PROCEEDINGS. 
SECRETARY’S REPORT. 
THIRD SUMMER MEETING* 
Milwaukee, June 6-8, 1895. 
Thursday, June 6th. 
EVENING SESSION. 
The Academy was called to order in the hall of the North 
American Gymnasium Union, at 8 o’clock by President C. R. 
Van Hise. An address of welcome was made by Geo. W. Peck- 
ham, President of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 
President Van Hise replied briefly on behalf of the Academy. 
The Chairman of the Local Committee made announcements 
regarding excursions and other matters. 
The opening address was then delivered by Charles Kendall 
Adams, President of the University of Wisconsin, on “ Reforms 
in Germany after the Napoleonic wars. ” 
Friday, June 7th. 
MORNING SESSION. 
The morning session was opened at 9 A. M. in the German 
American Academy rooms, the President in the chair. 
The minutes of the Twenty-fifth annual meeting were read 
and approved. 
The following papers were then read: 
1. The relation of pooling to some phases of the transporta¬ 
tion question. A. M. Simons. 
