Elem — The History of Science in St. Louis. 115 



embraced in the term, Science, and also objects illus- 

 trating the manners and customs of the aborigines of 

 North America. Dr. Engelmann remarked that to es- 

 tablish firmly such a society it would be necessary to col- 

 lect a certain amount of money. It was also deemed ad- 

 visable to secure for the society certain valuable collec- 

 tions of fossil remains and other natural objects now 

 in the city. Drs. Tingley and Shumard and Mr. Chouteau 

 were asked to prepare a circular to be addressed to such 

 persons as might be favorable to the objects in view. 



At the last preliminary meeting a Constitution and By- 

 Laws were adopted, and an election held, which resulted 

 in the choice of the following gentlemen as officers : 



President George Englemann. 



First Vice President Hiram A. Prout. 



Second Vice President Nathaniel Holmes. 



Secretaries Benjamin F. Shumard, 



Wm. H. Tingley. 



Treasurer James B. Eads. 



Curators Moses M. Pallen, Adolph Wisli- 



zenus, Charles W. Stevens, 

 Benjamin F. Shumard. 



Board of Council George Engelmann, H. A. Prout, 



Nathaniel Holmes, B. F. Shumard, 

 Chas. A. Pope, Wm. H. Tingley, 

 Chas. P. Chouteau. 



After several preliminary meetings respecting the or- 

 ganization of the Society, a meeting was held on the tenth 

 of March, 1856, in the Hall of the Board of Public 

 Schools, at which were present the following fifteen 

 founders of the present Academy of Science : 38 Georga 

 Engelmann, Hiram A. Prout, Moses M. Pallen, 39 Benja- 



38 Starr, Frederick. The Academy of Science of St. Louis. Pop. 

 Sci. Month. Mar., 1898. 



Trelease, Wm. The Academy of Science of St. Louis. A biography. 

 Pop. Sci. Month. Dec, 1903. 



Celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first meeting. Trans. 

 Acad. Sci. St. Louis. 16: i-xcix. 1906. 



as Moses M. Pallen. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis. 3: ccxxii. 1876. 



Moses M. Pallen. Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc. 28: 620. 1877. 



Moses M. Pallen. St. Louis Cour. Med. 30: 383. 1904. 



