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Minutes of the Twenty-Eight Annual Meeting 

 INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



Claypool Hotel, Novt'iiiber 2S, 1912. 



Tilt' Executive ('(iiiiii)ittei' inel at TStO ]i. lu. in tlieir animal session with 

 Joseph I'. Xaylor. President, in the chair, and the following niemhers 

 present: Donaldson Bodiiie. A. L. Foley, W. S. Blatchley. W. A. Cogshall. 

 I). M. Mottier, R. W. McP.ride. C. E. Dryer. W. J. Moenkhaus, L. J. Kettger. 

 J. W. Beede, R. Hessler, J. 8. Wright and A. J. Bigney. 



The minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee of 1011 were 

 read and approved. 



The reports of the standing conimittees were then taken up. The pro- 

 gram committee, with J. AV. Beede, Chairman, stated that their work had 

 been performed as indicated by the published program. 



The Membership Coniniittee reported that they had sent out printed 

 notices urging members to try to secure new members for the Academy. A 

 goodly nun'.ber of names would be reported on Friday. 



On motion a committee consisting of Professors Bodine and Cogshab 

 was appointed to revise the constitution. 



The following persons were reconimen.ded as Fellows: (Tias. W. 

 Shannon, Brazil; II. W. Anderson, Crawfurdsville ; Chas. M. Smith, H. E. 

 Enders. and Frank D. Kern. Lafayette. 



Committees on Weeds and Biological Survey made no report. 



The treasurer read a list of 47 members who were in arrejirs for dues 

 for more than two years. On motion it was decided to drop these unless 

 their dues are paid for by .January 1, 1913. 



J. S. Wright, reporting for the State Librarian, stated that not as 

 many books had been bound as formerly on account of a lack of funds. 



J. S. Wright also reported that of the 900 copies of the Proceedings 

 printed, 108 had been sent to foreign exchanges, 8S to home exchanges, 200 

 to libraries, the remainder to the members and as reserves. 



The Editor. L. J. Rettger. reported that his work had been completed 

 as shown by the volume of Proceedings. He gave the c;imniittee some 

 notion of the dirticulty connected with this work. 



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