The times., 1897-04-08
NATIONAL SCIENCE CLUB.
A Number of Scholarly Papers Read
at Yesterdays Session.

The National Science Club held the first
session of its third annual meeting yester-
terday morning, at l l O'Clock, at COlum-
biau University, with Mrs. Emilia @. An
thony, OF GOuveneur, ~ Y, in the chair.
The program was opened with an ad-
dress OF welcome by Mrs. Laura Osborne
Talbot, general secretary OF the club, and
at its close letter was read from the
president, Mrs. Rosa Smith Eingenmann,
who regretted her inability to be present
or even to send her accustomed address.
Mrs. Talbot then read an interesting re-
port relating to the progress made by the
club since its last annual meeting
Several scientific papers were read,
the first being 4 carefully cOllaborated
history of ''Hydroids,'' by Miss Minnie
Stafford and Miss Buhannon, of Chicago,
Ill Mrs. Emilia c. Anthony gave an in
teresting description of PLANT Varia-
tions," which was followed by AN OBJ
ject Lesson ON Natural Science" by Mrs.
W A. Kellerman, OF Columbus, Ohio.
Fossils of Chicago and Vicinity" was
an able contribution by Mrs. Ada d..
Davidson, OF Whiting, Ind. and Mss
Rebeeca Wayne knight, of Yineland, y.
J., sent in a paper on winter Buds, y
which was read before he club by
Miss Marguerite Borst of this city An adj
dress dis playing unus ual thought and
study was delivered by Mrs. Elizaneth
G. Sampson Hoyt, the wife of the Governor
OF Wyoming.
The afternoon session open ed at O'Clock
with the report OF the section OF entomology,
by Miss Mary E Murtfeldt. of kirkwood,
Mo Mrs Newbury Adams, OF Dubuque,
Iowa, addressed the club at length as TO
the study of phy seal sciences, ana paper
On -'Dipensiacae,' illustrated by diagrams,
was read by Miss Margaret Fusman Boyn-
ton, who is i'll the Postgraduate course at
Cornell University, and is sister-n-law
OF Prof. +. v. Coville, of the botanical
division Of the Department OF griculture.
1.-The Study of Child Life was an attn active
paper by Mrs. F. F. Merriam, of Waverly,
N. j., which was succeeded by The Con-
servative Role OF Bacteria in Nature" by
Miss Mary Forster, of Newnham College.
England who is delivering a course of
lectures on economic science in Buffalo,
N Y.
Three papers: "Corvus Americdnus,
The Giant Boulder of Jacksonville, VT
and ''SweetPease, by Miss Martha French,
of Jacksonyille, Vt, who was unable TO be
present, were read by Miss Nowlin, OF
Washington. y. C.. the same lady read
ing also dissertation on Moths and But
terfies,'' with observations On ''PapiliO
Asterias.' contributed by Mrs. Annabel
Cook Whitcomb, of Milwaukee.
At the close of the session the botanical
section adjourned TO the residence OF Mrs.
Harriet ID. Mitchell, where report upon
the progress of the section OF Mosses, writ
ten by Mrs. Elizabeth G. BTitton, of Co
lumbia University of New York city, was
read by the chairman of the section of
ferns, Miss Ellen Weir Cathcart, OF this
city. The scientific proceedings Were fol-
lowed by an hour. OF social chat, during
which a collation. was served.
Miss Mary Proctor, daughter of Richard
Proctor, the world-famous astronomer,
was expected to arrive in the city last night
at O'Clock. and her illustrated lecture.