40 secretary's annual report. 



The following addresses were given before the Insti- 

 tute during the season of 1883-84: — 



October 2, 1883. Inaugural Address. 



J. Elmendorf, D.D., president of the Institute. 

 October 9, 1883. "Specialization in Science." 



Prof. W. B. Dwigkt, chairman of the Scientific Section. 

 October 23, 1883. "The Work of the Literary Section." 



Mr. E. Burgess, chairman of the Literary Section. 

 December 4, 1883. "London Stone." 



E. J. Miller, Esq., of Albany, N. Y. 

 January 8, 1884. "The Eternal Heavens" ..J. M. DeGarmo, Ph.D. 



February 5, 1884. ' ' Evolution " C. B. Warring. Ph.D. 



March 4, 1884. "Education by the State" Mr. John I. Piatt. 



April 1, 1884. "Colorado" (lantern illustrations). 



Rev. H. L. Ziegenfuss. 



The average number of members present at these meet- 

 ings was twenty-five, and of guests one hundred sixty. 



During the past year the publishing committee issued 

 volume i. of the Transactions and Scientific Papers of 

 the Institute and its Scientific Section, from the date of 

 incorporation, June 13, 1881, to May 1, 1883. 



The volume, of one hundred forty-eight pages, con- 

 tains the following papers : — 



Mineral Physiology T. Sterry Hunt. L.L.D. 



Chemistry and the Question of Life. /] 



Examination of a Stain on Monumental Marble, { r L. C. Cooley, Ph.D. 



The work of the Scientific Section, 



Are other Worlds Inhabited ? ] 



The Relation of the Chaldean Creation-ac- J- C. B. Warring, Ph.D. 



count to that in the 1st Chap, in Genesis, J 

 The Appearance of the Bean-Weevil (Bruchus ") 



tabee), at Poughkeepsie, [ Prof. W. B. D wight. 



Gradation in Animal Life, j 



The Physiological Significance of Vital Force. . . . W. G. Stevenson, M.D. 



A copy of this publication has been sent to many 

 scientific and philosophical societies, Government de- 

 partments, public libraries, journals, and individuals, 

 and it is gratifying to know that in all cases it has been 

 favorably received. 



