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Charles E. Norton-Life in India as seen at Madras. A. L. Stone-Kossuth.
Edwin P. Whipple-The English Mind.
H. F. Harrington-Presence and Absence of Mind.
George Shepard-Charles James Fox.
James M. Hoppin, Salem-German Music.
J. V. C. Smith-Palestine.
Calvin E. Stowe-The West before the Introduction of Steam
Thomas Starr King-Substance and Show.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Fate.
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TWENTY-FOURTH COURSE. 1852-53. FIRST SERIES.
Germania Musical Society-Concert.
Horace Mann, (two lectures)-Woman.
Jolin A. Dix-Political and Social Development. Thomas Starr King-Mountains and their Uses.
Eleazer Lord-Improvement of Society.
Charles H. Davis-Astronomical Prediction.
A. A. Miner-Music and Morals.
John L. Russell, Salem-Love of the Beautiful and its Cul- ture.
Oliver Wendell Holmes-Lyceums and Lyceum Lecturers.
Alfred Bunn-Anecdotes of the Stage.
Thomas Chase-Early English Literature.
George Shepard-Demosthenes.
James T. Fields.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Edmund Burke.
J. C. Bodwell.
Samuel K. Lothrop-Have we a Bourbon amongst us?
Dexter Clapp, Salem.
SECOND SERIES.
An exact repetition of the above.
TWENTY-FIFTH COURSE. 1853-54.
Mendelssohn Quintette Club-Concert.
George Sumner-France.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-American Character.
George B. Cheever-Reading with reference to Mental Cul- ture.
W. H. Hurlbut-Cuba and the Cubans.
William R. Alger-Peter the Great. John P. Hale-Last Gladiatorial Exhibition at Rome. Octavius B. Frothingham, Salem-Europe. Thomas Starr King-Property.
George W. Curtis-Young America.
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Henry Ward Beecher-Ministrations of the Beautiful.
Theodore Parker-The Function of the Beautiful in Hu- man Development.
Bayard Taylor-The Arabs.
Henry W .. Bellows-New England Festivals.
Anson Burlingame-The Valley of the Mississippi.
D. A. Wasson-Independence of Character.
Prof. Guyot-Distribution of the Races.
Wendell Phillips-The Lost Arts.
TWENTY-SIXTH COURSE. 1854-55.
FIRST SERIES.
Germania Serenade Band-Concert.
Joseph P. Thompson-Constantinople.
Josiah Quincy, Jr .- Sectional Prejudices.
Thomas W. Higginson-The Old Puritan Clergyman.
Reignold Solger-The present state of the Eastern Ques- tion.
Thomas Russell-Influence of Character on National Des- tiny.
George F. Simmons-The Eastern War.
W. H. Hurlbut-The Middle Ages.
Charles L. Brace-The Principalities of Europe.
Henry Ward Beecher -- Patriotism.
Thomas T. Stone, Salem-Rise and Fall of the Roman Em- pire.
John Pierpont-Education.
Theodore Parker-The Anglo Saxon.
George W. Curtis-Success.
George R. Russell-The Politician.
W. H. Ryder-Ancient and Modern Civilization.
R. C. Waterson-Switzerland.
James Russell Lowell-Edmund Spenser.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Fruits of English Civilization.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Sources of Influence.
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SECOND SERIES.
Germania Serenade Band-Concert.
Joseph P. Thompson-Jerusalem and Damascus.
Josiah Quincy, Jr .- Sectional Prejudices.
Thomas W. Higginson-The Old Puritan Clergyman.
Louis Agassiz-The Animal Kingdom.
Reignold Solger-The present state of the Eastern Question.
George F. Simmons-The Eastern War.
W. H. Hurlbut-The Middle Ages.
Charles L Brace-Ragged Schools.
Henry Ward Beecher-Patriotism.
Thomas T. Stone, Salem-Peasants' War in Germany.
Jolin Pierpont-Moral Influence of Physical Science.
Theodore Parker-The Condition, Character and Prospects of America.
