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Vol. XIII. CINCINNATI, APRIL, 1890. No. 1. 


PROCEEDINGS. 
Business MEETING, January 7, 1890. 
Vice-President James in the chair. 
There were twenty-five persons present. 
The minutes of the October Business meeting were read and 
approved. 
‘The following were nominated for active membership: Louis 
Wyler, E. L. Anderson, Dr. J. C. Culbertson, Philip C. Fosdick, 
S. Joseph Richard, C. D. Batelle, and Miss Lottie C. Howard. 
Mr. Starling Fagin was elected to active membership. 
The minutes of the Executive Board for October and November 
were read. 
Prof. W. O. Sproull read a paper on ‘‘ The Development of 
Color Perceptions.”’ 
A revised Constitution and By-Laws was presented and read by 
the committee appointed for that purpose. 
The donations were announced and the Society adjourned. 
*Donations: From E. D. Cope, author, ‘‘ Horned Dinosaurs of 
the Laramie”; Wilfred Guild, stone implement. 
SCIENTIFIC MEETING, February 4, 1890. 
President Fisher in the chair. 
There were twenty-six persons present. 
_ The minutes of the December Scientific meeting were read and 
Approved. 
Prof. C. L. Herrick read a paper on ‘‘ Facts and Theories Con- 
cerning Cerebral Anatomy ” (as envoy for a technical paper on 
«¢ Anatomy of the Nervous System of the Alligator’’). 
Mr. E. O. Ulrich read a paper on ‘‘ The Ostracoda.”’ 
Mr. Davis L. James read the following papers by title: ‘‘On 
