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MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



List of persons who signed, or by letter gave permission to sign, their 

 names to a membership list of a State Scientific Society, June 27, 1894, at 

 Ann Arbor, Michigan: 



W. J. Beal, Agricultural College. 

 Walter B. Barrows, " " 



Charles F. Wheeler, " " 



W. H. Sherzer, State Normal School. 

 E. A. Strong, " " " 



Lucy A. Osband, " " " 



W. H. Muuson, Hillsdale College. 

 Chas. A. Davis, Alma College. 

 Frances E. Stearns, Adrian College. 

 Bryant Walker, Detroit. 

 Oliver A. Farwell, Detroit. 

 Robert H. Wolcott, Grand Rapids. 

 J. W. Matthews, " " 



Hattie M. Bailey, 

 Delia A. Bailey, " " 



J. B. Shearer, Bay City. 

 H. B. Ward, Nebraska University, Lin- 

 coln, Nebraska. 



J. Montgomery, Ann Arbor. 



J. B. Steere, University of Michigan. 



Warren P. Lombard, 



I. C. Russell, 



F. C. Newcombe, 



D. C. Worcester, 

 L. N. Johnson,. 

 Charles A. Kofoid, 

 H. C. Markham, 

 A. J. Pieters, 

 J. H. Schaffner, 



E. H. Edwards, 

 H. S. Jennings, 

 S. D. Magers, 

 Charles Carpenter, 

 Mrs. E.G. Willoughby,' 

 Margaret Weideman 



The organization having now a formal existence, the next step was 

 toward securing a good membership roll. To this end the following slip 

 and circular letter were prepared and sent out to about twenty news- 

 papers and to tw T o hundred people of the State. 



Address 



Date 



Frederick C. Newcombe, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Dear Sir — I hereby agree to become a member of the proposed State 

 Scientific Society. 



On the reverse side of this slip I have given the names and addresses 

 of other persons whom it would be desirable to have join the society. 



Name 



Ann Arbor, Mich., September 15, 181)1. 



Dear Sir — At a meeting of about twenty-five persons, held in Ann 

 Arbor, June 27, 1891, it was unanimously agreed that it was desirable to 

 form a society for the purpose of scientific research in the State of 

 Michigan. 



At this meeting, the officers whose names were appended were elected to 

 serve until a permanent organization should be effected and were in- 

 structed to act as an advisory board with the duty of recommending a 

 constitution and by-laws for adoption by the society, and of preparing a 

 program for the next meeting. 



At a meeting of the advisory board it was unanimously agreed to recom- 

 mend that the name of the society be the "Michigan Academy of Sci- 

 ences)," and that it have for its principal object the study of the agri- 

 culture, archeology, botany, geography, geology, mineral resources, 

 zoology, etc., etc., of the State of Michigan, and the diffusion of the knowl- 

 edge thus gained among men. It is not the opinion of the advisory board, 

 however, that the work of the society should be restricted to the subjects 

 named but should be enlarged from time to time as occasion may require. 



