FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science 
was held in Indianapolis, Thursday and Friday, December 29 and 30, 
1898, preceded by a session of the Executive Committee of the Academy, 
9 p. m., Wednesday, December 28. 
At 9 a. m., December 29, President C. A. Waldo called the Academy to 
order in general session, at which committees were appointed and other 
routine and miscellaneous business transacted. After the disposition of 
these affairs, the reading and discussion of papers of the printed program, 
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under the title “General Subjects,” occupied the time until adjournment, 
at 12 m. 
The Academy met at 2 p. m. in two sections—biological and’ physico- 
chemical—for the reading and discussion of papers. © President Waldo 
presided ‘over the physico-chemical, while J. C. Arthur acted as chairman 
for the biological section. At 5 p. m. the section meetings adjourned, to 
meet in general session of the Academy at 7 p. m. 
The Executive Committee met at 5:30 p. m., holding a brief session. 
Academy met at 7 p. m. Following the disposition of committee re- 
ports and other business, the retiring president, Dr. C. A. Waldo, ad- 
dressed the Academy, first briefly reviewing the progress of scientific 
work in the State, following with the formal address; subject, “The 
Services of Mathematics.” 
Friday, December 30, 9 a. m., the Academy met in general session, 
with President Waldo in the chair. Following the transaction of busi- 
hess, unread papers were heard and discussed until adjournment, which 
occurred at 12:15 p. m. 
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