32 Proceedings of Indiana Academy of Science. 
MINUTES OF THE SPRING MEETING. 
INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
MAy 24 AND 25, 1918. 
The Illinois Academy of Science joined the Indiana Academy of 
Science in its Spring Meeting on Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, 
1918, in the new State Park, Turkey Run, in Parke County, and at 
The Shades, in Montgomery County. Seventy-two members and guests 
of the two Academies were in attendance at the meeting. 
Touring parties were organized at the park entrance under com- 
petent guides as groups of individuals arrived by automobile. They 
devoted the forenoon of Friday to exploring the magnificent forest, the 
rugged trails, picturesque ravines and the watercourses of the park. 
A basket-luncheon at noon afforded opportunity to renew old acquaint- 
ances and to make new ones among kindred spirits. 
After luncheon the groups were reassembled for the trip across the 
swaying suspension bridge and a tramp into Rocky Hollow to the rugged, 
moss-covered gorges where giant kettle-holes and eroded or broken rocks 
indicate, of the past, a rush of water quite out of proportion to the 
amount that now trickles over the same ledges on its way into Sugar 
Creek. Enthusiastic groups of individuals explored the narrow ravines 
and slippery trails to study the geological formations or to try the cool 
waters of an isolated kettle-hole. 
About four o’clock a long procession of automobiles carried the 
Academy party over the intervening fifteen miles of rugged country 
covered with magnificent forests and beautiful streams to The Shades, 
where dinner was provided in the spacious dining-room of The Shades 
Hotel. The freedom of the park was extended through the courtesy of 
Mr. Frisz, the proprietor and manager. 
A general session of the Academies was held in the grove after 
the dinner. 
The broad verandas and beautiful grove about the hotel afforded 
opportunity for further visiting until long after the more sedate mem- 
bers had gone into slumber-land. 
SATURDAY, MAy 25, 1918. 
After breakfast at The Shades Hotel, tramping-parties were quickly 
organized to explore the beauties of The Shades Park, the waterfalls 
and eroded ravines, the Devil’s Punchbowl and other geological for- 
