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ried them to the Sherwood Forest Hotel on Green Lake. The 
afternoon was given up to an excursion by steamboat around 
the lake, the rainy weather having but little apparent effect 
upon the spirits of the party. 
At 7:45 p. Mr, the members of the Academy reassembled in 
the large reception room of the Sherwood Forest Hotel, Vice- 
President Tolman occupying the chair. 
The chairman of the committee on nominations of new mem¬ 
bers, Professor Marsh, nominated in behalf of the committee 
the following persons, who were thereupon elected: 
Rev. Rufus C. Flagg, Ripon. A. H. Sanford, 
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Mrs. C. T. Tracy, 
Rev. Edward H. Merrill, ‘ 
Miss S. E. Cushman, 
Rev. H. S. Richardson, 
Prof. N. S. Fuller, 
Rev. E. G. Updike, Madison. 
Rev. C. E. Hall, 
Rev. H. C. McDougal, “ 
Louis Kahlenberg, 
An interesting address was then delivered by Mr. Reuben G. 
Thwaites, on “Village Life in Old England.’’ 
The following papers on the scientific program of the meeting 
were then read: 
G. W. Moorehouse, 
L. S. Cheney, 
R. H. True, 
A. H. Hollister, 
A. H. Garrett, 
James R. Stuart, 
Prof. W. G. Sired, 
Prof. F. A. Parker, 
On Variable Stars, by S. D. Townley. 
This paper was read by title. 
Electrolysis of Organic Compounds, by H. W. Hillyer. 
This paper was discussed by Professors Loomis, Barnes 
and the author. 
English Surnames, by A. H. Tolman. 
This interesting paper was discussed at length by a num¬ 
ber of members. 
Notes on a Trip to the Lipari Islands during the Late Erup¬ 
tion of Volcano, by Wm. H. Hobbs. 
This paper closed the literary program. 
