314 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Prof. W. H. Pratt. Minneapolis: 



We should each and all feel a just and reasonable pride in the great 

 value and excellence of the work done — largely by those who are 

 gone — resulting in the establishment of one of the most creditable 

 and valuable institutions in Davenport. 



George F. Henry, Des Moines : 



The history of the Davenport Academy has been one of honor, a 

 credit to all its members, and, putting it in a position of deserved 

 prominence in the scientific world, may well be made a matter of con- 

 gratulation and pride. 



January 4, iSgj. — Annual Meeting. 



President Allen in the chair ; nine members present. 



REPORT OF the PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. 



The Chairman, Mrs. Putnam, reported Volume V. of the Proceed- 

 ings now in the hands of the binder, and the first pages of Volume 

 VI. already printed. 



The Publication Endowment Fund, started by the late Prof. S. D. 

 Sheldon by the payment of ^50.00, entitling him to all the publica- 

 tions of the Academy, has been added to in equal amount by Charles 

 Velie, of Evansville, Indiana, and Austin Corbin, of New York City. 



The Academy sends its Proceedings to all Scientific, Historical 

 and Art Institutions, and to authors or publishers of Scientific or His- 

 torical Works, in exchange for their own or other publications. 



Since the last annual meeting we have sustained a great loss in the 

 death of President James Thompson, a most earnest advocate and sup- 

 porter of this particular branch of the Academy's work, and especially 

 helpful in his sympathy and faith in the future of the publication. 

 The Academy is most fortunate in having secured the consent of Prof. 

 Calvin, of Iowa City, to act in his place on the Publication Com 

 mittee. 



curator's REPORT, 



The Curator submitted the following report : 



The additions to the museum for the past year have hardly averaged 

 those recorded in preceding reports. While small contributions have 

 occasionally been made, there have been no large accessions in 

 any department of Natural History. The museum has had a better 

 opportunity than heretofore to test its teaching qualities and thus prac- 

 tically widen its influence. This is especially noticeable in the fact 

 that a more than usual number of schools, with their teachers, have 

 come from the neighboring state to avail themselves of the opportunity 



