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The following were elected members of the Academy : 

 W. M. Quayle, 3132 Grand avenue, Minneapolis. 

 L. B. Avery, the Normal School, St. Cloud. 



February 6, 1893. 



Seventeen persons present. 



The following program was presented : 



The Adaptation of structure to fossorial habit in the 

 Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius, President Osborn. 



The paper was discussed by Messrs. C. S. Fellows, 

 J. C. Bryant and H. S. Baker. 



A letter from the Philippine Islands, written by Dean C. 

 Worcester, was read by Mr. W. H. Pratt. 



The lecture course of the Academy arranged for the 

 third Tuesday of the months February, March, April and 

 May, was announced. 



W. D. Frost was elected a member. 



February 21, 1893. 



Dr. W. H. Leonard in the chair. 



Ninety-five persons present. 



The first lecture in the special course was given this 

 evening by Dr. Charles N. Hewitt. Subject: Cholera and 

 Common Sense. 



riarch 21, 1893. 



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Professor MacMillan presided. 



Thirty persons present. 



The second lecture in the special course was given this 

 evening by Professor Henry L. Osborn. Subject: Structure 

 and habit among the Rodents. 



April 18, 1893. 



A hundred or more were in attendance. 



The third lecture in the special lecture course was given 

 by Professor MacMillan. Subject: The Mechanics of 

 Heredity. 



Hay 2, 1893. 



Twenty-three persons present. 

 The program was as follows : 



