Secretary's Report. 
568 
EVENING SESSION. 
The Academy assembled at 8:30 o’clock with friends from the 
public and listened to the address of the retiring President, 
Professor Charles R. Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin, 
on “ Earth Movements. ” 
This closed the Twenty-seventh Annual meeting of the Acad¬ 
emy. 
All sessions were held at the State Normal School building. 
Chas. R. Barnes, 
Secretary\ 
Note: — The following amendment to the Constitution was proposed at 
some time in the meeting of December, 1896:—To add after the word 
“ year ” in the first sentence of Article VII concerning meetings the fol¬ 
lowing words:—“or at such other place as the Council may designate.” 
