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22. Three eases of pancreatic bladder in the cat. W. S. 
Miller. 
23. The pancreatic ducts of the cat. G. H. Heuer. 
24. Variation and individuality in the pyloric caeca of the 
rock bass. R. H. Johnson. 
25. Variation and correlation in necturus maculatus. E. G. 
Birge. 
26. A parisitic Ostracod. W. S. Marshall. 
27. Some notes on the food and on the parasites of a few 
freshwater fish. W. S. Marshall. 
Afternoon Session. 
28. Language at the age of four. John I. Jegi. 
29. The vocabulary of Shakespeare. Edward T. Given. 
Memorial Addresses: 
George McKendree Steele— Samuel Plantz. 
John Butler Johnson— F. E. Turneaure. 
Charles Kendall Adams— C. F. Smith. 
A very pleasant feature of the meeting was the banquet com¬ 
plimentary to the visiting members, held in the Unitarian 
church on Friday evening. Forty persons were present at the 
banquet, including nine visiting members, twenty-four resi¬ 
dent members and seven guests. Short after dinner speeches 
were made by Messrs. Birge, Marsh, Davis, Perisho and Case. 
At 8 o’clock the company repaired to the parlor of the church 
to listen to the excellent address of the retiring president on 
“Decent Criticism of American Scholarship.” 
A detailed account of the morning and afternoon sessions is 
herewith given: 
Friday, December 26 . 
Morning Session. 
President Slichter in the chair. 
The secretary’s report was read and ordered placed on file. 
The following is a brief synopsis of the report. 
The first item! of business was the report of the Secretary. 
After indicating that the minutes of the last meeting had been 
published in Vol. XIII of the Transactions, the report men- 
