1414 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Evening Session, 6:30 o'clock. 
An informal dinner was given to the visiting members of the Societies 
at the University Club. 
The retiring President of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, 
and Letters, President Samuel Plantz, delivered the Triennial Address, 
Friday, April 5. 
Morning Session, 9 o'clock. 
26. John Thelwall, a Forgotten Revolutionary Poet. Arthur Beatty. 
Fifteen minutes. 
27. Hamann—A German Sidelight on English Literature. H. A. 
Watt. Fifteen minutes. 
28. Hagbard’s Beard (Kormakssage Chapter III.) Lee M. Hollan¬ 
der. Fifteen minutes. 
29. Luther Parker: New Hampshire and Wisconsin Pioneer. Grant 
Showerman. Twenty minutes. 
30. Social Conditions in Southern Bavaria in the Thirteenth Cen¬ 
tury as shown in Meier Helmbrecht. Martin H. Haertel. Fif¬ 
teen minutes. (Read by B. Q. Morgan.) 
31. The Requirements for the Degrees at the University of Paris in 
Thirteenth Century. Sumner H. Slichter. Ten minutes. 
32. Relations between the Ecclesiastical and the Educational Policy 
of the First Napoleon. Victor Coffiin. (By title.) 
33. A Theological Treatise by Dr. Hunnius on the Question whether 
it is Permissible to Take Interest on Money Loaned. 1622. 
Ernst Voss. (By title.) 
34. Officium Pastorum: A Study of the Dramatic Development with¬ 
in the Liturgy of Christmas. Karl Young. (By title.) 
35. Some Veridical Relations between Certain Celtic Tales and Cer¬ 
tain Alleged Experiences. Arthur Beatty and Fritz Kunz. 
(By title.) 
At the end of the session, the following business was trans¬ 
acted : 
The chair appointed as a committee on the nomination of offi¬ 
cers for the next three years E. A. Birge (chairman), J. J. Davis, 
E. B. Skinner, C. E. Allen, and R. H. Denniston. 
The Exchange Committee made the following report, which was 
adopted: 
Madison, April 1, 1912. 
To the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: 
Your Exchange Committee herewith presents its sixth annual report. 
The chief activity of the Committee, this year as last, has been to give 
aid in various ways during the cataloguing of the Academy Library by 
