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7. On the age of the Quartzites, Schists and Conglomerates 

 of Sauk county. By Prof. Roland Irving, M. E., State Univer- 

 sity. 



[Published in full iu Transactions, p. 139.] 



8. On a Modification of Grove's Battery for a Special Purpose. 

 By Prof. John E. Davies, M. D., State University. 



9. On Potential Functions and their Application in Physics. 

 By Prof. John E. Davies, M. D., State University. 



[Published in full iu Transactions, p. 111.] 

 Dr. Hoyt resigned the Chair to Vice President Dr. A. L. Chai^in. 



10. On the Theory of Evolution, illustrated by the Science 

 of Language. By Prof. J. B. Feuling, Ph.D., Secretary of the 

 Department of Letters, State University. 



11. On the Rural Population of England as classified in Domes- 

 day Book. By Prof. Wm. F. Allen, A. M., State University. 



[Published iu Transactions, p. 167.] 



Adjourned to meet at 7-|- P. M. 



Fourth Session. 



Academy met pursuant to adjournment; Rt. Rev. W. E. 

 Armitage, Vice President for the Department of the Social and 

 Political Sciences, in the Chair. 



The following papers were read: 



11. Social Science and Woman Suffrage. By Rev. Charles Cav- 

 erno, A. M., Secretary of the Department of the Social and 

 Political Sciences, Amboy, Illinois. 



[Published in full in Transactions, p. 72. ] 



12. The Relations of Labor and Capital. By Rev. A. L. 

 Chapin, D. D., President of Beloit College, Vice President of 

 the Academy for the Department of Letters. 



(Published in full in Transactions, p. 45.] 



13. Outline of a Plan for a National University. By Dr. J. 

 W. Hoyt, President of the Academy. 



11. On the Coal Deposits of Colorado. By Dr. J. W. Hoyt. 



[Eeadius; omitted by author owing to lateness of the hour. For substance of Paper 13, 

 see bill No. 1128 S., now pending in Congress.] 



The Academy then went into 'session for the transaction of 

 special business. 



The committee appointed to confer with the Governor con- 

 cerning provision for the Academy's Collections, reported that 

 his Excellency was desirous of doing everything in his power to 

 aid the Academy, and that he would order new cases so soon as 

 the plans were furnished him. 



A majority of the committee appointed to consider the pro- 

 priety of soliciting aid from tlie State for canvassing the field 

 and other work designed to be vindertaken by the Academy, 