George W. Curtis-Success.
George R. Russell-The Politician.
W. H. Ryder-Ancient and Modern Civilization. R. C. Waterson-Switzerland.
James Russell Lowell-Analysis of Poetry.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-French Character.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Sources of Influence.
TWENTY-SEVENTH COURSE. 1855-56.
FIRST SERIES.
Quartette Club -- Concert. John P. Hale-Trial by Jury.
Mark Trafton-Relation of the Moral to the Intellectual . Nature.
James Freeman Clarke-Public Speaking.
J. C. Richmond-War in the East. Samuel J. May-Magna Charta of New York. Ralph Waldo Emerson-Beauty. Octavius B. Frothingham, Salem-Carlo Borromeo. Reignold Solger-Woman and her Home.
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Theodore Parker-Relation of Productive Industry to Social Progress.
Park Benjamin-Age of Gold-a Poem.
G. Gajani-Pius IX. and his flight from Rome.
Wyzeman Marshall-Dramatic Readings.
F. D. Huntington-Common Sense.
William Elder-Relation of Government to Labor.
Ezra S. Gannett-Individuality.
SECOND SERIES.
Quartette Club-Concert.
John P. Hale-Trial by Jury.
Mark Trafton-Relation of the Moral to the Intellectual Nature.
E. H. Sears-Genius.
J. C. Richmond-War in the East.
Samuel J. May-Magna Charta of New York.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Beauty.
Octavius B. Frothingham, Salem-Carlo Borromeo.
Reignold Solger-Woman and her Home.
Theodore Parker-Relation of Productive Industry to Social Progress.
Park Benjamin-Age of Gold-a Poem.
G. Gajani-Pius IX. and his flight from Rome. .
Wyzeman Marshall-Dramatic Readings. F. D. Huntington-Common Sense.
William Elder-Studies in Mental Philosophy. Ezra S. Gannett-Individuality.
TWENTY-EIGHTH COURSE. 1856-57.
W. B. Rogers, (three lectures)-Geology. Edwin H. Chapin-Modern Chivalry. Samuel J. May-The formula of Social Progress. J. G. Hoyt-Popular Fallacies. Moncure D. Conway-Man and his Speech. William Elder-Natural History of Civilization.
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Reignold Solger-The Protestant Character.
E. H. Sears-The Age of Shams.
Octavins B. Frothingham-Epicurus the Philosopher of the World.
Theodore Parker-Benjamin Franklin.
Isaac I. Hayes -Greenland and the Greenlanders.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Works and Days.
W. B. Hayden-Dignity of Employment.
James Russell Lowell-Dante.
Mendelssohn Quintette Club-Concert.
TWENTY-NINTH COURSE. 1857-58.
Gilmore's Salem Band-Concert.
Henry W. Bellows-Unities of Modes of Education.
G. B. Fontana-King Bomba, or the Sicilian Revolution in 1848.
E. G. Parker-The American Culture of a Love of Read- ing.
J. G. Hoyt-Popular Education.
James Freeman Clarke-The Yankee.
Wendell Phillips-Toussaint L'Ouverture.
William R. Alger-Life as a Fine Art.
Edwin P. Whipple-Joan of Arc.
E. H. Sears-The Anglo Saxon Element in American Civ- ilization.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-The Finer Relations of Man to Na- ture.
George B. Cheever-Conscience of the People the Basis of Law.
Theodore Parker-Opportunities of America for aiding Hu- man Progress.
Stephen P. Webb, Salem-The Vigilance Committee of San Francisco.
J. P. Fletcher-Brazil.
Frederic H. Hedge-Private Life in the Dark Ages.
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THIRTIETH COURSE. 1858-59.
Henry Ward Beecher-The Law of Sympathy and Repul- sion, as applied to Common Life.
John Todd-Three Experiments of Free Government.
James Freeman Clarke-Woman.
George Sumner-European Schools.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-The Conduct of Life.
William R. Alger-Similitudes of Human Life.
