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The offer was accepted and the matter referred to the entertainment 

 committee to arrange date and details. 



The President announced the appointment of standing committees 

 for the year as follows : 



Fiiiance — W. C. Putnam, C. A. Ficke, H. M. Henley. 



Publication — Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam, Dr. Jennie McCowen, Prof. 

 S. Calvin, Prof. W. H. Barris, Dr. C. H. Preston, Prof. J. B. Young. 



Museiun — W. H. Pratt, Archaeology; Miss S. G. Foote-Sheldon, 

 Conchology ; Prof. W. H. Hatch, Ichthiology ; Miss J. Sanders, 

 Entomology; Prof. W. H. Barris, Geology and Palaeontology; Frank 

 Nadler, Mineralogy; Dr. A. W. Elmer, Natural History; J. J. Nagel, 

 Botany ; James M. De Armond, Historical Collections. 



Library — Charles E. Harrison, Louis Block, Rev. A. M. Judy. 



January 27, i8g3. — Regular Meeting. 



President Allen in the chair ; six members present. 



A letter from Mr. W. C. Wyman was read, requesting that a collec- 

 tion of mound builders' relics be sent by the Academy for exhibition 

 at the World's Fair at Chicago; also a request from Mr. Henry Stearns 

 for the Academy publications for the Fair. The Secretary was in- 

 structed to learn particulars as to the latter request, but as to the for- 

 mer it was decided, after some discussion, not to risk the loss of valua- 

 ble relics in transit. 



Mr. C. E. Harrison was appointed to correspond with parties at 

 Toolsboro, Iowa, and Corinth, Kentucky, in regard to obtaining per- 

 mission for the Academy to open certain promising mounds near those 

 places. 



February 10, i8gj. — Trustees' Meeting. 

 (Held at the Business Men's Rooms, Masonic Temple). 



President Allen in the chair; eight members present. 



The meeting was called to introduce Mr. Becket, who wished to 

 present the entertainment, '^ Ben Jfur,''' in this city, under the aus- 

 pices and for the benefit of the Academy of Sciences. After a full 

 explanation of the proposal and some discussion thereon the matter 

 was referred for decision to a committee composed of President Allen, 

 C. E. Harrison, Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam, and Dr. A. W. Elmer. 



