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THE FIELD MEETING OF 1897. 
The Field meeting of 1897 was held Thursday and Friday, May 27th 
and 28th at Lafayette, Indiana. On the evening of the 28th the executive 
committee of the Academy met and transacted miscellaneous business. 
Thursday morning, May 27th, the members started into the field, going 
by conveyance into the vicinity of Battle Ground, where they divided into 
sections for special work. At noon all met at Tecumseéh’s Trail, where 
luncheon was served, after which the Academy visited the State Soldiers’ 
Home. On the return to the city the country home of Mr. Mortimer 
Levering was visited, where a reception was given to the members. 
Thursday evening, at 8 p. nx, the Academy met in the chapel of Pur- 
due University and was addressed by Dr. Frederick Starr on “Dress and 
Adornment.” Following the lecture a short business session was held. 
Friday morning, May 28th, the members visited the laboratories of 
Purdue University, after which they took conveyances and drove to the 
site of Fort Ouiatenon, where special field work was done. 
The Academy is greatly indebted to the Lafayette members and their 
friends, whose energy and generesity made the field meeting of 1897 a 
marked success. 
3—SCIENCE. 
