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as to give visitors from all parts of the world a chance to see some- 

 thing that has made a little stir in the scientific world and now is only 

 waiting, like the Rosetta Stone, for some Marietta to decipher the story 

 hidden in its hitherto undecipherable hieroglyphics. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS 1892. 



Preside7it — James Thompson. 



First Vice-President — Dr. W. L. Allen. 



Second Vice-President — W. H. Holmes. 



Recording Secretary — Dr. Jennie McCowen. 



Corresponding Secretary — Prof. W. H. Barris. 



Curator — Prof. W. H. Barris. 



Treasurer — Frank Nadler. 



Librarian — C. E. Harrison. 



Trustees for three years — Dr. C. H. Preston, S. F. Smith, W. 

 F. Ross. H. H. Andressen ; the latter two taking the places of 

 Messrs. H. C. Fulton and E. P. Lynch, recently removed from the 

 city. 



Dr. A. W. Elmer was elected a trustee to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the removal of Dr. E. H. Hazen to Des Moines. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam for her 

 work in securing a ^400.00 subscription to meet current expenses. 

 The thanks of the Academy were also extended to Mr. W. F. Ross for 

 an invitation to attend the meetings of the Davenport Humane 

 Society. 



The following resolution, presented by Rev. A. M. Judy, was unan- 

 imously adopted : 



Recognizing an inestimable advantage to learning in the accumulation of 

 a scientific Library such as this Academy is acquiring, chiefly through the 

 exchange ot its publications, for the proceedings of other learned societies ; 



Resolved, That the public of Davenport is earnestly solicited to contrib- 

 ute toward the cost of the forthcoming volume of the Academy Proceedings. 



Messrs. Judy, Allen, and C. E. Harrison were, on motion, appointed 

 a committee to devise means of increasing interest in the museum. 



February 11, i8g2. — Regular Meeting. 



Vice-President Allen in the chair. 



The committee appointed to draft resolutions ^ expressive of the 

 Academy's sense of loss in the death of its honored President reported 

 as follows : 



