Record. 



XXIX 



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1860 



1865 



1870 1875 1880 1885 

 Fig. 1. Total Memberstiip. 



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cipal cause for that drop was the Civil War, not so much because it took 

 members away to the war, but because then those who did not go to the 

 war were not particularly interested in the Academy, and the affairs of the 

 Academy waned, and, as you see, the membership dropped to below 50. 

 Then there were increases, as you see, and in the later years of the Academy 



300 



350 



200 



150 



100 



50 



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1865 



1870 1875 1880 1885 



Fig. 2. Actual Membership. 



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