The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-20
WYOMING ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
ARTS AND LETTERS.
Tho First Annual Meeting a Remorl.
able Success.

able Success
Owing to the pressure upon our eel
umns during the recent days, it has
been necessary to defer N extended
notice Of the proceedings of the Wyo-
ming academy until the conclusion of
its sessions.
From the beginning on Tuesday even
ing, until the adjournment on Thursday
at one O'Clock, the proceedings were re-
plete with interest TO all who were
present, and especially satisfactory to
the officers and members who had given
so much time and effort to the prepar-
alton for their first annual meeting.
The papers covered a wide field, each
of the departments being represented
by one or more, as will appear from the
following:
The natural sciences, by papers, on
the mammals and birds of Wyoming.
by Gen. A G.. Bracket; on the origin
of coal, by Prof. +. ]. Stanton; on the
final destiny of life on the earth, by
Prof. N. E. Stark; the climate of Wyo-
ming, by DR.. j. II. Hayford. The arts,
by the paper Of DR.. NJ. q. Barkwell, on
fish culture.
The department of letters and Sec
tions of history, by the following pa
perS:
First settlement of Wyoming, by
Gen. Bracket; experiences of twenty
years ago, in Wyoming and adjacent
regions, by Hon. ]. II. Kelly; early
history of Uinta county, by Rev. F. L..
Arnolds; experiences of Jack Robinson
in Wyoming between 1881 and 1874, by
Prof. H.. W. Jansen; and early Indian
troubles in Sweetwater county, by
Capt. II. G. Nlckerson.
The concluding paper was an illus
trated geographical and historical ac-
count of Gov. Hoyt's expedition Of hast
summer to the National Park.
The business part of the proceedings
showed not only fertility of plan but
likewise good evidence of energy and
industry on the part of the officers.
The librarian reported AS volumes
received during the few weeks since the
organization, many of them valuable
scientific works The director of ,ho
museum furnished satisfactory evidence
that considerable collections for n
scientific and industrial cahinet ware
growing and would be forwarded IN the.
academy as soon as a suitable place was
prepared for them. and The secretarv
reported a balance of $3.50 in the treas-
ury.
Among the important resolutions
adopted we're these.
One providing for papers and discns.
sions bv the medical men of the terri-
tory. at the next animal meetipg on
the p~eculiarities of the Wyoming eli
mate in their relations to health and
disease. with n view to the early publi.
cation of an authoritative paper ON the
whole subject.
A resolution was introduced direct
ing the appointment of a committee
composed of six members of the
academy to represent to the legislature
the necessary means for the nrotection
of fish and game.
One for the anpointment of n com-
mittee to represent to the proper leeis.
lative committees the Importance of
measures looking To immioration tn
Wyoming as a means of promoting the
Industrial DEVELOPMENT of the territory:
and a resolution instructinp the com.
mittees on publication to inquire into
the possibility of making early provision
for the publication of the proceedings of
the first annual meeting.
At the election held Yesterday, the
first officers. with the execution of a
few who found it difficult to serve.
were re-chosen. the present hoard he
ing as 10Y