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THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IN- 

 DIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The sixteenth annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science 

 was held in Indianapolis, Thursday, Decembei- 27, 1900, preceded by a 

 session of the Executive Committee of the Academy, 9 p. m., Wednesday, 

 December 26, 



At 9:15 a. m., December 27, President David W. Dennis called the 

 Academy to order in general session, at which committees wei'e appointed 

 and other routine and miscellaneous business transacted. Following the 

 disposition of the business, papers of general interest were read until 

 11 o'clock, at which time the retiring President, David W. Dennis, made 

 his address: subject, "Photomicrography as It May Be Practiced To-Day." 



At 2 p. m. the Academy met in two sections— biological and physico- 

 chemical— for the reading and discussion of papers. President Dennis 

 presided over the biological section, while Drs. J. L. Campbell and Thomas 

 Gray in turn acted as chairman of the physico-chemical section. At 

 5 p. m. the section meetings adjourned and the Academy was assembled 

 in general session for the transaction of business. 



Adjournment, 5:30 p. m. 



THE FIELD MEETING OF 1900. 



The Field Meeting of 1900 was held in Terre Haute, Thursday, Friday 

 and Saturday, May 24, 25 and 26. 



Thursday evening members of the Executive Committee met in session 

 at the Terre Haute House. 



Friday was occupied by an excursion of the Academy to Alum Cave 

 and vicinity. The party left Terre Haute by rail early in the morning, 

 reaching Alum Cave about the middle of the forenoon, where the day 

 was spent in visiting the mines and interesting coal fields of that vicinity. 

 The return to Terre Haute was made in the evening. On Saturday excur- 

 sions into the field were made in the neighborhood of Terre Haute. 



The visiting members of the Academy gratefully aclinowledge their 

 indebtedness to the Terre Haute members, the members of the Terre 

 Haute Science Club and their friends for the numerous thoughtful cour- 

 tesies which made the Field Meeting of 1900 so pleasant and profitable. 

 3— A. OF Science. 



