132 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



THIRD DAY. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Society re-assembled at two o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, 

 the President in the chair. 



CO-OPERATION WITH STATE GEOLOGIST AND ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mr. Greene — I suppose the subject under discussion is not disposed 

 of. If not, a resolution I have drawn would be in order. I will read the 

 resolution : 



Resolved, That this Society appreciates the benefits which would result from a 

 co-operation of the members of this Society and other industrial and scientific societies 

 with our State Geologist, State Entomologist, and perhaps all other State officers, believ- 

 ing that such officers might be greatly aided in their observations and researches by fur- 

 nishing to these societies schedules of questions setting forth the information desired, so 

 that local observers could have some knowledge as to their needs and desires, and 

 thereby render assistance intelligently and effectively. 



Resolved, That the Secretary of this Society shall furnish a copy of these resolutions 

 to each of the officers above named, and to the Regent of the Industrial University, ask- 

 ing their attention thereto, and tendering to them the co-operation of each member in 

 such manner as shall best promote their purposes. 



Mr. Greene — In offering these resolutions I wish to say just one 

 word in regard to Avhat I consider the importance of this course. We all 

 are making observ^ations ; one or more, and sometimes a dozen members 

 are making these observations intelligently. We all know that our officers 

 are at great expense in traveling over the State to collect this information 

 for themselves. Dr. Le Baron, I think, would bear me out in saying that 

 he would be benefited with this course, in giving him information, and it 

 may suggest itself to your minds to let him dictate the kind of facts he 

 wants you to report ; then he has got something definite, out of which he 

 can gather information. I know that is the case in my own matters, and, 

 as suggested by Captain Beebe, I have seen fit to put it in the form of a 

 resolution. 



Mr. McWhorter — A question arises in my mind — there might be 

 some little obscurity as to what class of information our local societies 

 shall furnish. 



Mr. Greene — I ask that these officers shall furnish a schedule of 

 questions which members of local societies and others shall use as a guide 

 to their observations. If these officers could find intelligent men who 



