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IN MEMORIAM J. MONROE PARKER. 



Whereas, The hand of death has removed from among us our life-long 

 associate and life member, J. Monroe Parker ; 



Resolved, That in his death the Academy has lost a member whose kind 

 words of encouragement have always cheered our efforts and whose gener- 

 ous aid has ever been ready to assist us. 



Resolved, That while we deplore his death as a great loss to us, we will 

 ever cherish the memory of his kmdness and support of all good works, and 

 his most generous provision for the future of this Academy. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon our records and a copy 

 thereof be sent to the bereaved widow and children. 



E. S. Ballord, 

 S. F. Smith, 

 William J. Ross, 



Committee. 



in MEMORIAM — N. KUHNEN. 



Again has death invaded the ranks of the Academy and taken away one 

 of its foremost members, Nicholas Kuhnen. It is fitting that we come with 

 reverent hearts^to offer this tribute to his memory. 



A firm friend of the Academy in its time of need, a loyal citizen to every 

 public duty, a courteous jgentleman in every relation of life, generous to a 

 fault, it might be said of him, " His life was gentle, and the elements so 

 mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say, 'This was a man.'" 



It is ordered that a copy of this minute be presented to the bereaved 

 family, and that the Academy wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty 



^^^^- Geo. p. McClelland, 



S. P. Bryant, 

 C. E. Harrison, 



Coinmittee. 



May 27, i8g2. — Regular Meeting. 



President Allen in the chair. 



A letter from Prof. S. Calvin of Iowa City was read, accepting a 

 position on the publication committee. "But for its publications," 

 he wrote, "the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, notwith- 

 standing all the brilliant names it has had and still has on its roll of 

 membership, would never have been known outside of Davenport. As 

 it is, the publications of the Academy, with their important contribu- 

 tions to the sum of human knowledge, have made Davenport honora- 

 bly known, at least among men of science, throughout the civiUzed 

 world. The cultured people of your beautiful city, when they realize 

 what the Academy has done and is capable of doing, w-ill, I am sure, 



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