Secretary's Report. 653 



Of the above papers Xos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 16, 21, 28, were read by 

 title; Xo. 17 was presented by Professor Kremers, ^o. 22 by 

 Dr. Schlimdt, Xo. 24 by Professor Kremers, and No. 25 by 

 Professor Van Hise. 



Matters of business were transacted at the various sessions 

 as follows: 



Thursday Moe^ing^ Dec. 26. 



The Academy was called to order by President Slicbter at 

 10 :40 a. m. Owing to the fact that Mr. Legier was obliged to 

 leave early in the forenoon, general business was postponed until 

 after the reading of his paper. Mr. Legler's paper was dis- 

 cussed by Professor Chandler, Dr. Davis and others. 



The report of the secretary Avas read. This report, besides 

 giving the minutes of the meeting for 1900, stated that sincd 

 the last meeting Part I of Vol. XIII of the "Transactions" of 

 the Academy had been issued and distributed, and Part II is 

 ready for the press. 



The minutes were approved and the report accepted. 



The report of the librarian was read by the secretary, the 

 librarian being absent. The report which appears in full in 

 another place, was accepted and placed on file. 



The secretary read a letter from the Societe Rationale des 

 Sciences Xaturelles et Mathematiques de Cherbourg, announc- 

 ing the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding 

 of the Cherbourg Society. By vote of the Academy the secre- 

 tary was directed to enter upon the record a minute indicating 

 that greetings and congratulations had been sent to the Society 

 at Cherbourg. 



A letter addressed to President Slichter by the secretary of 

 the University Club of Milwaukee, extending the privileges of 

 the Club to visiting members of the Academy during the meet- 

 ing, was read by the secretary. The secretary was directed to 

 reply to the invitation and to thank the Club for its hospitality. 



The reading of papers was then resumed. Paper Xo. 4 was 

 discussed by Professor Slichter. Papers 5 and 6 were discussed 

 by Messrs. Van Hise, Slichter and others. Seventeen persons 

 were in attendance at the morning session. 



