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Tuesday 29, 9 a. m., the Academy met in general session before wliich 

 the remaining papers of the program Avere read and discussed. Follow- 

 ing the disposition of the papers unfinished business was considered. 



Adjournment. 



THE FIELD MEETING OF 1903. 



The field meeting of 1903 was held in Madison and Hanover, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, May 21 and 22. Thursday evening a Avell attended public 

 session was held in the auditorium of the Madison High School; the pro- 

 gram consisted of musical numbers and addresses. President W. S. 

 Blatchley spoke on the mineral fuels of the State and Dr. Stanley Coulter 

 on forestry work in Indiana. After the adjournment of the public session 

 a short business meeting was held in the Madison Hotel. 



At 8:30 a. m., Friday the 22d, the members left hotel headquarters for 

 the field, proceeding by carriages over the Hanover road to the mouth of 

 the gorge which leads to Cliffy Falls. The remainder of the trip to the 

 Falls was made on foot over territory of great interest to naturalists, 

 especially to geologists and botanists. Cliffy Falls was reached about 

 noon. Luncheon was served here, after which a cross-country drive was 

 made to Hanover College. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in 

 viewing the college buildings and equipment, and in enjoying the magnifi- 

 cent scenery of the vicinity. At 6 o'clock dinner the visiting members of 

 the Academy were guests in the homes of the members of the Hanover 

 College faculty. 



At 8 o'clock a public meting was held in the college chapel, addresses 

 were made by Drs. Stanley Coulter, .T. C. Arthur, M. T. Cook, N. A. Kent 

 and A. F. Foerste. After this session an enjoyable reception was tendered 

 the Academy at the home of President Fisher. The return to Madison 

 was made that night, after Avhich a very brief business meeting was held 

 in the hotel headquarters. Adjournment, 12 o'clock, midnight, Friday, 

 May 22. 



The spring meeting of 1903 will be remembered as one of the most 

 successful and enjoyable in the history of the Academy. The weather 

 was delightful and the locality interesting from every standpoint. The 

 Academy gratefully acknowledges its obligations to the Madison Commer- 

 cial Club and to the members of the Hanover College faculty, especially to 

 Professor Culbertson, for their generosity and thoughtful courtesies 

 which anticipated every want of the excursionists. 



