10 MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



In the middle of December there were sent out to all members of the 

 ])reliminary organization, to one hundred others who had been recom- 

 mended for membership, and to sixty of the State press, the following- 

 circular, together with the program of the first meeting of the Michigan 

 Academy of Sciences. 



Ann Arbor, Mich., December 12. 1894. 



The Michigan Academy of Science was organized last June for the 

 jtromotion of fellowship among scientific men, and for scientific research 

 in the State. It is hoped that all people directly or indirectly interested 

 in the objects of the society will become members. 



At the Lansing meeting, December 2G and 27, organization will be com- 

 pleted. It is i>robable that the initiation fee will be placed at one dollar, 

 and the annual dues at one dollar. There are no other limitations to 

 membership. Fees do not become due till after the Lansing meeting. 



Let everyone who will aid this society by becoming a member, send 

 his (or her) name and address immediately to the secretary. 



FREDERICK C. NEWCOMBE, 



Ann Arbor, Michigan. 



By order of executive committee. 



Such were the steps leading up to the formal organization of the Michi- 

 gan Academy of Science, which took place in the Pioneer Room of the 

 State Capitol, December 20 and 27, 1894. 



In pursuance of instructions given by the Academy at its first meeting 

 the council at once took proper steps to incorporate the Academy under 

 the laws of the State, and on February 6, 1895, articles of association 

 of the Michigan Academy of Science were filed with the Secretary of 

 State. 



