322 Proceedings 



Jan. 22d, 1906 a Public Reception was given to Dr. Otto Norden- 

 skjold and his bride by the Academy in President Walker's Art Gallery 

 from 3 to 5 P. M. 



The reception committee was composed of President and Mrs. 

 Walker, Miss Gratia Countryman, Mrs. U F. Tinsley, Prof. C. W. 

 Hall, President of the Geographical Society of Minnesota, B. P. Nel- 

 son, for the Commercial Club, and Winchell, Oestlund, and H. Gale, as 

 the Committee of Arrangements for the Academy. 



Between 200 and 800 guests were present during the afternoon 

 and everyone found it a most delightful occasion. Dr. Nordenskjold 

 spoke a few wordK in English, telling somewhat of his Antarctic ex- 

 periences, as his public lecture on Jan. 23r;i will be mostly in Swedish. 



279 th Meeting, Feb. 6th, 1906, Directors Room, PvMic Library. 



Vice President Winchell in the chair. 18 persons present. 



The following resolution on the death of the founder of the Acad- 

 emy, Dr. A. E. Johnson, was offered by the secretary, and it was moved 

 and carried that it be adopted, recorded, and a copy sent to Dr. John- 

 son's relatives. 



In Memory of Dr. A. E. Johnson. 

 Born Mar. 16, 1825. Died Jan. 27, 1906. 



The Minnesota Academy of Science hereby records its profound 

 appreciation of the rare ideal of a student of nature which was 

 shown by "the Father of the Academy", Dr. Asa E. Johnson. His 

 scientific knowledge, energy, and enthusiasm, as displayed by his gen- 

 erous devotion to the study of nature at our own doors, was the 

 foundation spirit of the Academy. In his own field of original in- 

 vestigation, the Mycology of Minnesota, he has left a monumental 

 record in the Academy's publications; while, among his eighteen other 

 scientific papers, there is an astonishing accumulation of evidence for 

 his broad scientific culture. Thus, besides being one of St. Anthony's 

 foremost pioneer physicians, his intellectual life was tireless until 

 health and strength failed. 



To his guidance in this ideal scientific spirit, during the six years 

 of his presidency and the ten years of his active membership, the 

 Academy also records its deepest gratitude. He gathered an apostle 

 group of similar lovers of nature about him in his own oflBce, gave 

 his own collections as the foundation nucleus of the museum; as a 

 trustee and business man he gave generously of his time and means, 

 while his quiet modesty in all this generous enthusiasm was only 

 equalled by his fidelity to every detail of the Academy's life, both 

 great and small. 



May his genuine love of nature, his disinterested search for her 

 minute secrets and great laws, and the application of this sincere 

 knowledge to man's position in nature continue to be the motive 

 spirit in this second generation of the Academy's life and be trans- 



