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COUNCIL MEETING. 



At a meeting of the Council of the Michigan Academy of Science, held 



at Jackson, February 6, 1897, the following resolutions were adopted: 



Resolved, That it is the function of the Michigan Academy of Science, 



1. To afford opportunities for representatives of the various sciences 

 in the different parts of the State to meet one another socially, to dis- 

 cuss plans for the advancement of the interests of their sciences, and to 

 secure the co-operation of all scientific workers and local associations 

 in the State. 



2. To promote in every possible way, as a representative scientific 

 body, any project for the furtherance of the interests of science within 

 the State. 



3. To s%cure, at as early a date as possible, the initiation of biologi- 

 cal and other scientific surveys of this State, and to encourage individual 

 and associated effort toward the same end. 



4. To stimulate the discussion of the aims and methods of science 

 teaching, with the purpose of unifying and improving the practice of 

 teachers of science in the schools and colleges of the State. 



