236 WISCONSIN" ACADEMY SCIENCES, AETS, AND LETTERS. 



Dr. J. W. Hoyt then read a carefully prepared paper on " The 

 Revolutionary Movement among Women." 

 Adjourned 9 A. M. 



Fifth Session. 



Thursday, February 10, 9 A. M. 



The Academy met pursuant to adjournment. The President Dr. 

 J. W. Hoyt in the chair. The lollovving papers were then read and 

 discussed. 



"An Account of the aid rendered by Various Governments to Sci- 

 ence and Education," by Jami'S D. Butler, LL. D. 



" Geological Reconnoisances in Northern Wisconsin," by Mr. E. 

 T. Sweet, Assistant on the Geological Survey. 



"The Encouragement of Art Culture by the State," by Dr. J. 

 W. Hoyt. 



" On some new and remarkable features of the Lower Magnesian 

 Limestone, and St. Peter's Sandstone in Eastern Wisconsin, by Prof. 

 T. C. Chamberlin, Director of the Geological Survey. 



Adjourned till 2 o'clock P. M. 



Sixth Session. 



Monday, February 10, 3 o'clock P. M. 



Academy met pursuant to adjournment. President J. W. Hoyt 

 in the chair. The following papers were then read and discussed. 



"The origin of the Present-Infinitve-Passive in Latin and Greek." 

 by Prof. J. B. Feuling Ph. D., of the University of Wisconsin. 



''The Significance of Faraday's Experiment upon the Magnetic 

 Rotatory Polarization of Light," by Prof. J. E. Davies, M. D., of 

 the State University. 



" Helmholtz' Paper upon the Integrals of Vortex Motion; and 

 the significance of these Integrals in the theory of Magnetism," by 

 Prof. Davies. 



"On Duplex Telegraphy," by Charles H. Haskins, General 

 Superintendent of the Northwestern Telegraph Company, Milwau- 

 kee. 



The reading of the papers prepared for this meeting having been 



concluded, the Academy prepared to ballot for the election of offi- 

 cers for the next three years. 



