32 Proceedings of Indiana Academy of >^cicnce. 



Arthur J. Wilson. 901 W. Wabash St., Crawfordsville. 

 Paul A. Young. 006 Walnut St., Crawfordsville. 



Keport was made that the 1918 Proceedings have l)oen issued and are 

 now in transit from the printer to the State Librarian for distribution. 



The matter of afHliation with the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science was discussed. It was the sense of the members present 

 that affiliation should be completed if this is feasible. 



Letters from former member, Harvey Wiley, and others in distant States, 

 and greetings from President Henry B. Ward of the Illinois Academy of 

 Science were read. 



Adjourned at 7 :55 to the Owen County courthouse to hear the public 

 lecture by Colonel Richard Lieber. 



H. L. BRUNER. President. 

 HOWARD E. ENDERS, Secretary. 



MINUTES OF THE WINTER MEETING. 



Indiana Academy of Science. 

 Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. 

 December 2. 1920. 



MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee was called to order at 7:30 P. M., in Room 

 200, by President H. L. Bruner. The following members were present : 



F. M. Andrews Robert W. McBride 



H. L. Bruner D. M. Mottier 



Amos Butler Will Scott 



C. C. Deam Chas. Stoltz 



C. H. Eigenmann J. C. Naylor 



Howard E. Enders Frank Wade 



R. C. Friesner E. B. Williamson 



W. A. McBeth John S. Wright 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Executive Connuittee were read 

 and approved. 



Committee reports were considered as follows : 



BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



The Secretary reported informally for the Chairman, H. S. Jackson, that 

 no specific steps have been made to gain the cooperation of the State Con- 

 servation Commission in a systematic survey. 



In the absence of formal report from Stanley Coulter of the Special Com- 

 mittee on Affiliation with the A. A. A. S. the meeting was considered in- 

 formally. 



At present 87 members of the Academy of Science are members of the 

 A. A. A. S. and 57 of the A. A. A. S. members residing in Indiana are not 

 members of the Academy. Affiliation would yield an immediate net gain of 

 approximately 57 members. 



President Bruner raised the uuestion whether the new relation would 



