PROCEEDINGS. 
SECRETARY’S REPORT. 
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING, 
Milwaukee, Wis., December 27-29, 1897. 
The several sessions were carried out with few exceptions according 
to the following program which was printed for the meeting. 
Monday Evening, December 21th. —Opening lecture, complimentary 
to the members of the Wisconsin Teachers’ Association, and to the citi¬ 
zens of Milwaukee: “Dante,” by William F. Giese, Assistant Professor 
•of Romance Languages, University of Wisconsin. 
Tuesday Morning , December 28th. —Reports of officers and other gen¬ 
eral business. 
Reading of papers: — 
1. Report on the progress of the Geological and Natural History Sur¬ 
vey of Wisconsin. C. Dwight Marsh, President of the Academy, and 
E. A. Birge, Director of the Survey. 
2. The fresh water sponges of St. Louis bay. N. A. Harvey. 
3. Some economic aspects of the Greenback and Populist movements. 
O. G. Libby. (By title.) 
4. Some differences between the conduct of private and public busi¬ 
ness. Ernest Bruncken. 
5. Early general railway legislation in Wisconsin. B. H. Meyer. 
(By title.) 
6. Railroad land grants. J. B. Sanborn. 
7. An historical note on early American railroads. Chas. H. Chand¬ 
ler. 
8. The relation of motives to freedom. E. H. Merrelt. 
9. The duration of school attendance in Chicago and Milwaukee. 
Daniel Folkmar. 
