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TRANSACTIONS OF THE TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
I congratulate you that your time and talents are devoted to the 
study of those things which will shed light upon the every day prob- 
lems of life, and better the condition of your fellows. 
We hope this occasion may prove to be one pleasant in the remem- 
brance, and that when you separate it may be with renewed and a united 
determination to put forth increased effort in extending the scope and 
usefulness of the Academy of Science. 
