Secretary's Report. 
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PROCEEDINGS. 
REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING-. 
Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1893. 
MORNING SESSION. . 
The meeting was called to order at 9:15 A. M. at the rooms 
of the Academy in the capitol. In the absence of the president, 
C. R. Van Hise, first vice-president, occupied the chair. As 
the report of the secretary had been printed in the Transactions, 
the reading of minutes was omitted. The secretary announced 
that no notice had been received of the death of any member of 
the Academy. Four active members have removed their resi¬ 
dence from the state, viz., Mr. J. C. Foye of Appleton, to Ar¬ 
mour Institute, Chicago; Prof. A. H. Tolman of Ripon, to the 
University of Chicago; Prof. H. C. Tolman of Madison, to Chapel 
Hill, N. C., and Prof. H. B. Loomis of Madison, to Northwest¬ 
ern University, Evanston, Ill. 
The treasurer’s report was then read and Gen. G. P. Dela- 
plaine and Prof. H. W. Hillyer were appointed by the Presi¬ 
dent a committee to audit the report. (See p. 591.) 
As the librarian’s report had appeared in the Transactions 
its reading was omitted. The librarian announced the comple¬ 
tion of the work of binding the books of the library, and re¬ 
ferred to the plan suggested in his printed report for the dis¬ 
tribution of books to members. 
The President appointed the librarian and Professors Blais- 
dell and Marsh a standing committee to consider this matter 
and report later in the meeting. 
The report of the committee on revision of the constitution 
was then read by the secretary. Dr. Birge thought that there 
were some points in the existing by-laws which should be 
