Proceedings 2 1 3 



Acceptance and thanks were ordered for the gifts to the 

 Academy of a fine Tarpon from Florida by M. B. Koon and 

 R. R. Rand, and of a valuable collection from Mr. J. C. Eliel. 



Mr. E. C. Gale moved that a committee of five, of which 

 the President shall be chairman, be appointed to provide a fit- 

 ting reception and entertainment for Dr. Nansen upon the 

 approaching occasion of his visit to Minneapolis. 



An account was given by Dr. H. T. Eddy of the meetings 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 at Detroit and the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science at Toronto. 



238th Meeting, November 2, 1897. 



Six persons present. 



President Winchell in the chair. 



Dr. H. T. Eddy was elected to membership. 



A paper on the Driftless Area was read by Dr. F. W. Sar- 

 deson ; discussion by Warren Upham. 



(See Glacial Deposits in the Driftless Area, American 

 Geologist, V^ol. xx, 1897, pp. 392-403). 



The following committee was announced for the proper 

 celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of 

 the Academy : President N. H. Winchell, Warren Upham, H. 

 V. Winchell, E. C. Gale, and A. D. Roe. 



A public reception was held November 19, 1897, in honor 

 of Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, in the Public Library, to 

 which the Academy's committee. President Winchell, E. C. 

 Gale, F. W. Sardeson, H. V. Winchell, and H. T. Eddy, had 

 sent invitations. One hundred persons were present. 



239th Meeting, December 7, 1897. 



Eleven persons present.' 



President Winchell in the chair. 



C. M. Dorsett and Wm. Twing were elected to member- 

 ship. 



It was moved and carried that the committee for securing 

 state aid for the Academy be instructed to formulate a plan 

 fulfilling statutory requirements for bringing the Academy 

 under control of the Board of Regents of the University, pre- 



