Record. xxxv 



Professor F. E. Nipher presented his newest results 

 on his work on the Electric Discharge. 



Dr. Eobert J. Terry, Mr. H. C. Irish, and Dr. B. E. 

 Gates, were elected to serve as a committee to nominate 

 officers for the year 1911. 



The following were elected to membership : James E. 

 Allison, J. A. Berninghaus, Preston J. Bradshaw, Geo. P. 

 Doan, John B. Emerson, Edward F. Goltra, Eobert J. 

 Guthrie, Fred B. Hall, Chas. Van Dyke Hill, Marc Eay 

 Hughes, Albert L. Johnson, W. J. Kinsella, L. L. Leon- 

 ard, C. Dewitt Lukens, Henry Samuel Priest, A. H. Bel- 

 ler, Walter Bobbins, E. C. Eowse, George Schweyer, F. E< 

 Sheldon, Paul J. Wielandy and Charles Wiggins. 



December 19, 1910. 



President Trelease in the chair; attendance 30. 



Professor Eobert J. Wallace gave an illustrated ac- 

 count of the "Construction, Equipment and Work of a 

 Modern Observatory." 



The following report from the Nominating Commit- 

 tee was read : 



St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 17, 1910. 

 The nominating committee, elected at the last meeting of the 

 Academy of Science, begs to submit and place in nomination the 

 following names for officers for the ensuing year: — 



For President William Trelease 



For First Vice-President D. S. H. Smith 



For Second Vice-President Francis E. Nipher 



For Recording Secretary Walter E. McCourt 



For Corresponding Secretary George T. Moore 



For Treasurer H. E. Wiedemann 



For Librarian Wm. L. R. Giff ord 



For Curators Julius Hurter 



Joseph Grindon 

 Philip Rau 



For Directors Otto Widmann 



Adolf Alt 

 Respectfully submitted, 



R. J. TERRY, 

 (Signed) R. R. GATES, 



H. C. IRISH. 



The following were elected to membership : Abraham 

 Cook and H. Linton Eeber. 



