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A communication was then read from the Hon. Emil Seidel, Mayor 

 of Milwaukee requesting that the Society submit several names of 

 members to be considered in the selection of a trustee for the Public 

 Museum. After some discussion the names of Mr. Edgar E. Teller and 

 Mr. Gardner P. Stickney were proposed. Dr. McGovern then moved 

 that the President of the Society select the names of three members 

 and submit these to the mayor. Seconded and carried. 



The question whether the Society should assume the partial 

 payment of the printing of a pamphlet entitled "The Genesis and Early 

 History of the Wisconsin Natural History Society," by C. Doerflinger, 

 was then brought up for discussion. Messrs. Dernehl, Barth, Colles, 

 Barrett, and Eussel spoke on the matter. Mr. Colles moved that since 

 the Society had not ordered the printing it should not assume any 

 portion of the expense of the pamphlet. Seconded. The motion was 

 lost. Mr. Russel then moved that the chairman appoint a committee 

 of three to inquire into the matter. Seconded and carried. 



Upon motion the meeting adjourned. 



Milwaukee, Wis., April 27, 1911. 



Annual meeting of the Society. 



President Barth in the chair. 47 people present. 



Minutes of the last regnlar meeting read and approved. 



The order of business was reversed. 



Dr. C. E. Allen of the University of Wisconsin, gave the evening's 

 lecture on "The Physical Basis of Inheritance," a general summary 

 of Mendelism and its bearing on inherited characters. 



The lecture was discussed by Drs. Dernehl, Allen, Graenicher and 

 Mr. Burrill. 



Dr. Graenicher proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer. Sec- 

 onded by Dr. Sommer and carried. President Barth extended the 

 thanks of the Society to the lecturer, who voiced his appreciation of 

 the Society's action. 



After a brief intermission the business was taken up. The 

 printing of a pamphlet by Mr. Doerflinger, for which the Society was 

 requested to assume partial payment, was discussed and a committee 

 appointed to report at the next meeting : Mr. E. E. Teller, chairman ; 

 Howland Russel and C. Carpenter, members. 



