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historic Earthworks of Henry County Indiana, T. B. Redding; On 
the So-called Paleolitic Implements of the Upper Mississippi, W. H. 
Holmes; A Definition of Anthropology, Otis T. Mason ; Pueblo Myth 
and Ceremonial Dances, F. H. Cushing ; Demonstration of a Recently 
Discovered Cerebral Porta, Charles P. Hart; Ruins of Tiahuanaco, 
Mr. Douglass; Points Concerning Fort Ancient, Selden S. Scoville ; 
Exhibition of a Suite of Prehistoric Pottery from a Mound on the 
Illinois River, between Peoria and Havana, J. Kost. 
Saturday, August 20 was occupied by excursions. These were to 
Niagara Falls; to Canandaigua Lake; to the Portage Gorge of the - 
Genessee River, which was of interest to geologists; and to Stony — 
Brook Glen, another gorge south of Rochester, which was of interest 
to botanists. On Wednesday,’ August 24 an excursion went to the 
Fish Hatchery of the State at Mumford. 
_ On the evening of Friday, the 19th, the ladies of Rochester gave a 
reception at the Powers Art Gallery. 
Excursions to the Adironkack Mountains and the River St. 
Lawrence were projected to succeed the Hatchery excursion. 
The next meeting will be held at Madison, Wis., beginning the 
third Thursday in August, 1893. The following is the list of officers 
for the ensuing year: ` 
President, William Harkness, Washington, D.C. Vice-Presidents, 
A. Mathematics and Astronomy, C. L. Doolittle, South Bethlehem, 
Pa.; B. Physics, E. L. Nichols, Ithaca, N. Y.; C. Chemistry, Edward 
Hart, Easton, Pa.; D. Mechanical Science and Engineering, S. W. 
Robinson, Columbus, O.; E. Geology and Geography, Charles D. 
Walcott, Washington, D. C.; F. Zoology, Henry F. Osborn, N. Y.; 
_ G. Botany, Charles E. Bessey, Lincoln, Neb.; H. Anthropology, J. 
Owen Dorsey, Tacoma, Md.; I. Economic Science and Statistics, 
William H. Brewer, New Haven, Conn. Permanent Secretary, F. W. 
Putnam, Cambridge (office Salem), Mass. General Secretary, T. H. 
Norton, Cincinnati, O. Secretary of the Council, H. L. Fairchild, 
Rochester, N. Y. Secretaries of the Sections, A. Mathematics and 
Astronomy, Andrew W. Philips, New Haven, Conn.; B. Physics, 
W. LeConte Stephens, Troy, N. Y.; C. Chemistry, J. U. Nef, Chicago, 
Iil.; D. Mechanica] Science and Engineering, D. S. Jacobus, Hobo- 
ken, N. Y.; E. Geology and Geography, Robert T. Hill, Austin, Tex. ; 
F. Zoology, L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C.; G. Botany, F. V. 
Coville, Washington, D. C.; H. Anthropology, Warren K. Moore- 
head, Xenia, O. ; I. Economic Science and Statistics, Nellie S. Kedzie, 
Manhattan, Kas. Treasurer, William Lilly, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 
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