warring, Ph. D 63-(33) 



Examination of a stain found on monumen- ) 7ft , A q^ 



tal marble. L. C. Cooley, Ph. D. f '°" ( *^ 



Appearance of the Bean-weevil. Bruchus fabse, } . o n ,-(<. 



at Poughkeepsie, Prof. W. B. Dwight. f ou-^ou; 



The Physiological significance of vital ) o 7 /r^ 



force. W. G. Stevenson, M. D. \ oi-^ui; 



Chairman's annual Report for 1881 82 106-(76) 



Officers of the Scientific Section for 1882-83 109-(79) 



The work of the Scientific Section. Inau- ) 109-'79> 



gural address. L. C. Cooley, Ph. D. )" 

 The Relation of the Chaldean Creation-account to that in \ H8-(88) 



the first chapter in Genesis, C. B. Warring, Ph. D. \ 



Gradation in Animal Life, Prof. W. B. Dwight 127-(97) 



Chairman's annual Report for 1882-83 147-(117) 



Officers of the Scientific Section for 1883- 84 148-(1 18) 



The numbers in parentheses refer to Part II of this Volume. 



