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The recommendation was then adopted, and the presid¬ 
ing officer appointed Prof. G. L. Hendrickson and Prof. 
Geo. C. Comstock and the librarian, the library committee. 
The custodian recommended that the collection of fossils 
belonging to the Academy be deposited in the collection of 
the University of Wisconsin to be stored by itself and 
labeled as the property of the Wisconsin Academy. 
Prof. Birge moved that the recommendation be adopted 
subject to the acceptance of the university authorities. 
Carried. 
Prof. J. W. Stearns, in a brief address, reviewed the life 
of Rev. H.«D. Maxson, the late vice-president of the De¬ 
partment of Letters, and paid a tribute to his many sterling 
qualities, to which Profs. Yan Hise and Marsh added their 
testimony. 
The president asked Prof. Stearns in the name of the 
Academy, to prepare a memorial of the life of Rev. Mr. 
Maxson for publication in the Transactions. 
The president then appointed the following committees: 
On Nominations of Officers—Profs. Yan Hise, Birge and 
Hillyer. 
On New Members — Profs. Birge, F. H. King and Turner. 
On Publication — The Secretary ex-officio and Profs. Yan 
Hise, Loomis and H. C. Tolman. 
The literary program was then begun: 
“ Origin of the Iron Ores of the Lake Superior Region.”— 
C. R. Yan Hise, 25 minutes. 
Discussed by Mr. Sennott. 
“ On New Attidae.”—G. W. Peckham. (Read by title.) 
“ Notes on a Little Known Region of Northwestern Mon¬ 
tana.”— G. E. Culver, 25 minutes. 
Discussed by Dr. Butler, Prof. Yan Hise and Mr. Leverett. 
“ Some Influences of Sex on Personality.”—A. N. Somers. 
(Read by title.) 
“On the Limonene Group of Terpenes.”—Edward Krem- 
ers. (Read by title.) 
The meeting then adjourned till afternoon. 
