42 PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The regular program was then taken iij). Paper ninnbered '.V.i was read in 

 the general session after which thi' Academy separated into two sections as 

 follows: Section 1 — Bacteriology, Botany and Zoology, j)resided over by 

 President Andrew J. Bigney, Howard E. Enders, Secretary; Section 2 — 

 Chemistrj', Engineering, Geology and Geography, Mathematics, and Physics, 

 presided over by W. A. Cogshall, chairman, and Edwin Morrison, Secretary. 



The sectional meeting adjourned at 5:30 for the Academy Dinner at 

 6:15, at which President Bigney gave the address on "The Advancement of 

 Scientific Thought During the Century." 



Seventy-two memliers and guests attended the dinner. 



Evening Session, 8:00 p. .m. 



The Academy and a representative gathering met in the Assembly Room 

 to hear the papers by Doctor ?Iarvey Wiley, George S. Bliss and Barton W. 

 Evermann. 



SATruHAv, Deckmhkh '.). 10:00 a. m. 



Business. 



The report of the Nominating Committee was as follows: 



President — W. J. Moenkhaus, Bloomington. 



Vice-President — Ed^v^n Morrison. Richmond; 



Secretary — Howard K. VauUth, West Ijafayette. 



Assistant Secretary — Philip A. Tetrault, West Lafayette; 



Press Secretary — F. B. Wade, Shortridge H. S., Indianapolis. 



Treasurer — Wm. M. Blanchard, Greencastle; 



Editor of Proceedings — Lee F. Bennett, Valparaiso. 



In the name of Indiana University Professor Eigenmaim invited the 

 Academy to hold its next Fall Meeting at Bloomington. 



On motion, duly passed, it was the sense of the Academy that it accept the 

 iiivilation, and refeiTcd the matter 1o the Executive Committee for con- 

 sideration. 



It was moved and i)asse(l that the Program Commiltee shall print in the 

 program the names an<l addresses of persons who present paj)ers at the meet- 

 ings of the Academy. 



On motion, the Advisory Committee is requested to introduce itself to 

 the governor by way of advising greater dispatch in Ihe publication of the 

 Proceedings. 



General Program. 



The general jjrogram was then taken up. After the paper l)y Lee F. 

 Bennett the following resolution was adopted: 



Whereas, There is an attempt to establish a National Park in the Sand 

 Dune area of Northern Indiana, and 



