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TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY 



OF SCIENCE. 



The twelfth annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science was held in 

 Indianapolis Wednesday and Thursday, December 30 and 31, 1896, preceded by 

 a session of the executive committee of the Academy, 8 p. M., Tuesday, Decem- 

 ber 29th. 



At 9 A. M., December 30th, President Stanley Coulter called the Academy to 

 order in general session, at which committees were appointed and much other 

 routine and miscellaneous business transacted. After the disposition of these 

 affairs the reading and discussion of papers of the printed program, under the 

 title of "General Subjects," occupied the time until adjournment at 12 m. 



The Academy met at 2 p. M., in two sections — biological and physico-chemi- 

 cal — for the reading and discussion of papers. President Stanley Coulter presided 

 over the biological section, and Vice-President Thomas Gray acted as chairman 

 of the physico-chemical section. After the adjournment of the section meetings 

 at 5 p. M. the Academy again met in general session at 7 p. >i. Following the 

 disposition of committee reports and the transaction of other business was the 

 address of the retiring President, Dr. Stanley Coulter, subject : "Science and the 

 State." 



The evening session of the Academy was followed by a meeting of the exec- 

 utive committee. 



Thursday, December 3Ist, 9:15 a. m., the Academy met in general session for 

 the transaction of business, after which it divided into sections for the considera- 

 tion of papers. President Coulter presided over the biological section, while 

 Prof. W. B. .Johnson acted as chairman of the physico-chemical section. 



Adjournment of each section about 12 M. 



