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Minutes of the Spring Meeting, 



INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 



May 17 and 18, 1917. 



The spring meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science was held 

 Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18, 1917, at Purdue University, in 

 connection with the dedication of the new biology building, Stanley 

 Coulter Hall of Biology. 



Thursday Afternoon — 2:00 o'Clock, May 17th. 



Reception of the building for the University and address by President 



W. E. Stone. 

 Brief Addresses by — 



President W. J. Moenkhaus, representing the Indiana Academy of 

 Science; 



John S. Wright, Esq., representing the Alumni; 



Dr. H. C. Cowles, Chicago University, on Botany; 



Dr. C. H. Eigenmann, Indiana University, on Zoology. 



A complimentary supper was served to members of the Academy 

 and invited guests, at 6:00 o'clock, in Stanley Coulter Hall of Biology. 



Thursday Evening — 8:00 o'Clock. 

 Address — 



"The Modern Biological Laboratory and Public Health," Professor 

 W. T. Sedgwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



Friday,' May 18th, Field Trip. 

 The members of the Academy and guests assembled at Stanley 

 Coulter Hall of Biology at 8:00 o'clock a. m. The loaded automobiles 

 started out at half-minute intervals for the trip. It was planned espe- 

 cially to view Pine Creek valley and vicinity. The automobiles proceeded 

 along the lowland of the Wabash River to Granville Bridge, thence to 

 Greenhill and across the upland to Rainsville, thence along Pine Creek 

 to the "Narrows" of Mud Creek, one of its tributaries, where luncheon 



