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J. A. Udden presented the following report : 



REPORT OF THE CO.MMITTEE ON DEEP DRILLINGS. 



The Committee on Deep Drillings can report progress in its 

 work. Early in November last year circular letters asking for 

 various data on wells in the state were mailed to the members 

 of the Academy. Replies have been received from nearly all 

 the recipients of these letters, and data of importance have been 

 furnished by many of the correspondents. 



The committee desires to express its high appreciation of 

 the courtesies which have been extended to it by the members 

 of the Academy and acknowledges with gratitude the aid which 

 has been received. 



J. A. Udden, 

 U. S. Grant, 

 Frank W, DeWolf. 



Committee. 

 February 18, 1910. 



President Forbes then announced the symposium which was 

 presented by Cornelius Betten, Julius Stieglitz, J. F. Hayford, 

 C. G. Hopkins and Worrallo Whitney as follows : 



SYMPOSIUM 



THE RELATION OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE TO 



THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF 



PRACTICAL AFFAIRS. 



1. The Relation of Pure and Applied Biology. 

 Cornelius Betten. 

 It may be well to call attention to the fact that the subject 

 set for discussion makes distinctions whicli, if they are con- 

 venient, are after all largely fictitious. The contrast between 

 pure and applied science, as generally conceived, is that implied 

 in the statement of the subject, namely, that applied science 

 has to do with the practical affairs of life, while to pure science 



