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2d Resolved, That the other annual sessions of this Society shall he holden 

 alternately at the State Normal University at Normal and the State Industrial University 

 at Champaign. 



(Signed) A. R. WHITNEY. 



ROBERT DOUGLAS. 



Dr. Humphrey moved the adoption of the first resolution, and 

 fixing the time of the meetings in Springfield to correspond with the 

 meetings of the General Assembly. 



The President. — The Legislature meets the Tuesday after the first 

 Monday in January. We would have to change the time of alternate 

 meetings, so that if the others were not changed we would have two 

 meetings in one year. 



Messrs. Robison, Earle, Dennis and others opposed the resolution 

 on the ground that our attention would be distracted from our work at 

 such a time and place ; that the greater expenses in Springfield at such 

 times would deter members from attending; and the meeting of last 

 winter, "the smallest meeting we have ever had," was cited as illustrating 

 this latter point. 



Messrs. Wier and J. S. Johnson said that at first thought they were 

 in favor of this resolution ; but upon more deliberate reflection they 

 thought otherwise, and would vote against it. 



Dr. Humphrey urged the advantage which the Society would gain 

 in coming in contact with members of the General Assembly, m showing 

 them what we are doing, and thus creating an interest in our work. 



To this it was objected that if, as our experience of last winter 

 seemed to indicate, the attendance at our meetings in Springfield should 

 be meager, general interest in our work would be diminished rather than 

 increased by going there. 



The motion to adopt the resolution was put and declared Tosf. 



The Secretary then read the second resolution, which met with 

 much favor. It was urged in favor of alternating our meetings between 

 Normal and Champaign that the meetings heretofore held at both these 

 places had been well attended and entirely satisfactory; that both these 

 places of meeting were State institutions of learning, where, in a certain 

 sense, we, as a State Society, are entitled to consideration, and where we 

 may create an interest in horticultural science and art in the minds of the 

 students which would be a lasting benefit to the State. On the other hand 

 it was maintained that the work of our Society is partially a missionary 

 work; that as we meet in different parts of the State from year to year, 

 awakening a deeper interest in horticulture at each place, our influence 

 is thus more diffused and wider in its scope. 



