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Mackenzie, and Gale, The consensus of opinion was that Cook had 

 gained in public confidence and Peary lost public sympathy by their 

 lespective conduct during the newspaper controversy. 



H. GALE, Secretary. 



On Monday afternoon, Oct. 25, 1909, from 3 to 4 o'clock, a Recep- 

 tion was given to Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the discover of the North 

 Pole, in the Art Gallery of President T. B. Walker, 803 Hennepin Av. 

 About 200 of the members and their friends were present. 



Committee: 



For the City of Minneapolis For the Minn. Academy of Science. 



B. F. Nelson Prof. F. W. Sardeson 



Willis Walker Prof. C. W. Hall 



F. M. Prince Prof. N. H. Winchell 



Dr. G. G. Mtel Andrew Rinker 



Dr. C. H. Hunter Dr. T. S. Roberts 



Judge D. F. Simpson Dean F. J. Wulling 



Miss Gratia Countryman Dr. C. N. Spratt 



S. R. Child 



Edw. C. Gale 



ZlOth Meeting, Tuesday Dec. 1th, 1909, in the Directors' Room of the 



Public Library. 



Vice President Sardeson in the chair: about 25 presnt. 



Miss Mary C. Judd, 112 State St., was proposed for membership 

 (by Winchell and Gale) and elected. 



An extremely valuable and interesting papor was read from 8:15 

 to 9:15 by Mr. Warren Upham on "Englacial and Superglacial Drift 

 in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Manitoba." This paper gave the re- 

 sults of additional field work during the past summer and autumn, 

 mostly near Winnipeg. Discussion till 9:45 by Sardeson, Moyer, 

 Mackenzie, and Winchell. (Abstract in this bulletin). 



Prof. Winchell spoke on the matter of delegates to the A. A. A. S. 

 and by motion of the Academy was appointed the Academy delegate 

 to the coming Boston meeting. Adjournment. 



H. GALE, Secretary. 



Zllth Meeting, Tuesday Jan. Ath, 1910, in the Directors' Room of the 



Public Library. 



Annual Meeting. Vice-President Sardeson presiding; present, — 

 Oestlund, Winchell, Norton, Franzen, Decker, Child, Miss Judd, H. 

 Gale and six guests. Amendment of the By-Laws, offered by Wulling 

 at the Nov. meeting, abolishing the membership fee of $5. and raising 

 the yearly dues from $1. to $2., was adopted. 



Curator Franzen spoke again of the necessity of sending for the 

 Academy's collection of Philippine bird skins which had been several 



