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and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 
as formulated at the St. Louis meeting of the American Asso¬ 
ciation. 
Considerable discussion followed these addresses, and Profes¬ 
sor Allen made clear the following features of the proposed affili¬ 
ation : 
1. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is 
ready to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin Academy of 
Sciences, Arts, and Letters, whereby membership in both organiza¬ 
tions may be held by a payment of five dollars a year, subject to 
certain conditions. 
2. Those who are now members of both organizations will pay $5.00 
to the Wisconsin Academy, $4.00 of which will be transmitted to the 
American Association. 
3. Members of both organizations, and members of the American 
Association who joined the Academy in 1920, and who paid $5.00 to 
the American Association, will receive membership in the Wisconsin 
Academy by the return of $1.00 to the Academy by the American 
Association. 
4. Present members of the American Association who join the 
Wisconsin Academy after 1920, and those who after 1920 join first 
the American Association, paying $5.00 to the American Association 
before April 1st, must pay an additional $1.00 if they wish to be¬ 
come members of the Wisconsin Academy for that year. Thereafter 
they pay $5.00 to the Wisconsin Academy, $4.00 of which is sent to 
the American Association. 
5. Persons of class 4 who have not paid $5.00 before April 1st of 
their first year of membership may pay $5.00 to the Wisconsin Acad¬ 
emy. The reason for this rule is that such persons are regarded as 
delinquent, and encouragement is given to the Academy to collect the 
dues. 
It was moved by Professor Allen that affiliation with the Amer¬ 
ican Association for the Advancement of Science be effected on 
the terms outlined. This motion was put, and was carried unani¬ 
mously. 
The Secretary presented the name of Mr. George B. Merrick 
of Madison as Honorary Member of the Academy. President 
Birge seconded the motion of the Secretary in these terms: 
We who have lived in Madison a long time know Mr. Merrick very 
well. We have known him as a fellow citizen engaged in the work 
of the University, and as one who in his younger days was pilot on 
the Mississippi, and who has collected an immense amount of in¬ 
formation in those early days when the steamboat was the means of 
travel up and down the Mississippi Valley, and has published consider¬ 
able on that subject. One ought not to omit to say that his health 
