290 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences^ Arts, and Letters. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Since the last report of the Counci], on February 13, 1876, the Academy 

 has lost by death the following members : 



James H. Eaton, Ph. D.,4or many years Professor of Chemistry in Beloit 



College, and one of the most valuable contributors to the Transactions of the 



Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. A memoir of Professor 



Eaton, contributed by his colleague. Professor T. C. Chamberlin, will be 



found at the end of this volume. 



H. E. Copeland, A. M., Professor of Natural Sciences in the Whitewater 

 State Normal School. No memoir of Professor Copeland has yet been pre- 

 sented. 



John B. Feuling, Ph. D., Professor of Comparative Philology and Modern 

 Languages in the University of Wisconsin, a memoir of whom, by his col- 

 league. Professor S. H. Carpenter, will be found at the end of this volume. 



Stephen H. Carpenter, LL. D., Professor of Logic and English Literature 

 in the University of Wisconsin, whose sudden death has taken place while 

 the last pages of this volume were in press. A brief sketch of his life, taken 

 from the Wisconsin State Journal, will be found at the end of this volume. 



J. E. DAVIES, 



General Secreta/ry. 



