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gross, and in the light of his claims, culpable ignorance concern- 
ing the country surrounding the head waters of the Mississippi. 
4th. In tone, Capt. Glazier’s statements are discourteous to: 
this society and its representatives; to the faithful living engi- 
neers and explorers who preceded and followed him; and a dis- 
honor to the memory of Morrison, Schoolcraft, and Nicollet. 
5th. Throughout, Capt. Glazier, as on all other occasions. 
when he has discussed this matter, seems by reason of vanity, 
and a desire for commercial profit to seek a cheap notoriety, the 
only thing in the light of real discoveries and explorations that 
is left to him. 
For the reasons cited, your committee would respectfully ree- 
ommend that the communication of Capt. Glazier be tabled as in 
every sense unworthy of your adoption. 
(10: Bl Kae 
Signed { J. V. Brower, 
| N. H. WINCHELL. 
THE OnI0 ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, organized at Columbus, Dec. 
31, 1891, will hold its Summer or Field meeting, June 3 and 4, 
at Akron, in the valley of the Cuyahoga, the guest of the Akron 
Scientific club. The president is E. W. Claypole, and the secre- 
tary is W. R. Lazenby. 
THE WIsconsIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS. 
will have a field meeting at Green Lake, six miles from Ripon, 
Wis., June 2, 3 and 4, diversified by various scientific excur- 
sions, and by a literary program. Announcement is made by 
the secretary, Prof. W. H. Hobbs. 
Mr. GeorGe H. Barron spoke on the evening of April 20th 
before the Boston Society of Natural History on the progress made 
during last year in his work for the U. 8. Geoiogical Survey in 
mapping the drumlins of Massachusetts. The number already 
mapped exceeds 1,100, and it is estimated that the whole number 
of these drift hills in the state is apa 1,500. 
Pror. I. C. Russex1, of the U. _ Geological Survey, has been 
appointed to the professorship of ee at the University of 
Michigan, long held by the late Alexander Winchell. 
THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YorK has appro- 
priated eighteen thousand dollars to carry forward the paleonto- 
logical work of the Geological Survey, providing for the publica- 
tion of Vol. vit of the paleontology of the state; also five’ 
thousand dollars ‘‘for the completion and publication of the geo- 
logical map of the state of New York, under the supervision of 
the state geologist, and in co-operation with the director of the 
United States geological survey;” also two thousand dollars to- 
obtain records and specimens of the deep poss by the Livonia 
Salt company. 
