Report of the Secretary. 833 



THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING, 



Held at Appleton, Wis., July 5 and 6, 1881. 



Appleton, July 5, 1881. 



The Academy met in the College buildings. 



In the absence of the president and the vice-presidents, Prof. W. F. Allen 

 ■was elected president jpr<? tern. 



In the absence of the secretary, Prof. A. O. Wright was elected secretary 

 j)ro tern. 



Prof. Allen and Hon. S. D. Hastings were made a committee on Nomina- 

 tions, to whom were referred several names for membership. 



Rev. S. D. Peet of Clinton, delivered an address on "Buffalo Drives among 

 tne Mound Builders," which was illustrated by charts. 



Appleton, July 6, 1881. 

 Academy called to order. 



Acting president Prof. Allen in the chair. 



The following persons were elected members: Rev. Stephen Bowen, Clin- 

 ton, Wis.; Wm. Jones, Clinton, Wis.; W. H. Beach, Beloit, Wis. 



Prof. A. O. Wright ofiered the following resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Publication Committee be authorized to expend a sum 

 not to exceed eighty dollars for engravings for the forthcoming volume of 

 the transactions in addition to the amount allowed by the state. 



The following resolution also offered by Prof. Wright, was adopted: 



Resolved, That the librarian be authorized to expend one hundred dollars 

 for binding. 



Prof. W. C. Sawyer of Appleton, gave an unwritten address upon the 

 " Phonetic Elements of German," which was discussed by Prof. A. O. Wright 

 and Rev. S. D. Peet. 



"The Prehistoric Architecture of America" was the title of a paper read 

 by Rev. S. D. Peet of Clinton. [See page 290.1 The paper was discussed by 

 Prof. Wright and Prof. Allen. 



The Academy adjourned until the afternoon. 



The afternoon session was opened by a paper by W. H. Beach on the 

 "Limits of Thought," discussed by Prof. Wright, Prof. Sawyer, Dr. Hoy and 

 Dr. Meacham. 



A paper on " Shakespeare as a Cicerone," by Prof. J. D. Butler of Madi- 

 son, was read in his absence by Prof. A. O. Wright. 



Dr. R. Hoy of Racine, followed wit'a a paper on " The Growth of Trees." 



The Academy adjourned sine die. 



