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THE FIELD MEETING OF 1896. 



The Field Meeting of 1896 was held Thursdav and Friday, June 4th and 5th, 

 at Oxford, Ohio. This, the first session of the Indiana Academy held out of the 

 State, was in connection with the field meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science. 



Thursday, June 4th, was largely spent in the field. At 8 p. m. the two acad- 

 emies met at the Western Female kSeminary, where President Stanley Coulter, of 

 the Indiana Academy, delivered an address, subject: " Tiie Influence of Biology 

 upon the World." 



The executive committee of the Indiana Academy met in business session at 

 7:30 A. M., Friday, June oth, President vStaniey Coulter in the chair. Both acad- 

 emies occupied much of the day with various excursions, after which they visited 

 Oxford College. In the evening, at Miami University, Dr. R. Ellsworth Call 

 delivered an illustrated lecture on Mammoth Cave. Adjournment. 



The joint meeting of the Indiana and ()hio Academies of Science was an 

 occasion of more than usual interest. The academies were laid under heavy 

 obligations to Oxford citizens, who individually and through the various educa- 

 tional institutions spared no eftorts to make the event enjoyable and profitable. 



