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18. Spines of trilobites and their significance. George L. Collie. 
{By title.) 
19. The crystallography of a gold telluride from Cripple Creek. Will¬ 
iam H. Hob~bs. 
20. The crystallography of a new reduction product of turpene. Will¬ 
iam H. Hobbs. 
21. The volume relations of original and secondary minerals in 
rocks. Charles R. Van Hise. 
22. Chemistry of chocolate and cocoa. Isidor Ladoff. 
23. The electric properties of non-aqueous solutions. Azariah T. 
Lincoln. (By title.) 
24. The effects of the presence of pure, metals upon plants. Louis 
Kahlenberg and Edwin B. Copeland. To be read by the latter. 
25. Revision of the pronouns; with special consideration of relatives 
and relative clauses. Edward T. Owen. 
26. The migration of graduate students in American universities. 
Ernest R. Buckley. 
27. Mind and matter. Edivard H. Merrell. 
28. Arts and letters in Wisconsin; having to do especially with the 
art of music. Fanny Grant. 
29. Some effective weapons of public reform. Duane Mowry. 
30. A study in Chartism: a chapter in English industrial history. 
Edivard D. Jones. (By title.) 
Tuesday, December 27th. 
MORNING SESSION. 
The meeting was called to order by President Marsh at 9:30 a. m. 
in the Museum Room of the Public Library. 
In the absence of the Secretary who was detained at the Washburn 
Observatory on account of the lunar eclipse, Mr. E. F. Chandler was 
doted secretary pro tern. The annual report of the librarian was read 
by the secretary and accepted. On account of absence among officers 
and committees other business was postponed and the reading of pa¬ 
pers taken up. 
A motion was made by Professor C. R. Van Hise and discussed by 
him and others, that a committee be appointed by the chair to formu¬ 
late the opinion of the Academy in regard to the State Geological and 
Natural History Survey, and in regard to the benefits which will ac¬ 
crue to the state by its continuation and extension, and to present the 
same to the Legislature. The motion was carried. 
Messrs. C. R. Van Hise, A. L. Ewing, and Ernest Bruncken were ap¬ 
pointed as the committee. 
Adjourned at 12:30 p. m. 