Octavius B. Frothingham-The Conservative.
Thomas M. Clark-Public Opinion.
Charles A. Phelps-William Pitt.
Frank P. Blair, Jr .- Destiny of Races on the American Continent.
Edwin P. Whipple-Shakespeare's Method of Characteriza- tion.
Edwin H. Chapin-Social Forces.
W. W. Silvester-Readings.
THIRTY-FIRST COURSE. 1859-60.
George Sumner-Lessons from Spain.
Mrs. Sara J. Lippincott-The Heroic in Common Life. W. W. Silvester-Readings.
Carl Schurz-French Revolution of 1848.
Thomas M. Clark.
W. A. Norton-The Comet of 1858.
Albert G. Browne, Jr., Salem-Utah and the Mormons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Manners.
Henry Ward Beecher-The Head and the Heart.
Thomas W. Higginson-Physical Education.
Andrew L. Stone-At Home and Abroad.
Wendell Phillips-Law and Lawyers.
THIRTY-SECOND COURSE. 18 0-61.
Henry Ward Beecher-Young America.
Charles Sumner-Lafayette.
Thomas W. Higginson-American Aristocracy.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson-Clubs.
George W. Curtis-Policy of Honesty.
Edwin H. Chapin-Man and his Work.
Edwin P. Whipple-Grit.
Joseph P. Thompson-Tribes of Lebanon and the Druse War.
Henry Giles-Temper.
E. L. Youmans-Chemistry of the Sunbeam.
James M. Hoppin, Salem-Visit to England.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davenport-Select Readings.
THIRTY-THIRD COURSE. 1861-62.
Charles Sumner-The Rebellion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Old Age.
Charles F. Brown ( Artemus Ward)-The Children in the Wood.
Henry Ward Beecher-The Camp and the Country.
Jacob M. Manning.
Samuel Johnson, Salem-Florence.
John B. Gough-London.
Edward L. Youmans-Man and the Universe.
Edward L. Youmans-Ancient and Modern Science.
Wendell Phillips-The Times.
George H. Hepworth-The Reformer.
Edwin H. Chapin-Elements of National Life.
THIRTY-FOURTH COURSE. 1862-63.
Jolın B. Gough-Here and There in Britain.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Perpetual Forces. Wendell Phillips-The Present War.
Theodore Tilton-State of the Country.
George W. Curtis-Thackeray.
Moncure D. Conway-A Leaf from the History of To-day.
Henry Ward Beecher-What shall be done with New Eng land.
Henry Giles-The Complications of War.
Mendelssohn Quintette Club-Concert.
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James Freeman Clarke. S R. Calthrop-England and America. Samuel Johnson, Salem-The War and Slavery.
THIRTY-FIFTH COURSE. 1863-64.
John B. Gough-Peculiar People.
Charles C. Coffin-Battle Scenes.
Oliver Wendell Holmes-Weaning of Young America.
George W. Curtis-The Way to Peace.
William Everett-University of Cambridge, England.
R. S. Matthews-The Union.
Theodore Tilton-State of the Country.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-The True American Idea.
Wendell Phillips-National Reconstruction.
Jacob M. Manning-Republican Manhood. Andrew L. Stone-Campaign Life.
George H. Hepworth-American Patriotism.
THIRTY-SIXTH COURSE. 1864-65.
John B. Gough-Fact and Fiction.
Theodore D. Weld-John C. Calhoun.
Oliver Wendell Holmes-New England's Master Key.
George W. Curtis-Political Infidelity.
George W. Briggs, Salem-True Statesmanship.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Social Aims.
Wendell Phillips-The Times.
Frederic Douglass-Equal Rights for the Freedmen.
George Thompson-The Amendments to the Constitution.
George B. Loring, Salem-The New Era of the Nation. Charles G. Ames-The American Experiment.
Thomas W. Higginson-The Freedmen of Port Royal.
THIRTY-SEVENTH COURSE. 1865-66.
