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THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science was 
held in Indianapolis, Thursday, December 28, 1899, preceded by a session 
of the Executive Committee of the Academy, 9 p. m., Wednesday, De- 
cember 27. 
At 9 a. m., December 28, in the absence of the President, C. H. Higen- 
mann, Vice President D. W. Dennis called the Academy to order in general 
session, at which committees were appointed and other routine and mis- 
cellaneous business trausacted. After the disposition of these affairs, 
the address of the retiring President, Dr. C. H. Higenmann, was read by 
the Vice President, Dr. D. W. Dennis: subject, ‘‘Degeneration Llustrated 
by the Eyes of Cave Fishes.” Following this address, until adjournment 
at 12 m., the Academy was engaged with the papers of the printed pro- 
gram under the title, “General Subjects.” 
At 2 p. m. the Academy met in two sections—biological and physico- 
chemical—for the reading and discussion of papers. Vice President Dennis 
presided over the biological section, while G. W. Benton acted as chair- 
man of the physico-chemical section. At 5 p. m. the section meetings 
adjourned and the Academy was assembled in general session for the 
transaction of business. 
Adjournment, 5:30 p. m. 
THE FIELD MEETING OF 1899. 
The Field Meeting of 1899 was held at Crawfordsville, Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday, May 25, 26 and 27. 
At 8:30 p. m. Thursday, the Executive Committee met for the trans- 
action of business. 
Iriday the 26th was spent in the field. Leaving Crawfordsville early 
in the morning, the party traveled by carriages to Pine Hills, a district 
which afforded excellent field opportunities to the botanists, zoologists 
and geologists. The return to Crawfordsville was made by way of Alamo 
and Yountsville. In the evening the Academy was given a reception 
at the residence of President Burroughs, of Wabash College. 
On Saturday the members made field excursions to the north of Craw- 
fordsville, visiting the well-known crinoid beds along Sugar Creek. 
The Academy is greatly indebted to the local members for their 
generous and thoughtful hospitality, which was a prominent feature of 
the meeting. 
