TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



DECEMBER 27 and 28, 1881. 



PROGRAMME. 



Tuesday, December 27. 

 Business meeting. 



Wednesday Morning, December 28, 9 o'clock. 



Faper: "Land Communities among the Ancient Germans." — W. F. 

 Allen, Professor of Latin and History, University of Wis- 

 consin. 



Paper: " The Number, Distribution and Function of the large Ganglion 

 Cells of the Frog's Spinal Cord." — E. A. Birge, Professor of Zo- 

 ology, University of Wisconsin. 



Paper: "The Causes of Insanity." — A. O. Wright, Secretary State 



Board of Charities and Reform. 

 Paper: "Medieval German Schools."— J. D. Butler, LL. D., Madison. 

 Paper: " The Dispersion of Drift Copper."— R. D. Salisbury, Beloit. 



Wednesday Afternoon, 2 o'clock. 



Held in Lecture Room of Natural History, No. 36, Science Hall, Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin, 



Paper: " Recent Observations on Cell-Divison and their Relation to Theo- 

 retical Zoology. — E. A. Birge, 



Paper: (1) American Glacial History in the Light of Recent Investiga- 

 tions. (2) The Harmony of Recent Observations on Moraines, 

 with Croll's Hypothesis of the Origin of the Glacial Epoch." 

 — T. C. Chamberlin, State Geologist, Beloit. 



Paper: Proportional Representation in Legislation." — G. Schumm, Editor 

 Radical Review. 



Wednesday Evening, 7:30 o'clock. 

 Paper: "My Visit to the Hawaiian Volcano." — Prof. J. D. Butler. 

 Paper: "Human Liberty Empirically Considered." —President John 

 Bascom, State University. 