Frederic Douglass-The Assassination and its Lessons.
Alonzo H. Quint-Recollections of the Campaign in Vir- ginia.
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Edward S. Atwood, Salem-Words. Ralph Waldo Emerson-Social Forces. Oliver Wendell Holmes-Poetry of the War. Thomas W. Higginson-America, Greece and China. Paul A. Chadbourne -- Iceland and the Icelanders. Wendell Phillips-Politics of the Day. Richard H. Dana, Jr .- American Loyalty. Jacob M. Manning-Reconstruction.
THIRTY-EIGHTH COURSE. 1866-67.
Clara Barton-Work and Incidents of Army Life. James W. Patterson-Revolutions the Steps of Progress. Frederic Douglass-On Some Dangers to the Republic. James C. Fletcher-Two Thousand Miles up the Amazon. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Charles C. Shackford. Mrs. F. E. W. Harper-Our National Salvation.
Jacob M. Manning-Samuel Adams.
George W. Briggs, Salem-Frederic W. Robertson. Edward S. Morse. Salem-Modes of Locomotion in Animals.
THIRTY-NINTH COURSE. 1867-6S.
Wyzeman Marshall-Macbeth, with Readings. Jacob M. Manning-The Coronation of Labor. Frederic Douglass-Self Made Men. Theodore Tilton-The American Woman. George B. Loring, Salem-Colleges and College Men. Edwin P. Whipple-Loafing and Laboring. Ralph Waldo Emerson-Eloquence.
Wyzeman Marshall-Hamlet, with Readings. Adin B. Underwood-Narrative of Campaign Life. Edward S. Morse, Salem-Social Status of Man.
FORTIETH COURSE. 1868-69. Wendell Phillips-Daniel O'Connell. Frederic Douglass-William the Silent.
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Jacob M. Manning-Old John Brown.
Theodore Tilton.
Wyzeman Marshall and Miss Lucette Webster-Readings.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Brook Farm.
Edward S. Atwood, Salem-Across the Sea.
Edward S. Morse, Salem-Art of Illustration.
Henry W. Foote-Notes of Travel in Europe.
George B. Loring, Salem-Jefferson and Lincoln.
FORTY-FIRST COURSE. 1869-70.
H. C. Barnabee and a Double Quartette-Concert. Theodore Tilton-True Statesmanship.
Mary A. Livermore-Various Reforms.
Frederic Douglass-Our Composite Nationality.
Russell H. Conwell-No Kingdom in North America.
Wyzeman Marshall and Miss Lucette Webster-Select Read- ings.
James Freeman Clarke-What for ?
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Courage.
FORTY-SECOND COURSE. 1870-71.
Mary A Livermore-Queen Elizabeth.
George A. Marden-Hash, a Metrical Essay.
Russell H. Conwell-China and the Chinese.
Gilbert Haven.
J. J. Pinkerton-Sir Philip Sidney.
Wyzeman Marshall and Miss Lucette Webster-Select Read- ings.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Hospitality.
Edward S. Atwood, Salem-Mary, Queen of Scots.
George B. Loring, Salem-Distinguished Men of Essex County.
FORTY-THIRD COURSE. 1S71-72.
Temple Quartette-Concert.
Russell H. Conwell-Lessons of Travel.
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Edward E. Hale-Diary of Mr. and Mrs. Boothby.
Robert K. Potter-The Adirondacks.
Edwin C. Bolle-, Salem-Development of Physical Life.
Gilbert Haven-Yesterday and To-morrow.
Wyzeman Marshall and Miss Lucette Webster-Select Read- ings.
William H. H. Murray-What I know about Deacons.
FORTY-FOURTH COURSE. 1872-73.
Wyzeman Marshall and Miss Lucette Webster-Select Read- ings.
Russell H. Conwell-Heroes and Heroines.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson-What I saw in London.
Edward S. Morse, Salem-Development by Natural Selec- tion.
Warren H. Cudworth-Up Hill and Down.
