The foUowiiiii- ii;ini('(l |>i'rs;»ns look \)Ar{ in I Ir' i);-i:-;nil/.;i1 ion 

 proceed in us whidi \\ rvr coutliu-t'.'d in t!if p.ii-lors of l!ic l\ii-I<- 

 wood Monsi- in Do .Moines: 



Professor .1 . K. To. Id, 



Professor li. D. 1 1 aisled. 



Professor F. M. Witter. 



Professor II. W. I'ark.-r. 



Professor U. K. (".ill. 



Professor L. W . Andicws. 



Professor llerl)ert Oslxn-ii. 

 'I'he ori^ani/ation was dctei-mined upon as l»'!nL;' t!ic oidy 

 practical metliod l)y wlii'-'i ih" workini:- s-icntisi^ of the State 

 could be brouii'ht into close association. 



At this first nu'ctinij' tlie usual Ijusin^s-- of oi-i;ani/,alion was 

 sup[)leuient(>d hy tlie i)resentation of a few s:'i{>utitic pa[)ers 

 which are, so far as those readinu' them liaxc responded to the 

 request of the Secretary to fui-nis!i abstracts, presented here- 

 with. The chief business of the session was rathei- luoi-e for 

 purposes of peruiauently estal)lishiuii' the society on a useful 

 basis than for the presentation of discoveries made in the 

 course of oriainal i n vest i,i>-at ion. The Academy wislies to be 

 understood as fosterinii' only orii^inal in vest iijat ions, and only 

 such as are eapal)l(! of woi-k of this sort are kn(;wini;-|y 

 admitted to Fellowshij). 



