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PROCEEDINGS   OF  THE 
Third  Bay — Morning  Session,  Sept.  13th. 
The  Association  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  Henry 
T.  Kiersted,  who  on  taking  the  Chair  made  the  following  brief 
address  : 
Gentlemen,— In  calling  the  meeting  to  order  this  morning,  I  beg  leave  to 
render  my  sincere  acknowledgments  for  the  very  unexpected  honor  which 
the  Association  have  done  me,  by  electing  me  to  preside  over  their  delibe- 
rations. 
I  say  "  unexpected,"  because  I  was  under  the  impression  that  some  one 
of  my  more  worthy  brethren  would  have  been  selected  for  that  station.  At 
the  same  time,  I  am  free  to  confess  a  deep  sense  of  gratification  at  being 
thus  complimented  by  this  body. 
Gentlemen — At  a  time  when  sectional  strife  and  jealou&y  has  sown  the 
seed  of  discord  in  almost  every  wide-spread  organization  ;  when  not  only 
political,  but  even  religious  questions  have  been  embittered  by  mutual  dis- 
trust and  suspicion — it  has  been  eminently  gratifying  in  such  times  to 
witness  the  dignified  indifference  with  which  this  scientific  body  has 
"  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  its  way."  No  clamor  of  demagogues  has 
found  an  echo  here.  No  factious  whisper  has  ever  disturbed  your  harmony. 
With  true  patriotism  and  philanthropy  you  have  met  year  after  year,  from 
North  and  South,  from  East  and  West,  to  discuss,  like  brothers,  questions 
involving  the  common  good  of  all.  And  those  of  you,  who  like  myself  have 
turned  with  feelings  of  melancholy  from  the  spectacle  of  warring  sections, 
will  appreciate  the  pride  with  which  I  respond  to  your  flattering  tribute. 
May  future  years  confirm  the  precedent  you  have  so  well  established  ; 
and  demonstrate  that,  where  men's  hearts  are  right,  there  may  always  be 
found  some  common  ground  on  which  patriots  from  every  section  may 
stand  together  without  a  sacrifice  of  right  or  dignity. 
Report  was  made  that  Charles  Shivers,  one  of  the  delegates 
from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  now  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  session  were  read,  amended  and  adopted. 
The  Executive  Committee  proposed  the  following  names  as 
candidates  for  membership  : 
Victor  Heydenreich,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
Augustus  Presinger,  New  York  city,  New  York. 
George  Blinkhorn,  Rock  Island,  Illinois. 
Thomas  R.  Coombe,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 
A  ballot  was  ordered,  and  Messrs.  Cushman  and  Coddington 
acting  as  tellers  reported  their  election. 
Evan  T.  Ellis  to  whom  was  referred  query  No.  31,  relative  to 
commercial  varieties  of  arrow  root,  read  a  paper  in  answer  there- 