John P. Putnam-Passion Play at Oberammergau.
William H. H. Murray-My Creed.
Charles S. Osgood. Salem -- Two Expeditions through the Maine Woods.
Carroll D. Wright-Sheridan's Campaign.
FORTY-FIFTH COURSE. 1873-74.
William H. H. Murray-Temperance.
Warren H. Cudworth-What's What.
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Russell H. Conwell-A Day in a Lawyer's Office.
James Freeman Clarke -- Equilibrium ; or how to balance oneself.
Elias Nason.
Edward E. Hale-Read a story entitled " In His Name."
Abby Sage Richardson-Readings.
Wayland Hoyt -- Hints towards a Noble Life.
FORTY-SIXTH COURSE. 1874-75.
Wyzeman Marshall and Miss Lucette Webster-Readings Warren H. Cudworth -- " In the Dark."
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George B. Loring, Salem -- Advancement of Science.
H. M. Gallaher-Put Money in Thy Purse. S. Lewis B. Speare-Behind Prison Bars.
James Freeman Clarke-Dramatic and Lyric Element in Literature and Art.
Wayland Hoyt-How to Better Things. W. S. Clark -- Vegetable Growth. William H. H. Murray -- Poverty.
FORTY-SEVENTH COURSE. 1875-76.
Wendell Phillips-The American Indian.
Warren H. Cudworth -- "Success."
James Freeman Clarke-Imagination. Sidney Woolett -- Readings.
L. H. Angier-Enthusiasmn.
H. M. Gallaher-After Clouds, Fair Weather. George B. Ford-Readings. Lennon Quartette -- Concert.
FORTY-EIGHTH COURSE. 1876-77.
Wendell Phillips-Meaning of the Presidential Election. Abby Sage Richardson-Readings.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson-How to study History. J. F. Lovering-The Minute Man and the Volunteer. Abba Goold Woolson-The Yosemite Valley. James Freeman Clarke-Kentucky.
Joseph Cook-Ultimate America. George B. Ford-Readings.
FORTY-NINTH COURSE. 1877-78. Boston Swedish Quartette-Concert. William E. Eastty-Readings. Edward S. Morse, Salem-Japan. Charles G. Ames-Good Society. Abba Goold Woolson-Respectable People. Helen Potter-Readings and Personations.
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George B. Ford-Readings.
Wendell Phillips-Charles Sumner.
FIFTIETH COURSE. 1878-79.
George B. Loring and Henry K. Oliver-The Lyceum of the Past.
William Parsons-Michael Angelo
Laura F. Dainty-Readings.
Helen Potter-Readings and Personations.
A. A. Willits-Sunshine.
William E. Eastty-Readings.
Wendell Phillips-Sir Harry Vane.
John Goldberg-Mind Reading, etc.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
PRESIDENTS.
Daniel A. White, 1830-33. Edward A. Holyoke, 1845-46.
Stephen C. Phillips,
1833-35 George Wheatland, 1846-48.
Charles W. Upham, 1835-38. Stephen P. Webb, 1848-51.
Abel L. Peirson, 1838-39. Oliver Carlton, 1851-52.
Henry K. Oliver, 1839-40. George Wheatland, 1852-54.
Jolın Wayland, 1840-41. O. B. Frothingham, 1854-55.
Stephen P. Webb, 1841-42. Richard Edwards, 1855-56.
Charles A. Andrew, 1842-43. George W. Briggs, 1856-67.
James W. Thompson, 1843-45. George B. Loring, 1867-
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Stephen C. Phillips, 1830-33. George Wheatland, 1845-46. Charles W. Upham, 1833-35. Stephen A Chase, 1846-48.
Abel L. Peirson, 1835-38. Benjamin Barstow, 1848-51. Henry K. Oliver, 1838-39. Stephen Osborne, 1851-53.
John Wayland, 1839-40. O. B. Frothingham,
1853-54. 1854-55.
Joseph G. Sprague, 1840-41. Richard Edwards,
Caleb Foote, 1841-42. George Andrews, 1855-63.
