. The Harvard book : a series of historical, biographical, and descriptive sketches. ralogy. Dr. Eddy, in 1848, left to the Society his of the College in other lands have sent valuable gifts to the many years the custom of an annual lecture has been maintained, and theroll of lecturers is interesting, embracing, as it does, the most distinguishednaturalists of our neighborhood, who have thus testified their interest in theinstitution. The seal of the Society bears upon the centre an open scroll, upon which iswritten, Reg. Anim. Reg. Veg. Reg. Min. Two sprigs enci
. The Harvard book : a series of historical, biographical, and descriptive sketches. ralogy. Dr. Eddy, in 1848, left to the Society his of the College in other lands have sent valuable gifts to the many years the custom of an annual lecture has been maintained, and theroll of lecturers is interesting, embracing, as it does, the most distinguishednaturalists of our neighborhood, who have thus testified their interest in theinstitution. The seal of the Society bears upon the centre an open scroll, upon which iswritten, Reg. Anim. Reg. Veg. Reg. Min. Two sprigs encircle this, while aboveis an open eye, surmounted by the motto, Dives Opis Natura SujE. Aroundthe whole the words, Harvard Natural History Society, 1837. In the year1862 the Society adopted a silver medal to be worn on white and purple shape of the medal is oval. Obverse, an inverted cornucopia. Motto ofthe Society, Dives Opis Natura Svm. Reverse, centre, open eye with rays;above, name of member; below, date of foundation, 1837. Outside, HarvardNatural History THE AA$. Provision for locating new Chapters of the a a *. — Establishment of the Harvard Chap-ter. — Rooms.— Objects of the Society. — In 1846 the Society recognized by the Fac-ulty.— Change of Rooms to Graduates Hall. — First Public Celebration in 1855.—Supposed Discontinuance of the Society. — The Name changed. — Eminent Members ofthe a a *. At the establishment of the A A $ Society no fixed method of locatingnew chapters was provided by the constitution, and it was left to the discre-tion of individual colleges to propagate the society wherever and however theypleased. The Harvard Chapter owed its foundation to Yale and Columbia Colleges, andto the University of New York. In the year 1836, delegates from these institu-tions came to Cambridge and initiated a few members of the classes of 37 and38 as honorary members of the Yale and Columbia Chapters. It was notdeemed expedient to
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