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of the soth anniversary of the founding of the Michigan Agricul- 
tural College, May 28 to 31; Dr. Alexander Agassiz represented 
the Academy at the Seventh International Zodlogical Congress 
held in Boston, August 19 to 23; Dr. Arnold Hague, at the 
centenary celebration of the Geological Society of London, Sep- 
tember 26 to 28; Dr. George E. Hale, at the meeting of the Inter- 
national Association of Academies, and at the third meeting of the 
Union for Coéperation in Solar Research, in Paris, in May; 
Professor W. C. Brogger, at the bicentenary celebration of the 
birth of Linnzus at Upsala, May 23 and 24; and Professor Henry 
F. Osborn at a similar celebration in New York. 
1908-1912 
The proceedings of the Academy in 1908 and the events of that 
year were important from many points of view. The last of the 
incorporators of the Academy, Professor Wolcott Gibbs, died on 
December 9. He was Vice-President of the Academy from 1872 
to 1878 and President from 1895 to 1901. He had also been the 
first Home Secretary, serving in that capacity from 1863 to 1872. 
In a brief sketch of his life published in 1908, it is remarked: 
“ His long life was devoted to the cause of research in the field of 
pure science, and his influence was always on the side of the 
highest ideals.” He was succeeded in the presidency by Alex- 
ander Agassiz. 
The subject of the preservation of the forests of the United 
States had become one of strong public interest in the country 
in 1908, and the Academy again voiced its opinion regarding 
this matter in so far as it related to the forests of the White 
Mountains and the Appalachians in the following resolutions 
of the Council which were transmitted to the Senate and House 
of Representatives: 
“ Whereas under the present drain upon the forest timber supply of the 
entire United States will be exhausted within twenty years, while in the Eastern 
States, where no adequate means have been employed to protect the forest, the 
end of the supply is even nearer ; 
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