Jas. W. Thompson, 1842-43. Albert G. Browne, 1863-67.
Edward A. Holyoke, 1843-45. James Kimball, 1867-
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
Charles W. Upham, 1830-33. Richard P. Waters. 1847-48. Charles Lawrence, 1833-35. George F. Chever, 1848-49.
William H. Brooks, 1835-38. Nath'l Hawthorne, 1849-50. Jona. F. Worcester, 1838-40. Gilbert L. Streeter, 1850-54. Oliver Carlton, 1840-41. Henry J. Cross, 1854-70. Nathaniel B. Perkins, 1841-45. Charles S. Osgood, 1870- Rufus Putnam, 1843-47.
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RECORDING SECRETARIES.
Stephen P. Webb, Jan. 1830 Henry M. Brooks, 1846-47.
to Apr. 1830. Amory Holbrook, 1847-48.
Benjamin Tucker, 1830-32. Joseph B. F. Osgood, 1848-50.
William H. Chase,
1832-34. George F. Choate, 1850-52.
S. W. Stickney,
1834-38. Sidney C. Bancroft,
1852-53.
Joseph G. Sprague, 1838-39. George Andrews, 1853-54.
Henry Wheatland, 1839-41. Joseph M. Newhall, 1854-61.
Luther Upton,
1841-43. Henry J. Cross, 1861-73.
George D. Phippen,
1843-46. Charles S. Osgood, 1873-
TREASURERS.
Francis Peabody, 1830-32. Stephen B. Ives. 1848-54.
Henry Whipple, 1832-48. Gilbert L. Streeter, 1854-
MANAGERS.
Leverett Saltonstall, 1830-31. William H. Chase, 1832-32. George Choate, 1830-31.
William Williams, 1830-30. Rufus Babcock, 1830-33.
Francis Peabody, 1833-37. S. W. Stickney, 1833-33. Benjamin Cox, Jr., 1833-39. J. A. Vaughan, 1834-35.
Malthus A. Ward, 1830-30. Abel L. Peirson, 1830, 33-34. Nathaniel Peabody, 1834-37. Jonathan Webb, 1830-32.
Rufus Choate, 1830-30.
Oliver Carlton, 1834-39. E. A. Holyoke, 1835-39, 43, 47.
Caleb Foote, 1830-40. John Moriarty, 1830-34. John Gleu King, 1836-36. C. Lawrence, 1830-31, 35-38. Ferdinand Andrews, 1836-36. Thomas Spencer, 1830, 33, 35. Joseph G. Sprague, 1837-37.
Henry Whipple, 1830-31. S. A. Chase, 1838, 44. 45. John S. Williams, 1838-39. Stephen Osborne, 1838-50. George Peabody, 1830-31. Philip Chase, 1830-30. Henry K. Oliver, 1830-37, 40. Jonathan C Perkins, 1839-39. Stephen P. Webb, 1832, 37-40. N. B. Perkins, 1839, 40, 46. William H. Brooks, 1832-34. Luther Upton, 1839-40, 43. Charles G. Putnam, 1832-32. Wm. P. Richardson, 1840-40.
