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In addition to the work on Saturdays each class has met one 
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evening per week for general discussion. The average attendance 
for the winter was about 29. The average attendance for the com¬ 
bined classes in geology was therefore 160. 
During the summer, the Curator of the School conducted a party 
of teachers on a geological trip to the western United States and the 
Hawaiian Islands. Ten made the entire trip while others accom¬ 
panied the party to various points in the west. 
In addition to this work, the Curator of the School has spoken 
before pupils and teachers of sixteen schools about Boston. 
Through the personal efforts of Mr. Hollis Webster, fifty new 
dissecting microscopes have been added to the School’s equipment. 
A special course of eight lectures, each by an authority on his 
subject, has been given during the winter. These lectures were 
held at Huntington Hall and were largely attended. 
It was voted that these reports be accepted and placed on file. 
The report of the Trustees was accepted and placed on file. 
Prof. R. T. Jackson reported for the Walker Prize committee 
that seven manuscripts had been submitted in competition for the 
two annual prizes. On the recommendation of the committee it was 
voted that a Walker first prize of $75 be awarded to the author of 
the memoir entitled “ A physiological analysis of the phenomena of 
regeneration in plants” and a Walker second prize of $50 to the 
author of the memoir entitled “Quaternary correlations along the 
New York and southern New England coasts.” 
The envelopes containing the names of the successful competitors 
were then opened by the President, who announced that the winner 
of the first prize was W. B. McCallum of the University of Chicago, 
and the winner of the second prize was M. L. Fuller of the United 
States geological survey. 
The Society then proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing year. 
The President appointed Mr. J. Henry Blake and Prof. George H. 
Barton to act as tellers. After the ballots had been collected and 
counted, it was announced that the following candidates were duly 
elected. 
