COTnTSTITUTIOI^. 



NAME AXD LOCATION. 



Section 1. This association shall be called "The Wisconsin Academy of 

 Sciences, Arts and Letters," and shall be located at the cit}' of Madison. 



GENEUAL OBJECTS. 



Section 2. The general object of the Academy shall be to enconrage investiga- 

 tions and disseminate correct views in the various departments of Science, Litera- 

 ture and the Arts. 



DEPARTMENTS. 



Section 3. The Academy shall comprise separate Departments, not less than 

 three in number, of which those first organized shall "be: 



1st. The Department of Speculative Philosophy — 



Embracing: 



Metaphysics: 

 Ethics. 



2rf. The Department of the Social and Political Sciences — 



Embracing: 



Jurisprudence; 

 Political Science; 

 Education; 

 Public Health; 

 Social Economy. 



36?. The Department of the Natural Sciences — 



Embracing: 



The Mathematical and Physical Sciences; 



Natural History; 



The Anthropological and EthnologicalSciencea. 



4,th. The Department of the Arts — 



Embracing: 



The Practical Arts; 

 The Fine Arts. ■ 



^th. The Department of Letters. — 



Embracing: 



Language ; 

 Literatnie; 

 Criticism; 

 History. 