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A. J. Sessions, 1840-40. Nel. Brown, Jr., 1851-52. O. B. Frothingham, 1851-51. Henry L. Lambert, 1851-52. George Creamer, 1851-51. George H. Emerson, 1852-53. Wm. D. Northend, 1852-53. Robert C. Mills, 1852-52. James Kimball, 1853-66. Albert G. Browne, 1853-62. Samuel A. Safford, 1840-42. Samnel Williams, 1840-40. Jas. W. Thompson, 1841-41 George Wheatland, 1841-44. Francis A. Fabens, 1841-45. Joshua H. Ward, 1841-43. John Wayland, 1841-41. Oliver Parsons, 1841-45. Win. Mack, 1841-46, 57, 58. William Chase, 1853-53. Charles H. Pierce, 1841-42. Henry E. Pope, 1853-53. Thos. D. Anderson, 1842-42. William Archier, Jr., 1854-55. S. F. Barstow, 1842-46. Samuel P. Andrews, 1854-66. James Chamberlain, 1843-47. Francis Cox, 1854-55. Benjamin H. Silsbee, 1844-45. Willard P. Phillips, 1854-54. William Hunt, 1844-47, 51. J. Lewis Russell, 1854-54. Edward H. Payson, 1845-47. George Ropes, 1855-56. W. H. Prince, 1846-47, 54-57. William Silver, 1856-62. George West, 1846-47. Frederic Winsor, 1857-57. Israel E. Dwinell, 1858-62. Jacob Batchelder, 1859-62. Richard P. Waters, 1846-46. Henry M. Brooks, 1847-47. Augustus D. Rogers, 1847-49. Willard L. Bowdoin, 1859-69. Rufus Putnam, 1847-47. Alpheus Crosby, 1863-66. George R. Chapman, 1863- A. Augustus Smith, 1863- Thos. H. Frothingham, 1863- Henry B. Groves, 1848-50. Amory Holbrook, 1848-48. Nath'l Hawthorne, 1848-48. Wm. H. Thorndike, 1848-48. Charles A. Ropes, 1867-67. Gilbert L. Streeter, 1848-49. John S. Jones, 1867-67. Geo. F. Choate, 1848-49, 52. James O. Safford, 1867-67. Washington Very, 1848-50. J. L. Waters, 1848-50.
Joseph H. Leavitt, 1867-67. William P. Martin, 1868- G. F. Chever, 1849-51, 53, 56. Nathaniel J. Holden, 1868- John Barlow, 1868-74. Joseph H. Webb, 1868- Nathaniel Brown, 1870-
Henry O. White, 1849-50. Samuel Johnson, 1849-66. J. B. F. Osgood, 1850-51. Stephen H. Phillips, 1850-52. Henry J. Cross, 1875- Daniel Perkins, 1850-52.
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TRUSTEES.
Daniel A. White, 1852-63. Stephen H. Phillips, 1857-67.
Stephen C. Phillips, 1852-57. Caleb Foote, 1863-
George Peabody, 1852- Alpheus Crosby, 1867-74.
Prof. Crosby died April 17th, 1874, and the vacancy thus made in the board has not been filled.
OFFICERS FOR 1878-79.
President .- George B. Loring.
Vice President .- James Kimball.
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Rec. and Cor. Secretary .- Charles S. Osgood.
Treasurer .- Gilbert L. Streeter.
Managers .- Thomas H. Frothingham, A. Augustus Smith, George R. Chapman, William P. Martin, Nathaniel J. Hol- den, Joseph H. Webb, Nathaniel Brown, Henry J. Cross.
Trustees .- George Peabody, Caleb Foote and one vacancy.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
The act of incorporation under which the Salem Ly- ceum acts at the present time, reads as follows :-
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SALEM LYCEUM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled, and by authori- ty of the same, as follows :
Section 1. Daniel A. White, Stephen C. Phillips, George Peabody, their associate petitioners and suc- cessors, and the male citizens of the city of Salem of twenty-one years of age, purchasers of tickets to the twenty-third course of lectures of the Salem Lyceum, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Sa- lem Lyceum, for the purpose of diffusing knowledge, and promoting intellectual improvement in the city of Salem, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes.
Section 2. The said corporation may hold real and personal estate, to be used for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in all the value of twenty thousand dol- lars ; the legal title to which shall be in three Trustees and their successors, to be chosen by the corporation, at a meeting of members thereof legally called for that purpose.
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Section 3. When any vacancy shall occur in said board of trustees, by death, resignation, or incapacity to perform the duties of said office, said vacancy shall be filled by the corporation at a meeting of the mem- bers thereof legally called for that purpose. Said trus- tees shall be subject, in the care, management and dis- posal of said property to the control and direction of a joint board, consisting of the trustees and board of directors for the time being ; which board of directors shall not consist of more than fifteen members.
