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...voluntary contributions of members. The following new members were elected: H. C. Low, R. G. Emmet, H. H. Harris, L. H. Davis, A. N. Sargent, L. K. Perot, E. L. Kenyon, W. Wells. After the business meeting Mr. J. B. Woodworth gave a short address descriptive of the method of work pursued by the United States Geological Survey at Gay Head last summer...
...bring about this reform the scientific method is most effective. Reformers and would be reformers must sift the matter to the core, they must go to work and examine systems deemed defective. They must study the grievances and their causes, and they will then, and only then see the evil as it really is. But for a reformer to devote himself to all reforms would be a senseless task. He must choose some single thing which he thinks needs reforming and do his best to bring about the desired reform. He must not work alone, however; he must join...
...extremely lax; the registration lists are changed very rarely, and the result is that men who are dead or have changed their residence, shall figure on the old lists. This naturally leads to "personating," a matter very difficult to deal with; the best remedy so far proposed is a method of description of the voters...
...method of sale of reserved seat tickets for the Yale game at Springfield has been very unsatisfactory. Instead of reserving specified seats, an enormous number of tickets has been issued admitting the holder to the grand stand. The result is that the very object for which seats are reserved is not accomplished, and purchasers of the tickets will have to go as early to get good seats as though they had not paid an extra price. The difficulty is made more by the ease with which the tickets may be counterfeited. Indeed, it is reported that counterfeits have already appeared...
...literature of the languages, but will be devoted entirely to equipping men with what is needful for scientific work. Dr. Camille Reid, the head of the department, is a German by birth, and is well fitted for the place he occupies, as he speaks French, German and Italian. The method of instruction used will be largely conversational...