82 davexport academy of natural sciexoes, 



May 30th, 1879. — Regular Meeting. 



Mr. W. H. Pratt, Vice President, in the chair. Ten persons 

 present. 



Mr. .rohn E. Parry, Sandy Hill, N. Y., and Mr. Frank W. Taylor, 

 Davenport, were elected regular members. Mr. Eugene Simon, 

 Paris, France, was elected a corresponding member. 



June 2d, 1879. — Special Meeting. 



Mr. W. H. Pratt, Vice President, in the chair. 



On motion of Rev. S. S. Hunting, a committee consisting of Dr. 

 C. C. Parry, Rev. W. H. Barris and Dr. R. J. Farquharson was ap- 

 pointed to prepare resolutions expressive of the sorrow of this Acad- 

 emy over the death of John Caldwell Putnam, a life member of the 

 Academy. 



The committee reported the following resolutions, which were 

 unanimously adopted : 



In view of the sad event which has recently stricken from the list of the 

 living the name of .John C. Putnam, one of our youngest life members and a 

 son of our respected President, we desire hereby to record in fitting words 

 an expression of our sorrow in this our bereavement. 



Science mourns the loss of the veteran falling in the midst of his success- 

 ful labors, and mourns no less the departure of the young and talented, who, 

 l)y education, character and inherited ability, give ]U'omise of future useful- 

 ness. Over each funeral urn she drops the unavailing tear, and gives ex- 

 pression to sorrow "That makes the whole world kin.'" Realizing every- 

 Avhere, in nature and in human life, the unknown and incompreliensible, slie 

 recognizes a power that never errs and a law immutable in the right and 

 true. Bowing in the presence of this awful majesty, she can but say, " It is 

 the Lord," and in the language of one of old, "Let him do that which is 

 good in his sight." 



To the l)ereaved family, and especially to the sorrow-stricken mother, who 

 realizes as no one else the bitterness of blighted hopes and the loss of cher- 

 ished affections, we tender our sincei'est sympathy. Therefore, 



lif'salved, That this expression of our sympathy and regard be spread upon 

 the records of the Academj' and a copy of the same be presented to the fam- 

 ily of the deceased. 



C. C. Parry, > 



W. H. Barkis, |- Committee. 



R. J. Farquharson, ) 