Section 4. All property now owned by or which may accrue to the Salem Lyceum, shall belong to the trustees before mentioned, subject to the control and direction of the joint board above named.
Section 5. Male citizens of Salem of the age of twenty-one years shall be eligible as members of the corporation, but the corporation at any meeting legally called for that purpose may make such by-laws and reg- ulations in regard to membership, choice of directors, and other matters for the purposes of their incorpora- tion herein before provided, as it may deem proper.
Section 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1852.
BY-LAWS.
The code of By-Laws adopted under the provisions of the foregoing act and now in force, are as follows :
Article 1. Any person eligible by the charter may become a member of the corporation for the year by purchasing a ticket to the annual course of lectures and signing these by-laws, and his membership shall cease upon his failing to purchase a ticket for one year.
Article 2. The board of directors shall consist of a President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Cor- responding Secretary, Treasurer, and eight Managers. They shall be elected by written ballot, by general ticket, and shall hold their offices till others are chosen in their places.
Article 3. A meeting of the corporation for the choice of officers shall be held in the month of May annually. Special meetings of the corporation shall be called by the Recording Secretary when directed by the board of directors or by the written request of ten members.
Article 4. The President, or in his absence the Vice President, or a President pro tempore, shall pre- side at all meetings of the corporation and of the board of managers, and the board of directors, and the joint board of trustees and directors.
The Recording Secretary shall notify all meetings of the corporation and respective boards, and shall keep a record of their proceedings, and he shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties.
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The Corresponding Secretary shall be the organ of the Lyceum in its conference with other associations and the public.
The Treasurer shall collect and receive all dues and donations and pay all demands from the funds of the corporation, when approved by the President or Re- cording Secretary, and shall hold all the funds of the Lyceum, except the property invested in the names of the trustees, subject to the order of the joint board of trustees and directors. The Treasurer shall also at the annual meeting, in the month of May, make a report of his receipts and disbursements, and he shall give such security for the faithful discharge of his trusts, as the joint board of trustees and directors shall re- quire.
To the Board of Directors shall be confided the gen- eral affairs of the Lyceum, with authority to make arrangements for the delivery of lectures and other exercises, and to devise and execute such measures as may best promote the objects of the association. They shall have power to fill vacancies in their number from the members of the corporation, and to make by-laws for their own government.
Article 5. The Trustees shall be chosen from the members of the corporation and shall hold all the real estate and stocks now standing in the name of the Sa- lem Lyceum ; and all funds of the corporation which may be hereafter invested in real estate or personal property and securities, shall be invested and stand in the name of the trustees, provided that the Treasurer shall hold all dues and donations received by him, until he shall have been directed by the joint board of trus- tees and directors to invest the same or to transfer
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to said trustees. And said trustees shall hold their offices until they are vacated by death, resignation, incapacity, or removal from the city.
Article 6. A meeting of the joint board of Trus- tees and Directors shall be held annually in the month of May, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient ; and special meetings shall be called at any time when the board of directors or five members of the corpora- tion shall require.
Article 7. At all meetings of the corporation ten members must be present for the transaction of busi- ness, but no alteration shall be made in these by-laws unless notice of the intention to propose such altera- tion shall have been publicly given in two or more newspapers of the city, seven days before the meeting, and unless by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting thercon. At all meetings of the joint board, two trustees and five directors shall con- stitute a quorum. And at all meetings of the board of directors five shall constitute a quorum.
Article 8. All meetings of the corporation shall be called by public notice in two or more newspapers pub- lished in the city of Salem, seven days before the meet- ing.
Article 9. The Trustees and members of the board of Directors shall be presented with a ticket to the course of lectures annually, and such presentation shall be equivalent to the purchase of a ticket for all the purposes of membership of the corporation.
Adopted, July 21st, 1852.
HECKMAN
BINDERY, INC. Bound-To-Please®
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N. MANCHESTER, INDIANA 46962
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