710 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
of their religion. And on the other side of that continent we have 
seen nations willing to suffer in the same way for the sake of na¬ 
tionality. Is that a world in which commercialism is rampant, in 
which thing-mindedness dominates the world? Is that a world in 
which things are in the saddle, or are we living today in a world in 
which ideas may be in the saddle? And if the ideas which we rep¬ 
resent are not in control is the fault in our system, or is it in our¬ 
selves? 
With that spirit and with that temper I would go forward into the 
new era, the new life of the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 
And so we close our celebration, with greetings, with thanks to the 
representatives of other learned bodies, to the members of our Acad¬ 
emy, who have come in to us from more distant parts of the state, 
and to all members and friends and guests of the Wisconsin Acad¬ 
emy.” 
Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibit. 
In connection with the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the 
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters an extensive 
special exhibit was made by the State Historical Museum. This 
exhibit occupied the greater part of its south exhibition hall, 
filling ten table cases. It consisted of a large number of photo¬ 
graphs of early officers and prominent members, copies of its 
early and recent publications, programs, and announcements of 
past meetings, the minutes and scrapbooks of the early secre¬ 
taries, copies of early correspondence and other materials con¬ 
nected with the history of the Academy. Some of these were 
kindly loaned by the University and State Historical libraries. 
A photograph of the medal struck in commemoration of the an¬ 
niversary occupied a prominent place in the exhibit. 
In several cases were shown the fine collection of medals 
awarded to the University of Wisconsin during the past twenty- 
five years of its history, and of the more important publications 
of the Wisconsin Archeological Society and Wisconsin Natural 
History Society two state organizations which for many years 
have cooperated with the Academy in its meetings held in Madi¬ 
son and Milwaukee. 
The exhibit continued in place for several weeks and was 
greatly appreciated by many members who visited the Museum 
for the purpose of seeing it. 
The exhibit was inaugurated and arranged by Mr. Charles E. 
Brown, Curator of the Academy and of the State Historical So¬ 
ciety. Arthur Beatty, 
Secretary . 
