VASSAE BROTHERS INSTITUTE. 11 



sued, and distributed to various scientific find philosophi- 

 cal societies, journals, individuals and public libraries. 



The volume, of one hundred sixty-six pages, contains, 

 beside official reports and abstracts of addresses, the 

 following papers in full : 



Inaugural Address President, J. Elmendorf, D. D. 



" The objects and duties of the Art Section." Prof. H. von Ingen. 



" Specialization in Natural Science," "1 



" An Interesting Geological Locality," 



'• Embryonic Forms of Limulus Polyphemus," \ Prof. W. B. Dwight. 



' ' Geological Investigation in the vicinity of ' 



Poughkeepsie," J 



'•Gyroscope," / „ _ w . „, ^ 



,,, .. ., , r ,,. , . tj . . ,. ,C. B. A\arrmg, Ph.D. 



Uniformity of Climate m Past Ages, ) 



" Saturn.*' Maria Mitchell, LL.D. 



" Compressibility of Gases." 1 



" A New Apparatus for Boyle's Law," ' _. „ , „. _. 



„, 7 ...... ,, T , . m , i - r L. C. Cooley, Ph.D. 



Ventilation for the Laboratory Table, 



" Device for Locking Laboratory Drawers," J 



4 Intelligence in Butterflies Jas. M. DeGarmo, Ph.D. 



" Carcharodon carcharias," | 



" Odontaspis littoralis," TTT „ _, _, _ 



,, ,-. T , ,, .. „ .. - W. G. Stevenson, M.D. 



" Our Local Mammalian Fauna, 



" List of our Local Birds." J 



Your secretary is pleased to report that his corre- 

 spondence has enabled him to place many additional 

 names of societies and journals upon the exchange list 

 of the Institute. The following have already made 

 valuable contributions to our library. 



American Philosophical Society, of Philadelphia. 



Albany Institute, of Albany, N. Y. 



American Geographical Society, of New York. 



American Monthly Microscopical Journal. 



Academy of Sciences of St. Louis, Mo. 



Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



Bussey Institute, Mass. 



Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass. 



Buffalo Society of Natural Science, Buffalo N. Y. 



Bureau of Education, (Department of the Interior). 



