Minutes of Siyrhig Meeting 

 MINUTES OF THE SPRING MEETING. 



French Lick, Indiana. 



The Spring Meeting of the Academy afforded its members and 

 friends an opportunity to study the remarkable Lost River district of 

 Orange County. The underlying recks of this region are limestone, and 

 due to spectacular stream trenching, are largely responsible for the 

 hills, valleys and caves of the present time. 



In addition to exploring the Lost River basin, the party visited the 

 springs and rock formations of the French Lick valley, including Cross 

 Cave. Prof. C. A. Malott, together with other members of the Academy 

 who were familiar with the region, acted as guides. 



The meeting was planned to cover three days, Thursday, Friday 

 and Saturday, May 11, 12 and 13, 1922. 



Thii'ty-eight members and eleven guests were in attendance at the 

 meetings and on the trips. 



Thursday, May 11. 



Members of the Academy and their friends met at the Windsor 

 Hotel, French Lick. At 2:00 p.m. the party started on a field trip 

 through the French Lick valley for the purpose of visiting the numer- 

 ous mineral springs, rock formations and hills which have been left 

 as a result of valley erosion. 



After dinner at the Windsor Hotel, the members and their guests 

 assembled at the Christian Church for a brief business meeting. Fol- 

 lowing the business meeting. Prof. C. A. Malott, of Indiana University, 

 gave a very interesting and instructive lecture on the geology of Lost 

 River. By means of clear descriptions and excellent charts Prof. Malott 

 also discussed the geology of the country that was to be visited on 

 Friday. 



Friday, May 12. 



The party left the Windsor Hotel at 8:00 a.m. for Stamper's Creek 

 in order to study this creek at the point where it becomes subterranean. 



Lost River was next studied. It was first viewed as a rather large 

 stream flowing over a rather flat limestone country. A few miles below, 

 it was found to disappear by means of small sinks in the river bottom. 

 The next stop was made at the first storm swallow-hole which, under 

 moderate rainfall, takes care of all the water that does not disappear 

 farther up the stream. The second storm-hole, which receives the over- 

 flow during severe rains, was also visited. 



' The party arrived at Wesley Chapel at noon, where a sumptuous 

 chicken dinner was served. The early part of the afternoon was spent 

 in Wesley Chapel Gulf, which is a collapsed sink of the Lost River sub- 

 terranean channel. 



