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are still here, but business cares have prevented their 
continued membership, and a few are still honored mem- 
bers of the Sioux City Academy of Science and Letters, 
which is the name of the new organization which has 
grown out of the Scientific Association. The following 
are the names of the charter members of the old “Scien- 
tific Association” :—D. H. Talbot, J. C. C. Hoskins, C. R. 
Marks, J. Perrin Johnson, E. H. Hubbard, A. W. Erwin 
and E. H. Stone. ; 
Going back to the records kept by the first Recording 
Secretary, A. W. Erwin, we find that the first meeting 
as an organization was held at the office of Mr. D. H. 
Talbot, on the evening of Dec. 28rd, 1885. At this meet- 
ing it was decided to incorporate the new Association, 
and a committee consisting of Mr. J. C. C. Hoskins, A. W. 
Erwin, D. H. Talbot and E. H. Hubbard, was appointed 
to prepare a constitution and by-laws for the govern- 
ment of the same, while Mr. E. H. Hubbard was appoint- 
ed to prepare articles of incorporation. 
At the next meeting, held on Dec. 30th, 1885, the 
constitution, by-laws and articles of incorporation were 
presented and adopted, and the following were elected 
as officers for the ensuing year: 
President—J. C. C. Hoskins. 
Vice-President—Dr. J. Perrin Johnson. 
Recording Secretary—A. W. Erwin. 
Cor. Secretary—E. H. Hubbard. 
Treasurer—D. H. Talbot. 
At this same meeting also, Mr. E. H. Hubbard was 
requested to prepare and read the first paper before the 
Association on the subject of, “The Definition of the 
Word Evolution.” 
At a meeting on Feh. 10th, 1886, the following topics 
were assigned, as follows, marking out the first program 
of the new Association and showing the scope of the 
work it was proposed to do. 
“In the Beginning.”—J. C. C. Hoskins. 
“Hyvolution of Our Particular Material Universe.”— 
C. R. Marks. 
“Hyvolution of Life in Its Organic and Varied Forms.” 
—J. Perrin Johnson. 
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