

CONTENTS. 



I 



Page. 

 1, LISTS OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 5-8 



a. CHARTER OF THE ACADEMY 9-10 



III. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 11-14 



IV. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 15-23 



Embracing: 



1. General Condition 15 



2. Condition and Progress of tlie several Departments 16 



3. Tlie Library 18 



4 . The S cientific Museum 18 



5. Reports of the Treasurer 20, 244, 351 



6. Results of Work done, as shown by the Titles and Papers read before the 

 Academy 20-22 



V. TITLES OF PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THIS VOLUME. 



DEPARTMENT OF SPECULATIVE PH1L080PHT. 



1. The Metaphysical Basis of Science. By Prof. S. H. Carpenter, LL.D... 23 34 



2. Vexed Questions in Ethics. By Rev. F. M. Holland, A. M 35-38 



3. The Philosophy of Evolution. By Prof. S. H. Carpenter, LL. D 39-58 



DEPARTMENT OP THE SOCIAL AMD POLITICAL BOIENCBS. 



4. Population and Sustenance. By Dr. G. M. Steele, D. D 59-72 



Cj[3 5. Records of Marriages. By Rev. F. M. Holland, A. M 73-76 



CnI 6. Effect of the Duty on Imports on the Value of Gold. By John Y. Smith, 



22 Esq 77-88 



7. Requisites to a Reform of the Civil Service of the United States. By 



^' Dr. John W. Hoyt, A.M., M. D 89-104 



* 8. Natural History as a Branch of Elementary Education. By Dr. P. R. 



yg* Hoy, M. D 105-106 



^-^ DEPARTMENT OP THE NATURAL SCIENCES. 



9. On some Points in the Geology of Northern Wisconsin. By Prof. 



Roland Irving, A. M., M. E , 107-119 



10. Some of the Peculiarities of the Fauna of Racine. By Dr. P, R. 



Hoy, M. D 120-123 



