Proceedings of the Academy. 245 



Third Session. 



February 13, 2 o'clock P. M. 



The Academy met pursuant to adjournment, the President in 

 the chair. 



The committee appointed to nominate officers, made the fol- 

 lowing report, which was unanimously adopted: 



For President— Dr J. W. ICoyt, Madison. 



For Vice Presidents— 



Beimrtmerd oj Natural Scienas—'Dx. P. R. Hoy, Racine. 



" of Sotial Science - Rt. Rev. Wm. E. Armitage, Milwauliee. 



" o/^r^s— Dr. I. A. Lapham. 



" of Letters— VesxCmwt A. L. Ciiapin, Beloit. 



For General Secretary— Prof. Joiin E. Diivies, Madison. 

 For Treasurer— Gen. Geo. P. Delaplaine, Madison. 

 For Director of Museum— Prof. R. Irving. University. 

 For Librarian— D. S. Durrie, Esq., Madison. 



For Secr" aries of the Departments— 



Natural Sciences— Prof. J. H. Eaton, Beloit. 

 Social and Political Sciences— Bey. F. M. Holland, Baraboo. 

 ^/•^«— Prof. W.J. L. Nicodemus, State University. 

 Letters — Prof. J. B. Ftuling, State University. 



For Counselors— 



Department of Natural Sciences— Vroi P. Englemann, Milwaukee; Prof. T. C. Cham- 

 berlin, Whitewater; Prof. J. C. Foye, Appleton. 

 " of Social and Political Scienceg—Pre:6. G. M.Steele, Appleton; Rev. 



Charle'"'Caverno, Amboy, 111.; Hon, S. D. Hustings, Madison. 

 " of ilr<s—Wm. Dudley, Esq., Madison; Capt. John Nadir, U. S. A.; Hon. 



J. I. Case. Racine. 

 " o/ Ze<^er«— Prof. Jos. Emerson, Beloit; Hon. Lyman C. Draper, Madi- 



son; Prof. W. F. Allen, Slate University. 



Prof. W. W. Daniels submitted an amendment to the by- 

 laws, providing that the officers of the Academy shall hereafter 

 be elected by ballot. 



The following amendment to the by-laws, submitted by Dr. 

 I. A. Lapham at the ninth regular meeting of the Academy, 

 was taken from the file and adopted, nern con., to- wit: 



Instead of three meetings annually, as heretofore, there shall hereafter be but ttvo 

 namely: The Annual Meeting, to be held at Madison, on the 2d Tuesday of February, 

 and a Summer Meeting, to be held at such time and place as shall be determined by the 

 General Council. 



The following papers were then read and discussed, to- wit: 



On the Occurraci'e of Gold and Silver in Minute Quantities in Quartz, in Clark County, 

 by Prof. R. Irving, State University. 



Evidence bearing on the Methods of Upheaval and Fluctuations of the Quartzite of 

 Sauk and Columbia Counties, by Prof. T. C. Chamberlin, Whitewater. 



Potentials and their Application to Physical Science, by Prof. John E. Davies, State Uni- 

 versity. 



On Kerosene Oil, by E. T. Sweet, of the State University. 



On the Improvement of the Wisconsin iliver, by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemus, State Uni- 

 versity. 



On the Correlation of Forces, by E. D. Reade, C. E., Milwaukee. 



Adjourned to 7^ o'clock P. M. 



