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E.  Parrish,  Class  of  1842.    S.  Mason  McCollin,     Class  of  1864. 
C.  R..Keeney,  "     "  1845.    P.  Jos.  L.  Carberry,        "     "  1867. 
C.  L.  Jefferson.  "     "  1859.    C.  Parrish,  "     "  1868. 
R.  M.  Shoemaker.        "     "  1862. 
Said  committee  to  meet  after  the  adjournment  of  this  meeting,  and  to  report 
at  the  next  session. 
At  the  second  session,  March  15th,  the  following  officers  were  elected  and 
installed  : 
President,  'V.  S.  Wiegand. 
First  Vice-President,  C.  L.  Eberle. 
Second  Vice-President,  R.  M,  Shoemaker.  \ 
Recording  Secretary,  Clemmons  Parrish. 
Corresponding  Secretary,  P.  .) .  L.  Carberry. 
Treasurer,  Ewd.  C.  Jones. 
To  fill  vacancies  in  E^ecidiue  B  >  ir  l,    Carl  Fruh  and  E.  I).  Paxson. 
President  Wiegand,  in  a  neat  speech,  presented  to  Chas.  F.  Bolton  the  gold 
'jTiedal  offered  by  the  Association,  as  a  prize  to  the  graduate  passing  the  best 
examination  ;  to  which  Mr.  Bolton  responded,  stating  that  his  intercourse 
with  the  College  and  those  connected  with  it,  had  always  been  very  pleasant, 
and  thanking  the  Association  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  him. 
The  President's  annual  message  was  next  read,  receiving  the  applause  of  the 
members  present. 
Mr.  W.  C.  Bakes  proposed  getting  up  a  course  of  Lectures  during  the 
coming  fall  and  winter,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Association,  proceeds  to  be 
devoted  to  the  Laboratory  fund.  This  seemed  to  meet  with  the  approval  of  the 
members  present. 
The  Association  heard  with  feelings  of  sorrow  of  the  death  of  Ferris  Bring- 
hurst.  The  chair  appointed  Jos.  P.  Remington,  W,  C.  Bakes,  Rich.  iVl.  Shoe- 
maker, C.  L.  Eberle  and  T.  S  Wiegand  to  draw  up  suitable  resolutions  ex- 
pressive of  the  feeling  of  the  Association,  to  which  he  had  been  so  long  attached. 
C.  Parrish,  Secretary. 
Announcement.  The  Editor  takes  great  pleasure  in  announcing  to  the  sub- 
scribers and  friends  of  this  Journal  that,  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  College, 
Prof.  John  M,  Maisch  was  elected  its  Editor,  and  that  he  will  commence  his 
duties  with  the  May  number.  Prof.  Maisch  has  been  so  long  and  favorably 
known  as  a  contributor  to  its  pages,  and  as  a  true  working  man  in  our  profes- 
sion, that  he  needs  no  further  introduction,  and  has  our  earnest  good  wishes 
for  a  useful  and  brilliant  career. 
Prof.  Maisch  requests  that  all  correspondence  and  communications  intended 
