Proceedings of the Academy. 
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On motion of the chairman, the Secretary cast the ballot for 
the candidates named. 
President-elect Birge was then called to the chair. 
The reports of the Secretary and of the Treasurer were read, 
and the auditing committee vouched for the correctness of the 
Treasurer’s accounts. 
The reading of papers was then proceeded with, as follows: 
6. The Work of the Wisconsin War History Commission. J. W. 
Oliver. Ten minutes. 
7. The Passing of a Historic Waterway. F. E. Williams. Twenty 
minutes. 
8. The Literary Precursors of Wagner’s Meistersinger. Edwin C. 
Roedder. Twenty minutes. 
9. A Teacher of William Wordsworth: Joseph Fawcett and The Art 
of War. Arthur Beatty. Twenty minutes. 
10. The Habits of the Fishes in Wisconsin. A. S. Pearse. Twenty 
minutes. Illustrated. 
11. Experiments on Rabbits with Immune Serum. M. F. Guyer. 
Thirty minutes. 
12. The Relation of Age of Dam to the Production of Twins in Cattle. 
iSarah V. H. Jones. Ten minutes. 
13. Selection for Chemical Characters in Soy Beans and Jimson-weeds. 
C. M. Woodworth. Fifteen minutes. 
14. The Bottom Fauna in the Deeper Water of Lake Mendota. C. 
Juday. Ten minutes. 
15. Recent Observations on the Chrysopidae of Milwaukee. Roger C. 
Smith. Eight minutes. 
16. Chemistry of the Heptane Solution. Edward Kremers. By title. 
17. The Hydrohalogens. Leander Sherk. By title. 
18. Terpenes as Oxygen Conveyors. E. V. Lynn. By title. 
Third Session, Friday, April 12, 2:30 p. m. 
President Birge called the afternoon session to order. On the 
initiative of the Treasurer the question was raised as to whether 
the Academy’s balance should be invested in City of Madison 
Bonds as usual, or in securities which pay a higher rate of in¬ 
terest. After some discussion the Treasurer was advised to con¬ 
tinue his usual practice. 
The presentation of papers was proceeded with, as follows: 
19. Housing Problems of the War. L. S. Smith. Thirty minutes. 
Illustrated. 
