, 1865-12-13
ACADEMY or SCIENCES.
Site Of the New Building--The Acad-
emy to be Located ut Cottage
GrOve.

A regular monthly meeting Of The Academy was
held last evening. DR.. Edmund AndrcFs presided,
and Geo Il. Fru*t onciated ~ Secretary In the ab-
.enec Of the regular Secretary, Mr.. Simpson.
The minutes OF the preceding meeting were read
and approved.
Dr.J A. Lapham, OF Milwaukee, md Prof. 4 D.
Cope, Of Philadelphia, were elected corresponding
members Of the Academy
Br. Geo. c. Walker Introduced the suhteat Of the
erection Of tre-proof bui'd1ne tor the use Of the
Academy. and briefly urged the great necessity fos
it, possession. he said that the trustees had been
offered donation Of pieee Of ground, els feet
font. 1ss feet re1F and gu tn depth, the Douglas
the Ac1deny should erect thereon tnltaole build.
incr fhr their OWL accommodation within two veatn,
Ed % RSz Sc s geap4 ~ s aSss
were n r.vorof accepting the generous donation,
hut chose before shey did 20, to consult the Aeade
mr upou the important step.
Board Of Trustees, said that before this otter hsd
been received, the trustees had deicrmincd to seek
dlI and he did not think that, in few fcars, the
proposed locat1ou woald be found At al too remote.
D1. Johrzon offered the following:
that the aoceptsnce OF The lot expressed IN The
Prm, tsnlei@ wy decidedly opposed 70 the se.o.
Academy was ths general education Of the p-opsc
| and not TO he merely CONVENIENCE for few stu
dents OF epecttics. II The Latter wss Its only pur-
rosc, it might lust 81 well be anywhere On the lake
thoGe or the prarie convenient railway line,
but II It was for the benefit Of the Crotng eeners-
ton Of young I3en spd Tot The edncasioa and in;
location In the CITY This Academy, he felt assured
would lose more By this acceptance OF ! cheap los
a, = disssnce nom 'he clty than It conid possibly
] he made AE popular ~ po.eib1e-made here what the
Epglifh Araaemy Is IN London, The vehicle Of in.
strae:lon for the poorer classes. II The Academy
port and confidence Of the public and It wonld not
IL. n. S. Davls spoke IN The same et1al1 Of op
portion to The propose location for The sane rsa'
t,rous Of seeing at one Of the prtn1p1 features o.
thie Academy, lecture halltn which lectures on
:a5s ;ea ss sa sba en;s o. .se
be ,otafy unat- Audiences eona not b eot 4,
and esen Of this audience, interested n scientific
sudiea, II would be found very few soud often so
oo~ ~ he1 II ~ :. neS eas e. ., ,nsn
are in.m71ountablc. The Acsdrmy ID Philadel-
inos ledge ol Ihse intescrts n The very centre Of
'he city. Another ot1ectou he ated 70 this 1oca.
non mas that 1t had streets On three des, ana II
Building On It which Honld look well on Ill thrce
rides, a 10 buy lot tn the centre of tbs city. As
ios grounds seon. TIE building, b dId not snppo,e
Mr.. Seansmou defended the proposition, sayfnc
that the ms.ees liyed ont in the oAtsk1rts OF the
city and that the place to reach them; end to
The Objection OF dstance be could 70 thtse several
I times day In 1fteeu minutes each time, BY the
Illinois Central Railroad md he had no doubt the
k,Ceta would room be 60 far improved that In hill
| M Eous one eouIc drive DOM there. "A for ihc
grounds about The building, he understood Il to be
one Of the great purposes Of ahe Academy 10 have
Eotoznieal garden. laesezttnc again the dsstsncs
from the centrc o5fhe city. be said that the British
Auseum VII. etx miles md the Geological Garden.
tin 1ut1e1 from the centre OF the city Of London,
and be believed that The time Was mol lar distant
Nhep Chicago would be possbly lve tunes - great
IA kbe IL now, when from Hydo Pask up The lake
fhorc would be butIt up aud The city will contsiu
| luO,0 ,000 Inhabitants.
Dr. Io1ueon eald that II people were Interested
in scientific matters they woulo co to the Academy
erd attend lecturee. wherever the buIldIn. Of she
| Academy vas located Men ai"ays went where
I they felt inclined fp-peop1e cau1e IN here fro=,
| Hyde Pnrk to attend the opera, and get back, be
| causc they choose to do 30.
| Prot. Daniels inquired II Or. johnson, IN accord
ance with the theory Of building out to what would
be centre len years from nov, Thought that at
| opera home had better be out st CotteEe 2rov. !.
| than IN Washington street,
Dr.. johnson declined To reply
| F.. u. McCagc, Esg., thought the building sho1lt
be in The cknfe Of TIC etJ, but the simple ct va
that The Academy could not Fatse the n1oney 10 bu
lot IN the centre Of the city and pnt building q
ceptHnce oT thf. donation, but the life or death q
The Academy Of scieuos1,
Amer considerable amount Of discussion, fh
resolution On being put 10 vote was ca1s1ad BY MIN
| ayes to three uAys-
The meeting then adjourned.