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Auflitor E. r.. Williiiiusnii reports on tlic iicciu-iicy of tlic 'I'rcasiin'r's 

 Itcport. On iiiotidii llie 'I'rciisuicr is authorized, on signature of tlic I'res- 

 ideiit and Secretary, to transfer from tiie Treasury to the Trustees of the 

 Research Endowiuent Fund the sum of .^.'UMt.dO. 



Adjourned. " ' ' 



dENERAL f^ESSION. 



Greetings were received from the re) u-esenta fives of the Stale Societies: 



Dr. II. AV. liodeuhamell of tin- i:ii i-iliy ("o.. for the Branch of the Amer- 

 ican ("hemical Society. 



Mrs. Kosseau McCleUan, Shortridge Higli School, for Audubon Society. 



Mr. Henry Foltz, of Indianapolis, for the Indiana Society of Architects. 



Dr. Murray X. Iladley of Tndianaiiolis. for the Indiana Medical Asso- 

 ciation. 



Miss Ida M. Andrus of the Manual Traininu; Ili^di School, for the Nature 

 Study flub of Indiana. 



Mr. Horace Slioide of the Eli Lilly ("omi)any. for the Scienteck ("luh of 

 Indiana. 



The representative of the Audubon Society suggested the advisability of 

 arranging at some time or other f(U- a joint Spring Meeting with the Indiana 

 Academy of Science. 



The papers of the General Session were then read in their order. At the 

 close of the paper number 9. entitled "A State Archaeological Survey", 

 the following resolution was adopted : 



RESOLVED, That the Indiana Academy of Science, recognizing the 

 value of the prehistoric remains in this state, from the scientific, historic, 

 esthetic and economic standpoint, and knowing full well the destruction of 

 these important objects, objects that are now gone from mankind forever, 

 which is continually going on. expresses its interest in and its desire to 

 record its support of an archaeological survey of Indiana. 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. That it is the sense (.f this Academy 

 that this survey should be undertaken by a trained i>erson under the direc- 

 ti(m of the Conservation Commission. That the officers of the Academy be 

 directed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Conservation Com- 

 mission and urge its acceptance (»f this work, and at the same time pledge 

 the co-operation of this Academy therein. That the Chair appoint a com- 

 mittee of not less tlian seven (7) members to assist in bringing this matter 

 to the attention of the Legislature, and act as a co-operative body with the 

 Conservation Commission and with any similar committees that nuiy be 

 apix)inted by other organizations to further this work. 



ConDniftce on Archocoloi/ical Siirvei/. 

 F. B. Wynn. Hume-Mansur Bldg.. Indianapolis. Chairman. 

 R. W. McBride. State Life Building. Indianapolis, 

 W. N. Logan. Indiana Cniversity. liloomington. 

 Allen D. Hole, Earlham College, Richmond, 

 Stanley Coulter. Purdue Cniversity. Lafayette. 

 Charles Stoltz. South Bend. 

 H. S. Vorhees. Fort Wayne. 

 A. J. Biguey, Evausville College, Evausville. 



