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The following two papers left over from the preceding session 
were next read: 
21. The relations of Daphnia hyalina to light. John Ar- 
buthnot. 
22. What is bark ? C. R. Barnes. 
Also the following paper not on the printed program was read: 
Nerve endings in the eye of Aulostomum. Harriet B. Merrill. 
24. The usefulness of parties in municipal government. Er¬ 
nest Bruncken. 
25. The qualifications of voters. John G. Gregory. Dis¬ 
cussed by F. J. Turner and C. H. Chandler. 
26. Influence of research and criticism on history. H. J. 
Desmond. 
27. The projected French expedition of George Rogers Clark 
against Louisiana. Frederick J. Turner. 
28. The quantity theory. William A. Scott. Read in the 
absence of the author by B. H. Meyer. 
29. The Scandinavian immigrant. John H. Bille. Read by 
title only. 
30. The need of a medical faculty in connection with the 
State University. Arthur J. Puls. Discussed by A. S. Mitchell, 
W. W. Daniells, Edward Kremers, C. R. Van Hise, C. S. Slichter. 
Professor A. S. Mitchell exhibited two diamonds found at 
Burlington and Schlesingerville, both in Wisconsin. 
The report of the Committee on Membership was read recom¬ 
mending the following persons for membership: 
Ellsworth Huntington, Beloit. 
Howard S. Brode, Beloit. 
H. A. Allen, Milwaukee. 
Alice A. (Mrs. Hugo) Bremer, 
Milwaukee. 
Mrs. H. F. Whitcomb, Milwaukee. 
J. I. Jegi, Milwaukee. 
Daniel Fulcomer, Milwaukee. 
S. A. Hooper, Milwaukee. 
August Uihlein, Milwaukee. 
W. D. Frost, Madison. 
George Gibbs, Milwaukee. 
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Fred Pabst, Milwaukee. 
N. A. Harvey, West Superior. 
E. W. Clark, Ripon. 
F. M. Erickson, Ripon. 
F. M. Lillebridge, Ripon. 
F. H. Putney, Waukesha. 
W. L. Rankin, Waukesha. 
Chas. N. Gregory, Madison. 
M. S. Slaughter, Madison. 
Richard Fischer, Madison. 
S. E. Sparling, Madison. 
