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and sculpture of the Greeks help to supply this deficiency, hut only 

 in part, since they show almost without exception the finished 

 garments when actually draped about the person. Under these 

 circumstances in order to ascertain the cut of the several garments 

 the speaker was obliged to experiment, at first with an artist's 

 mannikin, and later with a living model, until he obtained gar- 

 ments of which the appearance, when they were draped upon the 

 model, approximated to that of the costumes worn by ancient 

 statues and illustrated by vase paintings. The results attained 

 would indicate : First, that it was exceptional for Greek garments 

 to be shaped or fitted to the person; second, that the chiton, 

 whether short and plain, or long and with a bib, or with both a 

 bib and a Kolpos, was simply a rectangular piece of cloth, of 

 which the two narrow edges were sewed together ; third, that the 

 himation was likewise simply a rectangular piece of cloth with 

 weights at the four corners; and fourth, that the artistic folds of 

 both chiton and himation were due solely, in the case of the 

 former, to the manner in which it was caught across the shoulders 

 and the arms by brooches and was held in at the waist by the 

 girdle, and in the case of the latter to the way in which it was 

 draped about the person. 



JANUARY 1 8, 1906. 



The President in the chair. 



Minutes of the last meeting read and approved. 



On recommendation of the council the following persons were 

 elected members: Rev. Daniel Burke. D.D., Dr. A. S. Heath, 

 Plowdon W. Stevens, H. Stebbins Smith, Edward S. Stryker, F. 

 W. Hottenroth, A. Weiner, Thomas W. Whittle, Walter S. Groes- 

 beck. Dr. W. Reid Blair, Dn C. Ludwig Ambos, Rev. Alvah E. 

 Knapp, Mrs. Henrietta Speke-Seeley, Miss Ida H. Xesslage, Miss 

 Anna Klemann. 



The secretary reported from the council that it had appointed 

 the six committees provided for by the constitution, also a com- 

 mittee to prepare a bill for the incorporation of the society by the 

 legislature. 



Lecture. 



" A Comparison of the Andes of Bolivia with the Swiss Alps." 

 Illustrated by a large number of colored slides, by Professor 

 Adolph F. Bandelier. 



Professor Bandelier pointed out the characteristics of an alpine 

 chain : the individualization of the summits, and the continuity 



