32 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
high appreciation of the ability and success with which the instructors 
in botany and zoology with their assistants have conducted their 
classes as shown by the enthusiasm aroused in members of the classes 
and the results attained. That the members of the classes appre¬ 
ciate the opportunities offered them is shown by the time and 
strength given by teachers whose time is already filled and often 
overcrowded, by a voluntary vote of thanks sent through the Curator 
to Mr. Lowell, and by the offer on their part to help bear the expense 
of new equipment should the funds on hand not be sufficient to 
purchase all that might be needed. 
To Prof. A. Lawrence Lowell and to the officials of the Society, 
the School owes a deep debt of gratitude for their cordial coopera¬ 
tion in the conduct and improvement of the School. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN, 
GLOYER M. ALLEN. 
Membership. 
During the year 1902-1903, two Corresponding Members have 
been added to the Society, Charles D. Walcott, Washington, and 
J. J. H. Teall, London. Twenty-two Corporate Members have also 
been added. 
One Honorary Member — Rudolph Virchow — and two Corre¬ 
sponding Members — Paul B. Du Chaillu and Major J. W. Powell — 
have died during the year. The Society has also lost by death this 
year five Corporate Members — William S. Appleton, Dr. Roger T. 
Atkinson, Charles U. Cotting, F. Gordon Dexter, Prof. John D. 
Runkle. Seven Corporate Members have resigned and three have 
been dropped from membership for non-payment of dues. 
The membership of the Society, May 1, 1903, consists of seven 
Honorary, 124 Corresponding, and 460 Corporate Members. There 
are 16 Patrons. The Corporate Membership is now larger than in 
any previous year. Following is a statement of the annual addi¬ 
tions, losses, and net .increase in total membership for the past 
five years. 
