SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. 



1897—1898. 



January 7, iSg-j. — Annual Meeting. 



President Edward S. Hammatt in the chair ; a large number of 

 members and visitors present. 



Reports of the various officers were presented as follows : 



RECORDING SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



During the year 1896 there have been twelve regular meetings, one 

 trustees' meeting, and one annual meeting. The attendance upon the 

 regular meetings averages eight. 



Eight regular and five honorary members have been elected during 

 the year. Two members have died : Professor Wachsmuth of Bur- 

 lington and Mr. W. H. Holmes of Davenport. 



Lectures have been delivered before the Academy by Professor 

 J. A. Udden of Augustana College, Rock Island, on Kansas Mounds ; 

 by Professor F. J. Walz, Local Signal Service Observer, on Weather 

 Forecasts ; by Professor L. W. Andrews of Iowa City on X-Rays \ by 

 Doctor Edward Gudemann of Davenport on The Development of 

 Chemistry ; and by Mr. George R. Putnam of the U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey on A Recent Trip to the West Coast of Greenland. 



The present number of life and other members is 142. 



Edward Borcherdt, Recording Secretary. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



During the year 1896 the correspondence was as follows: Letters 

 received, iii; letters and acknowledgements written, 209. There 

 was no departure from the ordinary subjects that from year to year 

 come before the Secretary. 



W. H. Harris, Corresponding Secretary. 



